Stadia Premiere Edition Announced

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Google has announced a new Stadia bundle, now available at the G-Store, which will replace the previously announced and available Google Stadia Founders Edition for $129.

Google confirmed to IGN that, as of today, September 18, the Stadia Founder's Edition, which included the exclusive Night Blue Stadia controller, is now largely sold out. It is available in very limited supply in the U.S. and Canada, as well as the U.K., but is otherwise completely sold out in Europe.

Google Stadia's Premiere Edition is nearly identical to the Founder's Edition, except for a couple notable exceptions. The Premiere Edition will include:
  • Chromecast Ultra (MSRP: $69)
  • Three-month Stadia Pro Subscription (MSRP: $9.99 per month)
  • Stadia Clearly White Controller (MSRP: $69)
 
I feel I rather spend more money on a used gaming PC for Windows, Linux and Stadia gaming with Chrome, or buy a cheap Chronebook and a gamepad controller for gaming.
 
It is nice that there are more packages coming out for people to pick from.

But, I feel a used PC or cheaper new PC maybe more worth it for using Stadia which can run within Chrome web browser.
 
Just read from kotaku and pcgamesn:

Google Stadia’s vice president of engineering Madj Bakar reportedly told Edge that the company’s upcoming cloud streaming game console will have “negative latency,” predicting player button presses to reduce lag.

Specifically Bakar notes Google’s “negative latency” will act as a workaround for any potential lag between player and server. This term describes a buffer of predicted latency, inherent to a Stadia players setup or connection, in which the Stadia system will run lag mitigation. This can include increasing fps rapidly to reduce latency between player input and display, or even predicting user inputs.

So does that count as the fastest system if technically some clever algorithm is anticipating your actions for you? We’ve received a heads-up (thanks!) that negative latency, powered by a datacentre’s worth of compute silicon, may offer future cloud gaming systems flexibility to anticipate the likely action of a user, and ensure a speedy response ready for that potential eventuality. Whether or not a player takes the anticipated path or another entirely remains dependent on local player inputs.
 
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