Typhares
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Unthink the things you think are things. Stadia, one place for all the ways we play. Now available to play for those with Founder’s and Premiere Edition.
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Unthink the things you think are things. Stadia, one place for all the ways we play. Now available to play for those with Founder’s and Premiere Edition.
Good enough this.I'm trying to think of something sarcastic to say to express how little interest I have in Google Stadia, but I'm coming up blank.
Any help guys?
So here's what irks me more than I think it probably should about Stadia:
All the marketing for Stadia, and all the supporters saying "you won't need to buy a console" as one of the key selling points of the service - and here it is on launch day and you can't even sign up for Stadia Pro (give them money) or buy games (give them money) unless youbuypreviously bought a hardware package directly from Google for $129. Let's pretend I wanted to just play this on my PC in my Chrome browser (like the Assassin's Creed demo) and wanted to give Google $60 to play Red Dead 2. I literally have everything I need to make this happen, credit card in hand, and Google's like "nope sorry".
I understand that, supposedly, it won't always be this way. But I'm literally their target audience (Youtube Premium subscriber, spend lots of cash on games on the Play Store, buy most of my TV through Google Play, have an Android phone and Android TV box) and they still want me to buy their stupid Chromecast Ultra (which I would never use) and controller (which I would never use) to have the OPPORTUNITY to buy games from them at full price and stream them?
Shit's stupid. Fuck these guys.
I've got a friend that's got a laptop and a cell phone, but no TV. He's been excited for Stadia since it was first announced. He's also pretty pissed that Google wants him to buy a Chromecast Ultra + controller bundle (which he also would never use, as he doesn't have a TV or anything in his home with HDMI it could even plug into). He was also upset when they announced it'd only work on Pixel phones.Yeah, eventually that'll change, but that's currently the case. People are currently waiting for a box to arrive in the mail so they can try this "gaming without a box".
Google seems so out of touch with what gamers want, I can't see this succeeding. But, then again, I can't understand the appeal of the most successful mobile games either. We may just be the wrong audience.
I've got a friend that's got a laptop and a cell phone, but no TV. He's been excited for Stadia since it was first announced. He's also pretty pissed that Google wants him to buy a Chromecast Ultra + controller bundle (which he also would never use, as he doesn't have a TV or anything in his home with HDMI it could even plug into). He was also upset when they announced it'd only work on Pixel phones.
He's a pretty well off guy and could totally afford a TV + game console if he really wanted one, he just doesn't like "having things" which is why he was looking really hard at Stadia. So when he found out this was still tied to hardware until a nebulous "sometime next year", he bought a Switch Lite instead.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I don't know who exactly this is aimed at for it's big launch. Nobody I know.
He is. But if that launch video can't appeal to hipster weirdos, wouldn't you agree that their entire brand messaging is off?Your friend sounds like a hippie wierdo.
Google wants us to have the true Stadia experience from the get go.I just tried to watch the video and it just spun and didn’t buffer...
I’m not even fucking kidding...
Unthink the things you think are things.
True. It's like reverse advertising. When a cunt like Schreier condemns it, all I wanna do it buy it. Schreier could lambast a shit sandwich and I'd be in line ordering two.Well, crap, now I want Stadia. Because anything that douche says, must be wrong.
Makes ya wonder how large of a potential market there is for shit sandwiches.True. It's like reverse advertising. When a cunt like Schreier condemns it, all I wanna do it buy it. Schreier could lambast a shit sandwich and I'd be in line ordering two.
The idea is a bit fanatical for a trailer, but the point is you can take your games or imagination anywhere you go.
I wish they would be a bit more clear when they convey information. So many false news stories about Stadia are spreading around the internet. Then you have situations like Eurogamer being caught running Stadia on a 2012 HP Pavillion saying there are issues with the service, abysmal.
The idea is a bit fanatical for a trailer, but the point is you can take your games or imagination anywhere you go.
I wish they would be a bit more clear when they convey information. So many false news stories about Stadia are spreading around the internet. Then you have situations like Eurogamer being caught running Stadia on a 2012 HP Pavillion saying there are issues with the service, abysmal.
You can take your imagination anywhere!?!? For only $10 a month plus $60 per imagining???
Better than paying $300 for a console and paying $50 a month for a service that only gives you two free games a month.
Better than paying $300 for a console and paying $50 a month for a service that only gives you two free games a month.
Better than paying $300 for a console and paying $50 a month for a service that only gives you two free games a month.
. Then you have situations like Eurogamer being caught running Stadia on a 2012 HP Pavillion saying there are issues with the service, abysmal.