Here is a quick list of what people doesn't seems to understand with stadia for now:
1°/ - Stadia subscription plan give you access to a latest generation console which doesn't sit within your living room.
2°/ - Stadia isn't simply a console, it's more than that, it's a complete gaming platform tied with other Google's services such as YouTube etc.
3°/ - Why don't Stadia just allow gamers/subscibers to link their Steam/Origin/GOG/Epic/Uplay account to the platform in order for Google to verify that they already buy a specific game and so avoid the frustration for them to have to buy it once again FULL PRICE (Skyrim effect hello).
4°/ - People don't get that in order to get the best experience you need your network connection to be rock solid, not only you need a decent bandwith in order to at least play seamlessly using 1080p Stereo and don't feel input lag, but you also need to pay attention to your inherent jitter and latency. For this one, Google should improve their elligibility speed test in order to at least inform correctly the consumers as they're not all tech geeks like us early-adopters.
5°/ - People don't get that today is actually a SOFT LAUNCH and not the real launch as it's only open for Founders and yet even founders don't all get the validation code yet.
6°/ - People expectation for such platform is really high as it ask them to switch from a platform that they know really well (Console/PC) with a lot of features and zero latency/quality issue because of their network connectivity. Google will really have to work and advertise and make enormous marketing/technicals efforts during a long time (at least three years) in order for them to prouve people that it's actually working.
7°/ - Improve the games catalog really quick and sustain the post-launch effect run of the platform or you'll have the same issue than for Game studios, the gamers drain because of problems or games launch planning on other platforms.
I hope all that will help a bit and that you'll all enjoy your time on the futur of gaming platform!
@GraceFromGoogle Is there a specific section of this community where we can submit our feedbacks (and make sure they're seen by Google)? I looked through the Stadia website and help page, but couldn't find info on this.
yeah, I would have loved to be able to give them those precious feedbacks from the community and from Game studios employees as I really things that the expectation about this platform is way more higher than what Google was prepared for, and they kind of setted the bar by themselves with the early june announcement and demo on stage.
@flint - In case you haven't discovered it, there's a way to send Feedback through the app. You may want to try submitting your feedback as well through there to make sure they reach Google (or whoever's responsible in reviewing). Basically click on your profile through the app, then scroll down, there's an option for 'Feedback'