Google Stadia Premiere Edition €59.99

beardo81 · 23-03-2021 9:37am

TetraSonic55 wrote: »

Google send you an email with a discount code for the Stadia premier edition. That code essentially brings the price to €0

You won't get an email to redeem the free stadia premier edition until very close to the release date

Do you get charged immediately or when the Stadia dispatches?

grogi · 23-03-2021 9:52am

machalla wrote: »

There are rumours that google will likely shut this down

Unless it is Google Search, Gmail or Pictures or YT, Google will eventually shut it down.

recyclops · 23-03-2021 9:59am

Ryath wrote: »

https://stadia.google.com/games/resident-evil-village?

now this offer may tempt may, was going to pick up RE8 on series X anyway so this may be worth the test

Setanter · 23-03-2021 11:12am

Does this come with a standard controller as well as the game controller?

beardo81 · 23-03-2021 11:49am

Setanter wrote: »

Does this come with a standard controller as well as the game controller?

I believe it would just come with the standard Stadia controller and a Chromecast Ultra, all you need really.

23-03-2021 11:56am

Setanter wrote: »

Does this come with a standard controller as well as the game controller?

Only the Chromecast with Google TV version comes with a remote control if that's what you're referring to.

lintdrummer · 24-03-2021 1:46am

Stadia and Chromecast Ultra arrived today. Very easy setup, took about 10 minutes.
Was happy to see it gave me 3 months Pro trial and €10 voucher for my first game purchase.

First impressions are good. I've got Virgin broadband here and speeds are around 350mb/s down, 35mb/s up. Just using the wifi from the hub 3.0 router for now but I will connect an ethernet cable to the chromecast when I get a spare one.

Tried 2 games this evening, both free on the Pro subscription. Things weren't too promising with F1 2020 which I tried first. In the menus there seemed to be some buffering at times and the audio stuttered occasionally. However when I got into the gameplay it was fine for the most part. One or two little stutters during 8 laps of Bahrain. To be honest it didn't really affect the gameplay but it would probably be annoying if it was a regular occurence. Might be better with an ethernet cable, though the chromecast is right next to the router.

Then tried Hitman. This played flawlessly. Like a console but with shorter load times. You honestly wouldn't know that you were streaming the game.

Graphics and general visuals looked great for both games, presumably it was 4k but I didn't actually check. One minor complaint would be that onscreen hints in terms of controller layout were tiny even on my 55" screen so it was almost impossible to read them. That might be adjustable in settings somewhere. But it's basically an Xbox controller and the layout is familiar to anyone who's ever played an Xbox. One minor annoyance is that you can't browse the game store on the TV, that all has to be done on the App. First world problems.

I will be using my €10 voucher to buy RDR2 at some point this week so I might check back in with an update after I've been using Stadia for a while and get a better idea of how it's going after some longer term use.

Thanks again OP.

B.A._Baracus · 24-03-2021 10:21am

Balls back up to 99.99.
Was hoping the deal would last until payday. Ah well.

24-03-2021 10:24am

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Balls back up to 99.99.
Was hoping the deal would last until payday. Ah well.

The Resident Evil deal is still going.

https://stadia.google.com/games/resident-evil-village?

https://support.google.com/stadia/answer/10495261?hl=en-GB#zippy=%2Cireland

sweetie · 24-03-2021 10:34am

Deleted User wrote: »

The Resident Evil deal is still going.

https://stadia.google.com/games/resident-evil-village?

https://support.google.com/stadia/answer/10495261?hl=en-GB#zippy=%2Cireland

wait...for 69.99 I get RE8, a chromecast ultra and a controller? Sign me up!
Do they send the hardware earlier or just before release of the game?

B.A._Baracus · 24-03-2021 10:50am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

The Resident Evil deal is still going.

https://stadia.google.com/games/resident-evil-village?

https://support.google.com/stadia/answer/10495261?hl=en-GB#zippy=%2Cireland

So for an extra 9.99 more than this thread deal you get re8 too? ... Amazing deal!
Think I have to get it now.

Kolido · 24-03-2021 11:07am

What is the controller like for using on Steam game for example?

Also, if Stadia closes, you can no longer play any games, you never really own a copy of the game, is that correct?

Wouldn't have much time to play now so just wondering if it is worth investing in to play at a later time.

NotVeryHappy · 24-03-2021 11:22am

Big problem with the controller is that it doesn't connect via bluetooth and instead uses wifi so if stadia goes the controller is useless. I've heard the controller does have some sort of bluetooth functionality that's disabled so best case scenario some firmware update would allow you to use it elsewhere...

And for the previous query, based on the cyberpunk deal, I recieved my contoller a week after the game launched

24-03-2021 11:27am

NotVeryHappy wrote: »

Big problem with the controller is that it doesn't connect via bluetooth and instead uses wifi so if stadia goes the controller is useless.

