Setup was actually pretty painless there was one hiccup where I jumped ahead when setting up the chrome cast and controller before linking it to my stadia account. This resulted in weird choppy audio...
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Setup was actually pretty painless there was one hiccup where I jumped ahead when setting up the chrome cast and controller before linking it to my stadia account. This resulted in weird choppy audio, but after a reboot from the chromecast menu I was prompted to relink to stadia and now it plays great. I know many complained about not getting their founders codes and I started out to be one of those complaining, but then I checked my spam folder.... it was there. I have my chromecast hard wired and hooked up to a beefy internet(1gbps) and the experience is relatively flawless. I played D2 shadowkeep for 20 mins on my ps4 pro deliberately before playing the same sequences and missions on stadia, and I did see the tiniest bit of lag but once my brain adjusted I couldn’t feel it any more and the game was pretty responsive. Graphically I did feel it looked a bit shinier than my ps4 pro. I have it running through a marantz sr8012 but running to a Sony hw40es projector so I’m locked at 1080p with no hdr when comparing. I have a 4K tv which I plan to test it on once other chromecast ultras are supported. I really like the fact that when you buy a game you play straight away. This cannot be understated. In preparing to compare my ps4 pro Destiny 2 (D2) shadowkeep copy to stadia I had to wait for 40+mins for just the update to complete and install. With stadia you buy the game and then you immediately play the game... awesome. If this is just the beginning and google truly plans to put the right amount of investment in this platform then I could easily see this being a strong alternative to consoles. I’d really like to see google team up with internet providers to remove data caps for stadia (I’m lucky that I do not have a data cap). I’d also like to see WiFi wireless headphones and higher than 60fps in the future (right now I still don’t see this replacing my dedicated gaming pc). Last parting thought is if this platform takes off I’d really like to see 3rd party pro controllers like a WiFi Razer raiju for FPS games. Good start google please continue to improve so I can one day not have a desire to build another monster PC.