Ciao a tutti, ho ricevuto per Natale una gift card da 25€ che ho aggiunto al mio account.
ora vorrei acquistare un gioco ma come metodo di pagamento ho soltanto la carta di credito... chi mi ha regalato la card ha detto che avrei potuto usarla per questo in quanto così gli è stato detto...
premetto che non ho dispositivi Android
come faccio ad usarla su stadia?
grazie!
Hey @Jiraiya
without an Android device, it's not possible currently to use Google Play balance to purchase games on Stadia. Same for PayPal, if you purchase via the browser (stadia.google.com) you can only use credit cards.
If you don't want to buy an Android device, maybe you have friends or family members who could give you theirs? You would simply need to login to the Stadia app with your account, make the purchase and then you can log off again and give them their phone back.
Hello @Jiraiya
There is actually a trick to doing this, but it isn't too convenient. I've done it, though, and it works. It's called Bluestacks: https://www.bluestacks.com/ – an Android emulator that runs on Windows or macOS. You can install that, fire it up, install the Stadia app (Android variant) inside, log in to your Stadia account, and then you should be able to buy Stadia games from there using Google Play gift card (you'll need to add that gift card to your Google Play account as well, but if I recall correctly, you can do that from a regular browser – the actual purchase step has to happen from inside Bluestacks). After making your purchase, you can shut down Bluestacks and the game will be available anywhere you play Stadia. This is definitely not awesome, and I'd really like to see Google at least make this possible from a browser (I know they really can't do it from the iOS app, but I can live with that).
Hey @Jiraiya
without an Android device, it's not possible currently to use Google Play balance to purchase games on Stadia. Same for PayPal, if you purchase via the browser (stadia.google.com) you can only use credit cards.
If you don't want to buy an Android device, maybe you have friends or family members who could give you theirs? You would simply need to login to the Stadia app with your account, make the purchase and then you can log off again and give them their phone back.
Hello @Jiraiya
There is actually a trick to doing this, but it isn't too convenient. I've done it, though, and it works. It's called Bluestacks: https://www.bluestacks.com/ – an Android emulator that runs on Windows or macOS. You can install that, fire it up, install the Stadia app (Android variant) inside, log in to your Stadia account, and then you should be able to buy Stadia games from there using Google Play gift card (you'll need to add that gift card to your Google Play account as well, but if I recall correctly, you can do that from a regular browser – the actual purchase step has to happen from inside Bluestacks). After making your purchase, you can shut down Bluestacks and the game will be available anywhere you play Stadia. This is definitely not awesome, and I'd really like to see Google at least make this possible from a browser (I know they really can't do it from the iOS app, but I can live with that).