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The Response to Google's 7 Year Pixel Update Promise is Getting Weird (www.droid-life.com)
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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'm just articulating why I, as a cloud gamer at the time they release their product, stayed with different providers. They didn't exist in the vacuum, GeForce now, and shadow, both existed, allowed you to use a pre-existing libraries, didn't charge per game.

GeForce now was cheaper, Shadow was more expensive but provided better resolution.

So Google comes into the mix, and their option, while I wanted to try it, wasn't palatable for me as a cloud gamer at the time.

Scenario 1: buy the game on steam, play it on local hardware, or GeForce now for $5 a month

Scenario 2: buy the game on steam, play it on shadow, or local hardware, for $20 a month

Scenario 3: by the game from Google for more than it costs on steam, only be able to play it on stadia, and pay I think it was $15 a month.

You can see why I chose scenarios 1 and 2 instead.