Steam recognises it when you use it as a wired controller.

SickBoy · 24-03-2021 11:50am

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

So for an extra 9.99 more than this thread deal you get re8 too? ... Amazing deal!
Think I have to get it now.

Where does it say in the RE8 deal that it includes the Cromecast and Controller?

I see the 2nd link states

Eligible users who pre-order or purchase Resident Evil Village on Stadia between 22 March 2021 12:01 am GMT and 21 May 2021 11:59 pm GMT receive a Stadia Premiere Edition (Stadia Controller and Chromecast Ultra) at no additional charge, subject to these Terms and Conditions (the 'Offer'). Offer includes free basic delivery.

24-03-2021 11:50am

SickBoy wrote: »

Where does it say in the RE8 deal that it includes the Cromecast and Controller?

https://support.google.com/stadia/answer/10495261?hl=en-GB#zippy=%2Cireland

event · 24-03-2021 1:40pm

Deleted User wrote: »

The Resident Evil deal is still going.

https://stadia.google.com/games/resident-evil-village?

https://support.google.com/stadia/answer/10495261?hl=en-GB#zippy=%2Cireland

Yeah got this myself

garion · 24-03-2021 3:31pm

Hi all
Wanted to provide a quick review of Stadia from my experience. I purchased the Chromecast Ultra & controller before Christmas and hadn't really used it until FIFA was released on Mar 17th. Since then though I've really started to see the brilliance of the idea and am very happy with it.

I'm not a big gamer and with a young family FIFA is the perfect game for me to pick up & go when I've 20-30 mins free time. With FIFA on Stadia I can play on my TV via the Chromecast but then also via my Android tablet using my Bluetooth controller (8BitDo SN30 Pro+). Smaller screen of course but matches are very playable and performance is perfect. And finally, I can continue to play the same game of FIFA on my phone when in bed. FIFA has a great sim match mode that is very similar to Football Manager so that works really well.

I just love being able to continue the same game of FIFA on different devices without losing any functionality or making any performance trade offs. The only thing limiting me is the size of the screen I'm playing it on.

This makes Stadia a perfect "console" for me and I'm very happy I invested in it instead of shelling out E300-E500 for a console that's tied to one screen.

Grumpypants · 24-03-2021 4:12pm

If you are getting Stadia I highly recommend the Orzly Stadia Controller mount for your Phone.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Orzly-Phone-Google-Stadia-Controller-Black/dp/B0898PJ5QM/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=O8FD8UV32XFE&dchild=1&keywords=orzly+stadia+mount&qid=1616598525&sprefix=orzly+sta%2Caps%2C152&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzTVdVOUE2M1VaUVVCJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMjgwNjQzNlAwOE1aNDQyUjJRJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAzMTIzMTYxNjlBRzhWUklTUVNGJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

Stadia Controller can connect over Wifi to the Stadia App, but it can be a bit fiddly at times and it has more than once told me I need to connect with a cable. As my phone is a USB-C charger I didn't have a USB-C to USB-C cable. I didn't want a long cable So I went with this one.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0897CZKPG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The tax man · 24-03-2021 7:03pm

lintdrummer wrote: »

Stadia and Chromecast Ultra arrived today. Very easy setup, took about 10 minutes.
Was happy to see it gave me 3 months Pro trial and €10 voucher for my first game purchase.

How did you get 3 months Pro trial? I've just finishing setting mine up but it's saying 1 month Pro trial and billing starts in April. Is there something I'm missing or did you get lucky? Don't want to miss an extra few free months before I hit subscribe. Thanks.

Guy:Incognito · 24-03-2021 7:26pm

If you already have stadia and order re8 , do you still get another one? Or do you have to set up another account to get it?

Sappy404 · 24-03-2021 8:36pm

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

If you already have stadia and order re8 , do you still get another one? Or do you have to set up another account to get it?

I think they're doing RE cheap for existing members.

Grumpypants · 24-03-2021 9:53pm

And one more tip. If you want to play on your phone but it is unsupported. You can still use it, by turning in the experimental mode in the settings.

It works great on my MI10T.

feargantae · 25-03-2021 12:49am

The tax man wrote: »

How did you get 3 months Pro trial? I've just finishing setting mine up but it's saying 1 month Pro trial and billing starts in April. Is there something I'm missing or did you get lucky? Don't want to miss an extra few free months before I hit subscribe. Thanks.

If you've Google One you can get a 3 month trial as a "perk"

feargantae · 25-03-2021 12:50am

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

If you already have stadia and order re8 , do you still get another one? Or do you have to set up another account to get it?

