It’s like a rounder mashup between Xbox One and PS4 gamepads. This is the monstrosity you'll use to stream Stadia games to your phone. I’ve been testing a special reviewers version of the “Founder’s Edition” which came with a limited edition navy controller, Chromecast Ultra, and a few accessories that will be sold separately, like a power adapter with built-in ethernet port for the Chromecast Ultra, a “ claw grip” for attaching a smartphone to the gamepad, and USB-C cables. A free “Stadia Base” version will be available in 2020, but it won’t give you the 4K graphics streaming fidelity, only 1080p resolution. The controller - $129 gets you a “Stadia Premiere Edition,” which includes a white controller, Chromecast Ultra, and a 3-month subscription to the Stadia Pro service ($10 per month after trial). It may be powered by mighty cloud computers that rival gaming PCs, but the new game-streaming service still needs a lot of work, like adding back in the laundry list of features cut from launch (more on that below), beefing up the games library with newer titles (and hopefully more exclusives), and optimizing streaming for slower internet connections. Stadia is impressive when you have all the necessary pieces working properly, but it won’t kill Xbox or PlayStation just yet.
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