When will be possible to create free account on Stadia?

Jenesis — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 11:43:08 GMT

At the moment to play Stadia it's necessary to buy the premier edition. When will be possibile to create an account and buy a game without buying the premier ?

Re: When will be possible to create free account on Stadia?

Chufu — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 11:50:54 GMT

@Jenesis as soon as Google is releasing Stadia Base, then everyone can join Stadia, even without a Founder's edition, Premiere edition or Buddy Pass, buy a game and play directly.

Unfortunately there is no release date announced yet, but what we heard so far was "early 2020".

Re: When will be possible to create free account on Stadia?

Nightcrow — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:01:01 GMT

According to https://9to5google.com/2020/02/27/stadia-2-7-base-youtube-streaming/

The new update on the app have Stadia base preperations on it

Stadia Base + Pro free trial

As it stands today, the Google Stadia app won’t allow you to register an account if you don’t have a code from a Stadia Founder’s or Premiere Edition or a Buddy Pass. But those days are numbered, as the free tier Stadia Base is launching sometime this year.

The Stadia app is preparing for that future with a new signup flow that lets new you register for an account without a code.

Text on the button that allows the user to skip code redemption and continue on with the account creation flow.
Continue without a code

Once you’ve got a free account registered, it appears Google may offer for you to try Stadia Pro for free for one month. That means once Stadia Base opens to the public, people should be able to try out Stadia with no investment into purchasing a game or hardware. This is perfect for those who aren’t sure if their connection can handle Stadia and don’t want to spend money testing it.

Title text on the Pro details page introducing the free trial.
Play for free

Button text for the Pro details page that allows you to start the free Pro trial.
Start playing

With a
1 month
Stadia Pro free trial

Base player limit

However, with Stadia free to play for a month, this is likely to cause a major spike in players. To make sure that this spike doesn’t affect their paying customers, Google may be putting a limit on the number of free accounts that can be registered.

From the strings, it seems that this limit will be determined based on your “area.” We’re not sure whether this means your local area such as your nearest Google Cloud datacenter, or something more broad such the country you live in.

Title of page explaining that user cannot sign in because Stadia has hit full capacity.
Sorry, Stadia is full in your area

Body of page explaining that user cannot sign in because Stadia has hit full capacity.
In order to provide the best game quality for everyone, we limit the number of accounts on Stadia. We’ve hit that limit, but we’re working hard to build additional room in the Stadia cloud so more people can enjoy the same high-quality game performance. Please check back in the future for new player availability.

Re: When will be possible to create free account on Stadia?

Mad_Dog_Bravo — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:42:00 GMT

Stadia base + 3 Month Pro trial is also going to be bundled on the ASUS ROG Phone 3 once that launches this year too. Although I don't know the release date for the phone yet, hopefully the base release is going to happen sooner rather than later.

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