With all due respect I find your first argument to be silly at best.  I pay for internet for PSN+, Netflix, Prime and a bunch of other reasons.  Paying for "faster" internet isn't part of the cost for Stadia.  Internet is a fixed cost and is used for a wide range of reasons.  I suspect most all gamers have strong internet and Stadia has nothing to do with it.  That is nothing more than you arbitrarily driving up the cost because you are scared of streaming.  And anybody with a cap is clearly not a candidate for Stadia.  Personally I have no caps.  Ultimately 4k requires 35 mbps...  sorry, 35 mbps internet isn't a heavy lift in 2019.  I get over double that for $50 a month.  And again, I use internet for all kinds of reason.  Attributing internet cost against Stadia is stupid.  It is 2019, I'm pretty sure internet has been mass adopted at this point for daily use.  

Good for you?  Fact is Stadia doesn't charge for online, Playstation does.  Depending on the person that something to factor in.  I am not saying Stadia is right for everybody, in fact I don't think it is right for me.  I just take offense when people act like a product is wrong simply because they don't personally like it.  Stadia is interesting, I see the appeal.  If the product isn't for you, cool, it is understandable.  But move on and stop acting like it is the antichrist because you find streaming scary.    

All I can say is you are lucky. I live in a mid sized metro of 600,000 and have two choices. Either pay for Centurylink and get speeds "up to" 35 mbps, or pay for Mediacomm and have a 400 GB data cap on your home internet usage. Lots of neighborhoods in my metro area don't give you a choice between providers. Lots of areas are lucky to get 20 mbps on a good day.

So I hope you understand why I factored in paying extra for good internet. 

I don't believe that 35 mbps isn't a heavy load in 2019. I've lived in Phoenix Arizona where 50 mbps internet was $90 a month, and I currently live in Iowa with what I've described above. 

BTW the whole "you need year round online console subscriptions" argument is laughable. Been laughing at that since 2011. 

My second favorite franchise is Souls. The best part of Souls is the online component. I also love Monster Hunter World, again heavy online component. Online is important for some gamers, including myself. And yes Sony charges for it, when they shouldn't. That is part of the cost (for people like me) of owning a ps4.

I think the take home message is everybody is different, thus different products hold different values.  The idea that Stadia is just bad because, well that is silly.  It has appeal.  Not having to pay for online, assuming Stadia gets souls, would be a huge factor for me.  I regularly play souls and hate having to pay $60 to do so.  

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I'll lived in 3 different states in 8 years.  I haven't been stuck with 20 mbps internet since 2005.  35 mbps is beyond an easy lift today.  I have the lowest package offered in my area at 80 mbps.  For $100 I can get 300 mbps.  

Google opens a studio in Montreal, aim to build a game that could only run on Stadia.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-10-24-google-is-making-a-spectrum-of-bets-on-stadia-content

"Public committing" having intention to keep the service for 10 years isn't the same as guaranteeing it. They need something more biding for me to give any credibility to their promise to keep the service.

And considering they aren't console maker bound by generation (where Sony promising to support PS3 or PS4 for 10 years mean that even after the next console arrives they will keep producing consoles and there will be some new games available, besides of course the console doesn't simply stop working because next gen came) they have no excuse for shutting down the service, they may upgrade the HW whenever there is a need.

And you just gone there and ignored that the person was talking about not paying for the 4k and getting 1080p, yes that is totally next gen.

Guaranteed? Did you receive a signed contract stating that and how much they will pay you if they close the service?

If you buy the games when the system have gone for 9 years and 6 months and they shut down you would be still in similar situation as they shutting down in 1-2 years. If they want to make serious of their promise they would have to at least keep the service for 2 years after they stop accepting new purchases of the service or games on the service, just like your MP games usually have the server going either several years after the sequel arrived or after gen change.

Besides you being able to buy PS+ with hefty discounts or that more than half the customers don't buy the service (and certainly among them several don't buy it for the online but for the discounts and gift games) so you are using one situation to paint all.

If you want to factor in HW cost of PS on the equation you also have to factor in the price of capable enough HW to run Stadia, and as mentioned it would right to count also the cost of internet increase (if you live in a place with datacap or costly internet, but despite you putting the highest cost scenario for playstation, you didn't for Stadia).

Also you are just comparing renting vs owning (that will be permanent and exist besides the 7 years timeframe, or can be gifted or sold to buy new HW).

You don't need to upgrade your HW during a console generation, the benefits PS4Pro and X1X brought weren't really that significant (and many people that upgraded sold their older console).

Considering the internet quality in Brazil several people that decide to get the service will get a little displeased.

The internet speed and latency you need for PSN+ and your video streaming isn't the same as the one you need for Stadia 4K even more if other people in your house uses it. Then you go and talk about playing in smartphones or in your friend house, do you also pay a very high premium 5G smartphone plan?

I asked for the source on it not charging for online but didn't get a reply.

Ok, let's see this game in 5 years.

@Don

"so you are using one situation to paint all."

Not at all, I was using my personal situation and putting in my personal thoughts. Nothing more. The entire point is people are trying to paint Stadia as good or bad, when neither is the case. It is situational and changes from person to person.

And no, I don't need to upgrade my internet. I literally have the lowest/slowest plan in my area at 80 mbps. Again, I'm speaking about my personal situation.

"Then you go and talk about playing in smartphones or in your friend house, do you also pay a very high premium 5G smartphone plan?"

I've said no such thing.  No idea WTF you are talking about.  I made a comment that Stadia can easily be moved, and by that meaning I can play it in any room in my house.  Which, given I have kids, is pretty cool.  

Thanks, and you could have put that upfront "for me this is how it would cost".

With a console you can pretty much play anywhere in your house, it takes like 2 min to unplug console from one TV and putting in other.

Not for me.  I have surround sound and multiple consoles, giant entertainment centers.  Getting behind and unplugging equipment isn't a 2 minute job.

Oh and:

"I can only speak for myself personally:

ps4: $350

ps4 pro upgrade: $400

5 years of PSN: $300"

I clearly said I was speaking about myself, you know personally.  I made that clear upfront.

So you can't have the spot you want to put a console with a HDMI and power outlet available? I have this in all the TVs I want to play, maybe twice a year I need to get behind a TV to fuss around.

Ok, seems strange that you have put this much money to get PS4Pro (and kept og PS4) when you were complaining a lot on having to put 500 for a PS5 even more if you had to buy new controllers and HDD (since you can just reuse HDD, and you don't need to rush and buy a controller), someone so tight with his wallet doesn't make much sense to go and buy a Pro. But well you can sell both and pay dimes on PS5 that will be BC with PS4.