You'll need to have preordered the now-sold-out Stadia Founder's Edition for $130 - which gets you first access to the service, a controller, and a three-month pass to the $9.99-a-month Stadia Pro - or the still-available Premiere Edition for $140. Stadia: Google at its October Pixel 4 event said you'll be able to start playing Stadia Nov. Tapping into the zeitgeist of gaming also opens up more revenue streams by giving Apple and Google ways to charge subscription fees. High bandwidth fueled by faster Wi-Fi and the upcoming 5G networks have the potential to make streaming games possible with advanced graphics and very little lag. Google's service will work a bit like Netflix, where you stream games to your devices, with Google's data center handling all the processing.įor both Apple and Google, a game service is a new frontier that takes the wild popularity of gaming apps a step further. 19 Google Stadia players will be able to start streaming games if they've signed up for Stadia Premiere Edition or Founder's Edition.

We got our first crack at Apple Arcade, the gaming subscription service that is available now on iOS 13, MacOS Catalina and Apple TV and lets players download and play more than 100 games exclusive to the service on their Apple devices.

It's fall, which means we can now start playing games on Apple Arcade - and soon on Google Stadia - and stop wondering how the two services compare.

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