Quoting: nepoSix new games are a welcome addition to the pro subscription! However I don't get the idea behind for adding games that the customers may already have bought (like Risk of Rain 2 and Republique)? I didn't own them personally, but were shortly before buying Risk of Rain 2. As a regular pro user I would NOT be happy paying for something which is shortly afterwards added to my subscription. So is it really a good idea letting the (pro-) customers think twice about any purchases they may like to make (to estimate the chance the game will be added to pro in the very near future)? For me, I don't think so...

(I hope you can understand my text, I'm not a native speaker and my practical knowledge is limited :dizzy:)

There may be a rationale behind it (or not), but I agree, I was thinking about buying Risk of Rain 2 (overwhelmingly positive on Steam) but now I feel less and less inclined to buy any game on Stadia knowing that I may get it for free later.

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Huh, although the graphic style is rather different, I feel some Machinarium vibes in here. Is the music perhaps?
In any case, it looks excellent.

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Quoting: dubigrasuYep, more ammunition (as if it wasn't enough already) for Stadia detractors, I can see them buzzing with excitement for this new opportunity.

Equally so for Stadia community. I've seen so very few if any posts on Stadia reddit about implication Stadia can have for local play. There is plenty circle jerk too in there and misinformation. Like how if you got a great connection Stadia will be good and no waiting, but the fact that a great connection would also significantly reduce the waiting period for local installation too. Or fact consoles have a "update in rest mode" function, which many consoles owners have not turned on. Then a Stadia supporter posts a picture of "X Download" for console and uses that to talk about how great Stadia is.

If Stadia community wants everyone on board they should strive to preserve peoples wishes; that is local play being an option. It does not mean Google needs to provide local releases, but their Stadia business should in no way affect local play on other platforms. But I bet you Google would not listen to such request. So for gamers you are either Stadia or not. More dividing of gamers. We had console and PC, now we have Stadia too.

These circle-jerking and misinformation you mention are common on many platforms reddit subs. They're present on all their glory on PS/XBOX/PCMR/etc subs, I don't expect Stadia's sub to be any better. People like to say the dumbest things in favor of (or against for that matter) Stadia. Not much to worry about.
It does suck though when some higher-up comes up with some dumb thing to say.

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Yep, more ammunition (as if it wasn't enough already) for Stadia detractors, I can see them buzzing with excitement for this new opportunity.

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Ark always looks so damn epic in their trailers, but I never got the same feeling in-game (plus, the weaker Linux graphics didn't helped). The Windows version (from what I understand) takes a lot more space on disk, something like 100GB or even more, so I gave up on it.
But since on Stadia is just click and play (and free), heck, I might give it another chance.

There are some rumors that Rust also might come to Stadia after the console versions are ready, but I have some doubts about that.

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Oh boy, oh boy...
Not so long ago I managed to overcome my addiction to Rust (3200 hrs), and I'm now in process to fight the addiction to Destiny (1100 hrs already). I really thought that I'm doing well, but now Stadia comes with this list...I'm starting to believe that they're truly evil.

On the picture posted, I was really curious what game is running on the second monitor, then I realized that is a fish tank. I need bigger and better glasses.

Also, please send help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34VFkKOGcHs&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=airspeedmph [External Link]

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A bunch of Ubi titles (Farcry games, WatchDogs etc) are also coming:
https://community.stadia.com/t5/Stadia-Community-Blog/Explore-hack-and-fight-your-way-through-Ubisoft-games-coming/ba-p/35870 [External Link]

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Quoting: bacattaIs there a way to test stadia for free ? without pro nor buying anything ?
Is the demos will be the solution next week ?

AFAIK you can try it for free (for a month).

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Looking forward to a Dead By Daylight livestream on GamingOnlinux Twitch.

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Quoting: MohandevirIs the hardware acceleration in Chromium solved? Read lots of stuff about that? Is it that much of a deal?

I haven't checked in the last month or so, but I doubt anything has changed. Last time I saw the bug report it was still labeled "Wontfix". Luckily many distros have a vaapi enabled chromium in their repos, or a ppa for *buntu ones.

Fortunately hardware acceleration doesn't do any kind of magic to image quality (in practice I haven't seen any difference), it just speeds up the process.
Basically you just need the stream decoded as fast as possible, one way (GPU) or another (CPU).
You do need a good CPU for this though.

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