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Cerebralbore101 on 23 October 2019
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CuCabeludo said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

And like DonFerrari said, you would be buying games only to have last gen performance. Unless of course you wanted to pay that $10 a month, which adds up to $840 over the seven year lifespan of modern consoles. 

You are hyping a glorified hardware rental service. 

If you put the price of a new gen console at launch + like 7 years of subscription for online service it doesn't get any cheaper. The free version of stadia will be a very cheap deal for people that don't give a shit about 4K and are interested to play a game on their mobile/tablet without having to invest i n a hardware for it.

Free online with Stadia. Just gotta put up with dying to input lag or "input prediction". 

lol Playing games in 1080 in 2020 will be like playing games in 720 in 2015. The free version of Stadia needs to at least offer 1440p. 

Chrkeller said:

It is a hardware rental service. $840 over 7 years, got it.

Ps4 pro: $400
7 years of PSN: $420
Total: $820

Price is about the same. Except Stadia can do mid generation upgrades without an increase in pricing to the consumer, PlayStation can't.  Stadia can be taken anywhere, playstation can't. 

I am not arguing in favor the Stradia, but pointing out people underestimate the cost of consoles.  I can only speak for myself personally:

ps4: $350

ps4 pro upgrade: $400

5 years of PSN: $300

I'm $1050 in....  in 5 years.  Stadia pricing doesn't seem that bad.  I'm still nervous about streaming and not downloading.

There are other costs with Stadia though. Such as needing to pay for faster internet, or fees for going over your ISP's data cap. 

Speaking for myself, I've been subbed to PS+ for a grand total of 9 months and have no plans to resub this gen. I have over 60 PS4 games and only like 5 of them need online play for any meaningful part of the game.