Great post and great replies by all, a good read. Regarding keyboard and mouse, I agree however this is a technical limitation of the Chromecast I believe (might be wrong but I did a quick search) a...
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Great post and great replies by all, a good read. Regarding keyboard and mouse, I agree however this is a technical limitation of the Chromecast I believe (might be wrong but I did a quick search) as it doesn't have Bluetooth capabilities which I believe is how most wireless keyboards and mice connect. Google homes have Bluetooth so I guess they could potentially double hop but that sounds laggy. In terms of target audience and marketing, I feel like they don't know who they're target audience is and they haven't driven the Stadia hard marketing wise and I can't fathom why, I can only assume it's maybe a choice they've made. Maybe get a base of players, almost beta testers, and when they're confident and have a really good library and some exclusives, maybe they'll then try and push it more. I haven't seen one TV ad in the UK, other than the fact I'm a 39 year old geek Stadia could've completely passed me by! The issue Stadia seems to have is perception, any Stadia article, outside of this forum, is full of comments sections full of people slating Stadia, it's subscription model and it's general existence, I think this is what Google needs to address to win the masses over. Love Stadia though, own a PC, PS4 and a Switch, PS4 is gathering dust, turned it on to play Destiny 2, turned it off because there was a massive update to wait for, no thanks, not anymore! The convenience of Stadia is great, for me it works perfectly, if the kids are watching *insert mind numbing kids TV program of the minute here* on the TV I can grab the Chromebook and instantly get playing. Same in the garden using my Orzly phone mount and Pixel phone. My only slight moan is it'd be nice if there was a cheaper way to get the family round the TV playing games like Get Packed other than buying another 3 controllers at £60 a pop, which just isn't going to happen. I guess it comes back to the original post and wanting to link keyboard and mouse, if we could link other controllers to the Chromecast Ultra, problem solved!