Give it time my dude. Casuals literally will ruin everything with given time. I mean, look how long it took the casual in the mobile industry to grow and then explode, getting those some money grubbing AAA pubs, to go and seek out just what made them wads of cash on that platform. If Stadia takes off with flying colours, that's it for gaming. All streaming, absolutely zero ownership, and a netflix style fee, guaranteeing them insane amounts of cashflow. 

I gotta say, I really loathe how nearly every industry is trying to steadily move into this "you pay me per week/month/year" model, rather than buy once, get a good sales, it's almost like these industries don't want anyone even paying once, let alone getting a good deal (I can say the same to artists who keep raising their prices, gate-blocking those who want to support them)

We're already heading there, since we've been seeing Netflix style sub fees to play all these games, for a limited time (as in, limited when you stop paying a constant fee). All these big pubs easily want to move us onto a platform and turn gaming entirely into an ongoing service, where they churn out as little effort, but requiring you to pay a constant fee. It's their end-game dream. I feel like this has always been their dream,since the early days of the net. 

They agree on an amount of money.  Square enix put Shadow of the Tomb Raider/Just Cause 4 on gamepass very fast after it's release so the deals must be fine and also  third party games sometimes go on the day of release on game pass.      You make a deal for 3 months. After 3 months they will renew the contract for less money and publishers can decide if they want to go on with it.  Gamepass is a bit more interesting because you can also buy the games + DLC etc for a cheaper price if you have gamepass.  In the summer we will know Google's answer.

I swear some people not specifically on this thread complain about anti-consumer/negative companies, and yet they seem to praise this service which google have created. I won't support google, dodgy as fuck and have just been fined 1.5 billion euros for shady practices.

Just like Youtube keeps track of views, Stadia can keep track of playtime.

Streaming is the future.
I'm looking foward to see how this tech evolves.

To the extent that it works like they claim, and I can play AAA games on various devices, without the need for big investments in hardware, I see it as a huge positive. I'd be happy to subscribe to a couple streaming services.

A lot of comments in this thread demonstrate that gamers are just scared of change.

Why would i want change when it works perfectly now?

Woah woah woah, you’re telling me that an online streaming service where you use your Internet to stream video games, REQUIRES Internet? What in the actual fuck. How has Google not solved what Netflix solved years ago, where you can stream quality Netflix programming anywhere in the world even if you don’t have Internet. It reminds me of when GameFly started to lend out video games but oh of course, you needed an address for them to ship it to. There’s always a catch!

Also can you please provide a source for the stuff about ads and microtransactions?