No need to make a new account. The offer is open to everyone, subject to the usual stock limits

SickBoy · 25-03-2021 9:17am

feargantae wrote: »

No need to make a new account. The offer is open to everyone, subject to the usual stock limits

It mentions this in the terms

Limit one Stadia Premiere Edition per user; six per household

Does this mean if you have a Stadia Premier Edition from a different promotion associated with the account that you will not get another Stadia Premier Edition in this offer?

feargantae · 25-03-2021 2:28pm

SickBoy wrote: »

It mentions this in the terms

Does this mean if you have a Stadia Premier Edition from a different promotion associated with the account that you will not get another Stadia Premier Edition in this offer?

It means if say you bought the standard version of Village you'd get the free Stadia bundle, but then if you decided to buy the Deluxe version for whatever reason you wouldn't get the CCU again.

I got the Cyberpunk bundle and I'm elible for the RE8 promo

MrStuffins · 25-03-2021 2:59pm

Mine came today and I tested it out with a quick game of F1 2020.

I must say, i'm hugely impressed! It was very smooth, not even a stutter.

Google are ahead of their time here. They released this when the consoles are around. The Stadia won't be taking down Sony or Microsoft right now but this is definitely the future of "console" gaming IMO.

2lazytogetup · 25-03-2021 3:47pm

MrStuffins wrote: »

Mine came today and I tested it out with a quick game of F1 2020.

I must say, i'm hugely impressed! It was very smooth, not even a stutter.

Google are ahead of their time here. They released this when the consoles are around. The Stadia won't be taking down Sony or Microsoft right now but this is definitely the future of "console" gaming IMO.

the way the world is going. you will stream everything when you want for a monthly fee - music(spotify), films (netflix), games (Strada), microsoft office,

i wonder what will be next.

Back on topic, ive read that the competitors to Strada arent very good. seems like this could be the product to take a monopoly unless microsoft steps up.

lintdrummer · 25-03-2021 4:59pm

The tax man wrote: »

How did you get 3 months Pro trial? I've just finishing setting mine up but it's saying 1 month Pro trial and billing starts in April. Is there something I'm missing or did you get lucky? Don't want to miss an extra few free months before I hit subscribe. Thanks.

As feargantae said it was because I use "Google 1", it's an added perk. Basically I'm paying google for additional cloud storage on Drive and it just so happened that because of that they gifted me another 2 months of Stadia Pro.

beardo81 · 25-03-2021 11:53pm

cfeeneyinterior wrote: »

They send you a link to get the hardware delivered

Does it take them long to send the link? Have purchased the RE bundle and setup account, no link sent yet.

cfeeneyinterior · 26-03-2021 12:01am

beardo81 wrote: »

Does it take them long to send the link? Have purchased the RE bundle and setup account, no link sent yet.

I'm waiting too, ordered on 22nd. Will we have to wait until resident evil launches?

Peck3277 · 26-03-2021 12:14am

If you don't want a subscription can you just buy games? I thought I read that somewhere but can't find prices of games

Grumpypants · 26-03-2021 3:36am

Peck3277 wrote: »

If you don't want a subscription can you just buy games? I thought I read that somewhere but can't find prices of games

Yeah you can buy games and stream them for free but it is limited to 1080p. But remember that is a1080p video of a high end system running on ultra settings. So it will still looks great.

If you subscribe you can stream in 4k. You also get free games each month and decent discounts on games you want to buy. But you don't need the sub.

Grumpypants · 26-03-2021 3:39am

SickBoy wrote: »

It mentions this in the terms

Does this mean if you have a Stadia Premier Edition from a different promotion associated with the account that you will not get another Stadia Premier Edition in this offer?

Nope it's just that you can't buy 2 Copies of RE and expect 2 premier editions.

But if you got the launch or cyberpunk offers you can buy this again.

Agent67 · 26-03-2021 11:43am

Sorry but can this play TV streamers too or games only

timetogo1 · 26-03-2021 11:57am

Agent67 wrote: »

Sorry but can this play TV streamers too or games only

It's a normal chromecast. So you can cast stuff like Netflix / Youtube / Amazon etc. etc. to it from your phone and they play on your TV.

andyred · 28-03-2021 7:34pm

shtpEdthePlum wrote: »

A review I saw said that because the games are downloading as you're playing them, the lag time between you doing something and the reaction onscreen is woeful. Like, really shocking.

The idea is fantastic but it's too good to be true, there has to be a catch. It doesn't work at all seems to be the catch.

Well this is a complete lie. I have had Stadia since day 1. I honestly cant even tell the difference between the Stadia stream or playing locally on a PlayStation. Ill be honest and say 12 months ago there were lag issues, but now its practically seamless. Unless you're a hardcore purist you wont have an issue. Stadia is great for casual pick up and play.

andyred · 28-03-2021 7:44pm

lintdrummer wrote: »

Yes but you can't stream in 4k without the subscription which is a bit of a disappointment. I wonder if the free games on the Pro subscription ever include the bigger titles. You could get your money's worth if there were 2 big titles available each year.

