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- Google cut the price of the Stadia Premiere Edition starter kit to $99 on Tuesday.
- The new Stadia Premiere Edition comes with a Stadia Controller and Chromecast Ultra, but no longer includes 3 free months of the Stadia Pro subscription service.
- Everyone with a Google account now has access to a free month of Stadia Pro.
Ever since it launched, Google Stadia has been more interesting in concept than in practice. A cloud gaming platform built and run by one of the biggest internet companies on the planet is going to make headlines, which is what Stadia did for months, but once it finally started rolling out to the public, the response was neutral at best. The quality of the streams wasn't up to par, the selection of games was thin, and then there was the sticker shock.
At first, the only way to access Stadia was by purchasing the Premiere Edition starter kit, which cost $129 and came with a Stadia Controller, Chromecast Ultra, and 3-month free trial of the Stadia Pro subscription service. On Tuesday, Google revealed that it is cutting the price of the Premiere Edition to $99 and removing the 3-month Stadia Pro trial, explaining that "one-month free trials of Stadia Pro are now open to all new users."
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