1. If a game you bought is offered for pro then you are just out of luck and don't get a free game that month if I am understanding correctly. You buy a game 1) to own it... Google CLAIMED that eve...
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1. If a game you bought is offered for pro then you are just out of luck and don't get a free game that month if I am understanding correctly. You buy a game 1) to own it... Google CLAIMED that even if the platform was to fail they would "make users whole". Whether that means refunds/digital codes or whatever it seems like a fair promise. 2) to play it... yeah, I could sit and wait hoping to play a game if it possibly becomes free in the next few months, or I could buy it and play it when I see a game I like. 3) Because if nobody is buying games, then Stadia won't be able to attract and keep developers, and then it definitely is going to fail. Which is also why you don't see sales all the time on here. The developers want to know that people believe in Stadia enough to pay full price for a game! If they think people are here just for free stuff, there's no benefit for developers to support Stadia when they can make tons of money on other platforms. Personally, even if NEXT MONTH they release all 5 of the games I bought as pro games, it won't bug me. I've had the ability to enjoy them already, because I bought them. And I hope anybody who gets them for free enjoys them just as much. 2. The games are pretty much full price. They've actually had some pretty good sales. Like I said above... I own (bought) 5 games and I did not pay anything close to full price for any of them. I would have bought at least 2 more when they were on sale recently (NBA2K Legend and RDR2 Ultimate) if I had the money, but I just didn't. Also, keep in mind... HOPEFULLY we're going to start seeing some of the AAA titles that are being released... Some sooner, some later, like Doom Eternal, Cyberpunk 2077, and hopefully many others. Those games are probably not going to have lots of sales early on, if any. Even AC Odyssey on Stadia only had a sale at launch, and not since (another sale I wish I didn't miss). New, AAA titles are also not going to be offered as "Pro" subscriber games for a long, long time. Those are games we will want to play, and I'm probably going to pay full price for some of them gladly. 3. You cant use multiple save profiles, so my kids keep screwing up my games.(ok this one has nothing to do with the question. I am just venting.) I think this depends on the game. Some games, allow you to have multiple saves, even if they're not under different profiles. I've only played one of the Steamworld games so far. But it allows you to create multiple game saves. So even if they're not under separate profiles, this would still allow you to save games for yourself and your kids separately. Hopefully profiles might become available later on. It's still early for Stadia. If they COULD, I think they'd love to throw 1000 games on here tomorrow. That would definitely get them more subs, so of course they would do that if it was possible. I just think people joining Stadia have to have some patience, and 3 months for a new platform isn't patience. 6 months or even a year isn't really patience for a new platform, because it still could fail well after a year. If it becomes what they said it will be and what they want it to be, then it will be about the convenience, the technology, and also for the games... free games, discounted games, full price games, old titles, indie titles, and big name games.