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Google adds Play Now button to web searches for games
- thesuperbigfrog 4y ago'When a Google game search returns a Play Now tab, it will include as many compatible streaming services as possible, including Google Stadia, Microsoft Xbox Cloud Gaming, Amazon Luna, and Nvidia GeForce Now. (My searches for many PlayStation-exclusive games on that console's Plus Premium cloud-streaming selection have thus far come up short.) Each entry shows what kind of fee may be required to play the game. Conveniently enough, many Google Stadia games can now be played for free for the first 30 minutes or as long as 120 minutes, and supported free-trial Stadia games get a bright-green flash of italicized text: "trial available." Other games and services that have appeared thus far have included tags like "premium subscription" or "free-to-play."' One-click purchasing comes to video game search results. Would they do the same for movies, music, or books? They could Netflix-ify the search results so that hovering over a search result gives a live preview and a click rents or buys the content. That could be addictive and lucrative.