topic Re: GOOGLE conveniently left out a. Very important piece of info in Payments & Billing

GOOGLE conveniently left out a. Very important piece of info

CaptainG — Sun, 12 Jan 2020 16:36:42 GMT

NOWHERE IN ALL THE LITERATURE ONLINE REGARDING STADIA DO THEY MENTION THAT ONCE A CONTROLLER HAS BEEN SIGNED UP NOBODY ELSE CAN USE ANY OF IT. SO I BOUGHT A STADIA CONTROLLER OFF SOMEONE ONLINE WHO HATED IT. PAID HIM AND BROUGHT HOME A VERY EXPENSIVE PAPER WEIGHT. BECAUSE UNLESS YOU SPEND $200 WITH GOOGLE YOU CANT OPEN A SUBSCRIPTION. THANKS AND **bleep** YOU TOO GOOGLE!!!!

Re: GOOGLE conveniently left out a. Very important piece of info

Chufu — Sun, 12 Jan 2020 19:00:05 GMT

Hey @CaptainG,

unfortunately people don't tell you when selling the Stadia controller what else you need to be able to play Stadia.

You can find the requirements though in this article.

At the moment to be able to play you need a Stadia Founder's Edition, Premiere Edition, or a Stadia Buddy Pass.

You could also wait until Stadia Base is out, then you are able to play Stadia with your controller without needing to buy a Premiere edition. For the TV you need a Chromecast Ultra though, but those you can also buy separetely then.

Re: GOOGLE conveniently left out a. Very important piece of info

Mad_Dog_Bravo — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 08:03:38 GMT

@CaptainG : Yeah, you'll just have to wait for the base edition to be released if you don't want to spend some additional money on a Premium edition release, or obtain a buddy pass code.

I know you feel stung on this currently, but the information is out there if you had searched in the right places. It is what it is currently, and I don't think that Google have intentionally gone out of their way to cause you hardship, but I agree it's far from ideal for users that thought purchasing a controller was sufficient.