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You don't need to buy hardware for Stadia (sort of). At the moment, I do think you need to be invited by an existing member, to get an activation code , withou
by SmirkingRevenge 7y ago
You don't need to buy hardware for Stadia (sort of). At the moment, I do think you need to be invited by an existing member, to get an activation code , without buying the "founder's edition" - which is a controller and a chromecast ultra.
But in general, you don't need either of those things to play games on stadia. You can use any controller (or kb/m, and any device that runs chrome, AFAIK).
- georgemcbay 7y agoI don't think this is a good defense of the service, in fact quite the opposite. The fact that you can't just buy access to it without buying the chromecast ultra hardware bundle just shows how half-baked the whole thing is. Especially since the chromecast ultra doesn't support non-Stadia controllers, so if you do want to play with say an Xbox controller google is bundlefucking you with hardware you will never use, which certainly doesn't make the service look any more attractive to people who might otherwise be interested.