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I'm a gamer with a heavy Xbox One that I lugged across 15 countries over 2 years and I cannot wait to replace it with Stadia. 90% of the time my Xbox is just a
by drusepth 7y ago
I'm a gamer with a heavy Xbox One that I lugged across 15 countries over 2 years and I cannot wait to replace it with Stadia. 90% of the time my Xbox is just a YouTube/Netflix machine, but that means it wins out the TV's HDMI port over the Chromecast for the 10% of time someone wants to play a game. Adding "gaming" to Chromecast makes a $300 console vs a $60-70 controller a no-brainer, especially when you throw travel into the mix. If my Switch supported Netflix, it would have filled this niche but... it can't.
>The only part that stumps me is why you need pay $130 for a controller and a Chromecast with "special" software on it. Isn't the whole premise that you don't need dedicated hardware to play games?
I might be wrong on this, but $130 was for the controller and a Chromecast Ultra (which retails $70), so I'd assume controllers will run $60-70 after launch.