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Thanks for sharing. Can you only play select games in the subscription? Do they ever get removed? I'm just trying to see why it is struggling. It seems like a

• wccrawford 6y ago
  In general, you pay for games on Stadia, just like any console. They're only available digitally, of course. They also offer a paid subscription (like XBL and PS Plus) that offers certain benefits (higher resolution, etc) as well as free games each month. If you cancel your subscription, you can no longer play the games you got for free, and you can only play your paid-for games up to (IIRC) 1080p. It's a great concept that a lot of people don't really see the point of, since they've already invested in PCs and/or consoles, and they don't really want to game remotely at all. There's also very, very few exclusive games, and they're all pretty weak. The system as a whole looks good until it's compared to other systems, and then the problems start to show up. This was all made worse by them requiring that you buy $100+ of hardware to get started at launch, when one of the best use cases for it is people who can't afford to put much money up-front for a console. You can now play it for free, but that wasn't the case at launch when the hype as at its peak. They ruined their best marketing window, and they didn't trumpet the change loud enough when they finally made everything available to anyone. They've basically screwed up marketing on this in every way possible, and now they aren't even committed to making first-party games, unlike every other console.