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Google Stadia requires $130 upfront, $10 per month at November launch

30 points by sequence7 7y ago

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Havoc 7y ago
First reaction to headline was WTF, but given that it includes hardware that seems reasonable. Not particularly pleased about monthly fee AND a la carte per game though. Imagine if netflix did that...there would be a riot.
- 292355744930110 7y ago
  Amazon does this. There are many shows and movies that are included with Amazon Prime but there are others that you need to purchase.
  - Havoc 7y ago
    Fair point, but I think scale of the problem matters. That info sounds like the monthly fee will include ONE game - Destiny 2. That's tangibly different from Amazon's mixed models. Especially since I get Amazon prime for the shipping...the movies are just nice to haves. Which means the 10 USD is effectively a hardware rental fee only. And Google becomes a game distrib platform and eats Steam's lunch.
    - strictnein 7y ago
      Considering Steam is full of people who will notice the latency of something like this, I doubt Steam is worried at all. I'm no MLG tryhard, but I notice the latency when playing my Xbox One X across my local 1Gb network. I wouldn't want to have that be my daily experience.
bsurmanski 7y ago
This headline is misleading. The $130 is for the "Founders Edition", which is an early access with additional hardware (controller + 4k chromecast). The $10 a month is for 4k access (instead of the default 1080p) and free games (ala Xbox live gold). You may use an existing controller (or keyboard/mouse) connected to a PC if you want. Without the subscription, games access is by-purchase (like steam).
- pier25 7y ago
  Without the $10 subscription you have to buy each game and it runs on 1080p?
  - bsurmanski 7y ago
    I think that's the implication. Earlier they had demos of YouTube integration, so i imagine they would have demo's or some way to play before buying (?)
lawrenceyan 7y ago
The title is sort of misleading. Stadia Founder's Edition is $129 for 2 three month subscriptions (one for a friend I guess?), a Stadia controller, and a Chromecast Ultra. Stadia Pro, what they're calling their subscription model, is $10/month which is independent of everything else and all you technically need to play games on Stadia using your Chrome browser, phone, etc.
dang 7y ago
Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20116089 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20116089, except for the ones about this title.

30 points by sequence7 7y ago

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First reaction to headline was WTF, but given that it includes hardware that seems reasonable. Not particularly pleased about monthly fee AND a la carte per game though. Imagine if netflix did that...there would be a riot.

292355744930110 7y ago
Amazon does this. There are many shows and movies that are included with Amazon Prime but there are others that you need to purchase.
- Havoc 7y ago
  Fair point, but I think scale of the problem matters. That info sounds like the monthly fee will include ONE game - Destiny 2. That's tangibly different from Amazon's mixed models. Especially since I get Amazon prime for the shipping...the movies are just nice to haves. Which means the 10 USD is effectively a hardware rental fee only. And Google becomes a game distrib platform and eats Steam's lunch.
  - strictnein 7y ago
    Considering Steam is full of people who will notice the latency of something like this, I doubt Steam is worried at all. I'm no MLG tryhard, but I notice the latency when playing my Xbox One X across my local 1Gb network. I wouldn't want to have that be my daily experience.

bsurmanski 7y ago

This headline is misleading. The $130 is for the "Founders Edition", which is an early access with additional hardware (controller + 4k chromecast). The $10 a month is for 4k access (instead of the default 1080p) and free games (ala Xbox live gold). You may use an existing controller (or keyboard/mouse) connected to a PC if you want. Without the subscription, games access is by-purchase (like steam).

pier25 7y ago
Without the $10 subscription you have to buy each game and it runs on 1080p?
- bsurmanski 7y ago
  I think that's the implication. Earlier they had demos of YouTube integration, so i imagine they would have demo's or some way to play before buying (?)

lawrenceyan 7y ago

The title is sort of misleading. Stadia Founder's Edition is $129 for 2 three month subscriptions (one for a friend I guess?), a Stadia controller, and a Chromecast Ultra. Stadia Pro, what they're calling their subscription model, is $10/month which is independent of everything else and all you technically need to play games on Stadia using your Chrome browser, phone, etc.

dang 7y ago

Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20116089 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20116089, except for the ones about this title.