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I've been playing with both Stadia and Xcloud. Stadia definitely has Xcloud beat on technical merits - load times, streaming quality etc. BUT, their pricing is

I've been playing with both Stadia and Xcloud. Stadia definitely has Xcloud beat on technical merits - load times, streaming quality etc. BUT, their pricing is too high and the library is tiny. The value you get from the Xbox Gamepass Ultimate is absurd for $15 a month - the library is huge, including stuff like the EA Sports games. And you have the choice of installing locally if you want instead of streaming. I just hope Microsoft is taking some notes on the streaming performance and load times of Stadia, because it really does make a huge difference in my ability to just pick up and play.

dougmwne 5y ago
In my experience, GeForceNow was even better image quality than Stadia. I'm a paid subscriber and I enjoy the heck out of it. It also works with your existing games from Steam and other major digital storefronts.
- leetrout 5y ago
  As I understand it there are several publishers not allowing games to work on GFN (but I too love the service when I trialed it)
smileybarry 5y ago
Maybe Stadia is just extremely location-dependent, but when I tried both services via a (very stable) VPN, xCloud felt a lot smoother and with less latency (when comparing the same geo region). Both were worse than GeForce Now though (which doesn't require a VPN but around the same latency). They're also adding xCloud support for your purchased games at some point[1], a bit like Geforce Experience's Steam-linking but for Xbox owners. 1: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2019/11/14/expanding-project-xcloud-more-games-more-ways-to-play/ https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2019/11/14/expanding-project-xcl...