Eh, sort of. They dropped the 3 months of Pro from the package at the same time making it a wash. And with them opening up access to anyone who wants in the value proposition now is: Do you need a controller and a Chromecast and is the controller good enough to be worth $40?
i haven’t read anything about the controller, so maybe it is. However I am… skeptical, at best.
Stadia regardless of the tech working or not is going nowhere because of its anemic library that has barely increased in 6+ months. Frankly they could just send this in the mail to me for free and I wouldn’t really care.
I got that email yesterday which is weird, because it says ‘As a new Stadia Pro member, you get $10 off a game!’ but I’m not a Stadia Pro member. At least I don’t think I am, doesn’t that cost money?
jsnell
2017
There’s a free trial for Stadia Pro these days. (Which, confusingly, is different from the free base tier of Stadia). Maybe you signed up for the trial and forgot about it?
That got me wondering so I headed over to the Stadia site and signed up, went through the process of setting up an account, and at the end I was asked if I wanted to sign up for a Stadia Pro trial which I declined. So, I don’t know what happened there, maybe it’s just a boilerplate email they send out to random folks.
I got an email that said I get $10 off a stadia game because I have YouTube premium I think. I did trial stadia before it was called stadia but otherwise haven’t signed up for it ever.
Menzo
2020
I got the same email. I signed up for the premium edition when it was announced but then cancelled. So I think they’re just emailing their whole list.
jsnell
2021
So one funny thing is that Stadia has more games six months after launch than either PS4 or Xbox One did, and is growing faster. The mix of indies and AAA games seems comparable too.
But the big problem that library has is how few games are releasing simultaneously on Stadia. Most of the games are 1-2 years old on other platforms.
But unlike those platforms the games aren’t predominantly new releases - Stadia’s games are chiefly comprised of ports of games that in some cases have been out for years elsewhere.
And nothing exclusive to their platform at all, outside of a couple of small indie titles with “timed” exclusivity (ie. Gylt).
I did participate in the AC: Odyssey test they ran, mainly so I could get my free copy of the game. But that is likely why they sent me the email.
jsnell
2024
Yes, that’s why I said as much in the very next sentence that you chose not to quote.
Quaro
2026
I wanted to give this a chance since it finally works on any phone. Is there a really no way of trying this without putting in my credit card information first?
I know I cancel before they charge me but I also know that I frequently forget to cancel things. Extremely off-putting when I would have been satisfied with even a 2 minute demo, as long as I didn’t need to commit it’s something I might forget to cancel.
Set a timer for five minutes. Sign up for Stadia. Play for two minutes. Cancel when the timer goes off.
Sounds like Roblox for adults.
kerzain
2029
New month, new games! Every month, Stadia brings free games that you can play with a Stadia Pro subscription. Just log-in and start playing today! Starting on September 1 we’re adding:
- Gunsport
- Hitman
- Hello Neighbor
- Metro Last Light Redux
- Super Bomberman R Online
Claim all six of these games with Stadia Pro starting September 1 and they’re yours to keep as long as you’re a Stadia Pro member.
https://community.stadia.com/t5/Stadia-Community-Blog/This-Week-on-Stadia-Six-more-free-games-headed-to-Pro-in/ba-p/28703
https://youtu.be/ePjpgzJ4TVo
Hate beat a really dead horse at this point but geez this is sad. Some good games but Hitman?..that’s been free multiple times, along with Metro too.
Hello Neighbor has also been free through Epic
I really have to admire the marketing push on Hello Neighbor. It’s a mediocre game that got mediocre sales, but there are toys, books, multiple sequels, and an animated show in development for it. Crazy.
I think it was just a hit with streamers for a while.