I currently have about 80 games in my library that were free with Pro over the last year. Some of the bigger titles in there are Metro 2033 Redux, Metro Last Light Redux, Metro Exodus, Rise Of The Tomb Raider 20 Year Edition, Tomb Raider Definitive Edition, F1 2020, Grid, Hitman and plenty of other smaller titles. Little Nightmares 2 was free the day it was released too. They have given some decent games on the Pro membership.

redcup342 · 29-03-2021 11:55am

MrStuffins wrote: »

Mine came today and I tested it out with a quick game of F1 2020.

I must say, i'm hugely impressed! It was very smooth, not even a stutter.

Google are ahead of their time here. They released this when the consoles are around. The Stadia won't be taking down Sony or Microsoft right now but this is definitely the future of "console" gaming IMO.

Nvidia Geforce NOW started back in 2015

Google didn't do anything new here and will discontinue the Stadia product in a few years, they already laid off the entire internal development team.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-shuts-down-internal-stadia-games-development-team/

Google also rely on Nvidia for their GPUs in their cloud gaming service.

dulpit · 29-03-2021 12:00pm

redcup342 wrote: »

Nvidia Geforce NOW started back in 2015

Google didn't do anything new here and will discontinue the Stadia product in a few years, they already laid off the entire internal development team.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-shuts-down-internal-stadia-games-development-team/

Google also rely on Nvidia for their GPUs in their cloud gaming service.

Just to be 100% clear on the highlighted part - they laid off the entire internal team that were working on game development (i.e. new games/etc). They did not (or at least I don't think they did) do anything with the Stadia team itself.

Having said that, still not the most promising thing to see, especially knowing google's ability to close down projects they don't like.

The_B_Man · 29-03-2021 4:04pm

If you get the PRO version, and add the games to your library, do you lose them if you stop paying for PRO?

Grumpypants · 29-03-2021 5:17pm

The_B_Man wrote: »

If you get the PRO version, and add the games to your library, do you lose them if you stop paying for PRO?

Yes. But if you sub again later I think you do get them back.

Sappy404 · 29-03-2021 6:16pm

The_B_Man wrote: »

If you get the PRO version, and add the games to your library, do you lose them if you stop paying for PRO?

You can keep the games you buy though regarless of subscription.

Briain O Loinsigh · 29-03-2021 7:40pm

Hi , I'm just posting for people who might have trouble with lag and are like me , not so up to date with the latest tech.

I couldn't justify a mesh system to play Stadia , so I purchased a cheap tenda router on Amazon for 65 euro.
I couldn't play the stadia upstairs and now I can, my connection is down in the hallway.

It really draws light on how good your wifi can be with a little effort.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08BJ1FFLQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_Q78XPMHGH05MCZ4D8NX4?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

I have an old vodafone dsl router on a phone line.

event · 30-03-2021 10:12am

Ordered the RE option last week, still havent received an email. The T&Cs say

"Redemption code for a Stadia Premiere Edition to use at the Google Store will be sent to the email address associated with your Stadia account by June 10, 2021 11:59 pm GMT, and must be redeemed by July 10, 2021 11:59 pm GMT."

Wonder how long it will take

cfeeneyinterior · 30-03-2021 11:52am

event wrote: »

Ordered the RE option last week, still havent received an email. The T&Cs say

"Redemption code for a Stadia Premiere Edition to use at the Google Store will be sent to the email address associated with your Stadia account by June 10, 2021 11:59 pm GMT, and must be redeemed by July 10, 2021 11:59 pm GMT."

Wonder how long it will take

Site also says
"Description
Your purchase of Resident Evil Village comes with a Stadia Premiere Edition (free standard shipping). Watch out for an email after the game releases to claim your bonus"
We will be waiting a while yet

beardo81 · 03-05-2021 11:57am

€69.99 taken from my account today by Google, anyone else that ordered the Resident Evil game with free Stadia have the same?

radius345 · 03-05-2021 1:39pm

beardo81 wrote: »

€69.99 taken from my account today by Google, anyone else that ordered the Resident Evil game with free Stadia have the same?

Nothing gone from account yet but with game launching on Friday I'd expect it any day now.

Can't wait to play it.

feargantae · 03-05-2021 2:50pm

event wrote: »

Ordered the RE option last week, still havent received an email. The T&Cs say

"Redemption code for a Stadia Premiere Edition to use at the Google Store will be sent to the email address associated with your Stadia account by June 10, 2021 11:59 pm GMT, and must be redeemed by July 10, 2021 11:59 pm GMT."

Wonder how long it will take

Cyberpunk came out on the 10th of December, I received the code to redeem the Chromecast on the 12th. From Reddit, people were receiving their codes straight away in some cases.

RE8 could be different, but probably the same. Game release is Friday, expect the code by Monday.

Google Stadia Premiere Edition €59.99

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