You only need the Stadia controller to play on your TV via Chromecast. On PC and on Mobile you can use almost any controller that you can connect via USB. The Stadia controller will have some extra fe...
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You only need the Stadia controller to play on your TV via Chromecast. On PC and on Mobile you can use almost any controller that you can connect via USB. The Stadia controller will have some extra features (when they get everything working) like the mic, and the dedicated assistant button... stuff like that. With that said, as someone who plays on PC using an Xbox One controller most of the time, I actually like the Stadia controller. It has a nice feel to it. It's a little heavy, which I like. Slightly heavier than the Xbox controller. It has a very fine texturing on the bottom half of the controller, so it feels both weighty and secure in the hands. I do wish the sticks were positioned like the Xbox controller, instead of the PlayStation configuration. But it also feels better to me that the PlayStation controller. Xbox has the better configuration, but I'd put this controller second to Xbox, above the PS controller. Anyway, the point is if you're playing on a Windows PC which it sounds like you are, you don't need the controller, and your rant doesn't make sense. The launch was pretty bad, I'll admit that. So many features not ready that it feels rushed. But if they wanted to have a Black Friday sale, and probably Cyber Monday and Christmas sales, then it makes sense that they couldn't afford to wait until the spring to launch. They wouldn't sell much in the spring after everyone just bought new consoles, PCs and games for the holidays. However, this bad launch might hurt them just as much, because the service is not really ready for prime time.