Now that the dust has settled, what are you unironic thoughts? It has support from developers...

Also you don't have to individually buy films from Netflix.

I think it's gonna flop. Something about the way their presenting it doesnt really make it mainstream user friendly, and it's cloudy enough to turn off savvy gamers. They should have partnered with Fortnite or some other uber popular shit to get more normie hype. It would be really cool if the tech actually worked and there would be no interruptions or lag but it's unlikely. Hell the actual stream had lag, if they cant handle basic video streaming, how will they handle back and forth input from player to game and 4k streaming?

Not to many, personally know several people who go trough a game once or twice and shelve them until they want to trade it back for nowhere near the price it was bought at.

If the "pro" subscription gave you access to a huge library of games to just play Netflix-style then I could see the mainstream keeping it somewhat alive at least.
As it is it's just another fucking store that Google has full control over and you'll probably lose all those games when the service fails.

It's going to be dead in a couple years

its good, gonna buy it.
i dont really care about /v`'s paranoia about made up things that will never happen.
my internet is decent enough, 4k wont be able though

That part’s the same, but the latency is the real issue. No one cares if a movie starts a half-second after you press the play button, but it’s totally different in a video game.

It’s gonna go the way of google glass. No one will remember it by 2020.

they need free trials

The concept of Stadia isn't horrible, as much as I hate the idea of a digital only/streaming only game world.

It's just that the technology isn't there for this to work well, and it's being done by a company that is notorious for ditching ventures that aren't an immediate success.