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ErrEff
Feb 13, 2012

According to this Reddit AMA you will never be able to access F2P games on Stadia Base - you'll need a Pro subscription.

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4) No free games on Stadia Base. But hey, Stadia Base gives you free access to the state-of-the-art gaming hardware in our datacenter ;) You spend your money to buy games you want.

Destiny 2 is included as part of the Pro subscription, presumably you'll lose all access to it if your subscription lapses.

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ErrEff
Feb 13, 2012

The bandwidth costs are significantly higher for Google than they are for other console manufacturers since the rendering and processing hardware isn't actually in the box people buy. If they allow F2P stuff on Stadia Base the business model simply won't add up*, even with them taking a cut of all microtransactions. There would have to be ads. Lots of them.

* In their eyes - it would possibly be sustainable but as we all know, "sustainable" isn't a word in Google's dictionary

ErrEff
Feb 13, 2012

I wonder how many people will truly have this thing by tomorrow. I'm guessing not a lot.

ErrEff
Feb 13, 2012

Well color me embarassed, I thought the release was set for the 18th. Even so, it doesn't sound like this will be in too many people's hands by Tuesday.





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