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Google kills two-year “Pixel Pass” subscription after just 22 months (arstechnica.com)
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Google kills two-year “Pixel Pass” subscription after just 22 months::Two years on a Pixel Pass was supposed to get you a new phone.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is exactly why Stadia failed. I honestly think if it was a service like Gamepass Ultimate where the games come with the sub, it would've been a success. Spending $60 on a game I can only play via Google's service though? Fuck no. Never. Not in a million years.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I honestly think if it was a service like Gamepass Ultimate where the games come with the sub, it would’ve been a success.

I mean, they should've communicated better, because that's essentially what the paid subscription was: subscribing would get access to a library of free games to play. I think the library could've been better.

Even today, I'm using Geforce Now + XBox Game Pass, I find that the streaming quality isn't the same as Stadia (but the game selection is much, much better).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

My wife's computer had a hardware failure so I set her up on GeForce Now for a month until I could diagnose and fix the issue (i was super busy with returning to college at the time) and it was absolutely jarring how well it worked!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I got my money back and have a billion Bluetooth controllers for my steam deck.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I lucked out with the whole situation. I got in when they were offering a free stadia bundle with cyberpunk, then not long after they killed the service. I got my money back for cyberpunk and a free Chromecast and stadia controller out of it. Now that Google has enabled Bluetooth support, it's my go to PC controller.