Google Stadia review: 2 years later!

All that glitter is not (always) gold...

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[edraket]

I just ordered a chromecast ultra+ stadia controller for 22, 22... lets give it a try!

[ThisIsJayEveryday]

The only reason I don't play Stadia more is because the lack of games I actually wanna play. That said, I'd l love to see a future where Stadia can be my sole gaming platform. The convenience is unmatched.

[MoldyDogUnlimited]

Stadia is absolutely awesome. The launch was not so good. But now it's solid. 200+ games is not bad but I must admit it needs more AAA games. Other than Ubisoft that is.

[Chach]

Been loving Stadia for the past 2 years.
Great Job Google! 👍🏾

[TheColdest]

Man as a Stadia founder, I couldn't wait. I stayed patient and ignored the hate, but in the end google just didn't know what direction to take Stadia in. I don't even play my Stadia anymore, and as a matter of fact I play every other cloud gaming service and man let me tell you Stadia just fell off at the end of the day.

[reddeviluk]

Gaming Dad here, sometimes mere minutes a week available to game so no time for 10Gb updates etc. Stadia is perfect to pick up, play, put away.

I use it more than my PlayStation and Switch.

[YA]

If Google keeps backing Stadia it can take over but it needs time. They need to back it for at least 10-15 years to be able to compete with ps5 and xbox

[liquid]

I got to admit I was very skeptical about cloud gaming yet still decided to give Stadia a shot. So glad I did. Some of the best features are:

1. Load times are practically none existent compared to my PS4. It's super fast and allows you to get in the game within seconds.
2. Never need to worry about game/system updates that can take forever with reboots and always at the worst times.
3. Never need to worry about storage space and how many games I have installed and corrupt files.
4. Going seemlessly from my bedroom TV to living room TV to laptop, tablet to phone is so convenient and effortless.
5. Getting 60fps and at 4k is something my PS4 pro could never do.
6. Never noticed any lag.
7. Don't need to worry expensive hardware/system upgrades.

Overall I'm very impressed with Stadia and believe this can be the future of gaming.

[jdeslip]

Stadia remains my go to platform. It brought me back into gaming! It is the only cloud service that is an actual platform!

[abiezer]

I've been using Stadia for a while and I have no complains at all!

[ChrisBeard]

My stadia arrived today (ordered on the strength of the vid) it's bloody brilliant!!!! Damn I wish bought this two years ago

[Vegs]

They really need a hardware upgrade and a bitrate slider.

[detroitquinto]

Stadia is still my go to gaming platform because of convenience.

[RicardoCarvalhoPT]

Nice retrospective, daily Stadia user here. Mainly for the convinience, it's really cool tech, and works really well - although an infrastruture upgrade would be nice

[skullcrusher_]

Google should reconsider not having any exclusive titles on stadia to make it a real competitive platform.

[RMartian]

I've used every cloud gaming system out right now. Stadia is amazing but definitely lacks games. They really need to do better about bringing more games to the platform because it runs spectacularly well. I use Stadia and GForce primarily. GamePass xCloud is okay and has a ton of games but doesn't have mouse and keyboard support which is dumb. Luna is kind of in the same state as Stadia with too few games plus there's no free version. PS Now has the most games and the worst performance.

I hope Stadia does well. It's my favorite despite the lack of games. GForce is my close second but has odd performance issues.

[joltganda]

Non-stadia user here. Pretty informative video, before I’d just shrug it off as a dead brand, but now? Glad to hear it’s at least doing alright.

Might even give it a try.

[spenarkley]

Premier edition is nearly 75% off on black friday. Thinking about it..

[BryanDalleStelleOfficial]

I love Stadia. I would have never bought a console because I'm not a gamer, but Stadia fits well in my life. I hope it keeps up

[Rottypops]

Through all of Stadia's fault, I'm just happy that the latency is so low that I really can't tell it's streaming vs local.