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cprelude
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Stadia for PC only

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If I only want to play Stadia games on my PC (through Chrome), do I have to pay the full sign-up fee, and purchase the controller and Chromecast etc, devices I will never use? Is there a custom price point for users who only want to play the Stadia games on their PCs?

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Asinned
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Right now you have to purchase the Premiere Edition. So a lot of unwanted costs for you. If you ask here, maybe someone has an unused buddy pass, which allows you to start without the hardware and 3 months of Stadia Pro for free.

Soon it should be possible to subscribe to stadia without buying the hardware (and with Stadia Base you don‘t even need the subscription fee).

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Asinned
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Right now you have to purchase the Premiere Edition. So a lot of unwanted costs for you. If you ask here, maybe someone has an unused buddy pass, which allows you to start without the hardware and 3 months of Stadia Pro for free.

Soon it should be possible to subscribe to stadia without buying the hardware (and with Stadia Base you don‘t even need the subscription fee).

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cprelude
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Thank you for your helpful reply.

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Jenesis
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@cprelude No you have not, but Stadia Is not out yet. At the moment the only way to play Is to buy the premium edition that's a sort of anticipate access.

Anyway soon stadia should be free for everyone (end of January?) and you can buy directly the games you want to play.

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Asinned
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@Jenesis There was no talk about Stadia Base in the 3 month roadmap, so I wouldn‘t expect Stadia Base for at least 3 months.

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cprelude
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Hi Jenesis...Yes well, we will see...Perhaps they're trying to generate some income first from early adopters. They have heardly been transparent about all the options really. I had never heard of "Stadia base" till today for instance.

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Nilas
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If you check reddit very often and if you're fast enough, some people are still dropping buddy pass there
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cprelude
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Hi there...Thanks...Interesting that Google don't make any of this clear on the Stadia Home Page...! A completely locked down introduction to the service...!

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