The trouble with Stadia isn't the tech - eventually I would HOPE they can solve this wired-only controller thing, and get it on non-google phones. The thing is that if you're going to be restricted to a streaming thing that could disappear at the whim of some big company, it makes way more sense to be on a game subscription rather than paying the same as you would for a disc version.
If they can't sign up more games to their Pro service in a hurry, Microsoft is going to roll right over them with xCloud and Game Pass. Particularly if xCloud will immediately work with things you own digitally on an Xbox or Windows store.
When Alex mentioned taking his PC in to get fixed i've come to realize i'm the Desktop PC version of the car guy who scoffs at people (like me) who use mechanics to do brake work.
The thing i've found with League/Fortnite is that they're kinda in the Madden camp. That is, there are a TON of people who play those, but don't cross into the venn diagram of people "following video games" very often. I think its a pretty common thing in online-only games where people will just have 'their game' and not really follow much else.
the Nvidia Shield device I cared about was a handheld, and I am sad they killed it.
Regarding Game Pass PC, you can get it out of the windows store still. The new app is largely a front end that provides a launcher UX more in the style of Steam, EGS or a console. The main difference is it shows stuff like the friends list, achievements and the like, and a more conveninent way to get a big list of which games are part of game pass. It feels very beta, and they make that very obvious, but it still feels more useful than EGS in many ways. (though I noticed Epic did finally add some ways to filter/search your library at least)
Also despite game pass PC being a thing, I think any games that are "universal apps" like Gears 5 and Outer Worlds are accessible regardless of which game pass you have, so you can probably still get it with just the Xbox one.
Sadly I am going to miss out on the game everyone's talking about (Control). Really wary after hearing about framerates on my OG PS4, hopefully itll run better on a PS5.
Regarding Jedi Outcast lightsaber battles - it wasnt a separate mode, but you could issue challenges in deathmatch, which meant the two players involved couldnt be hurt by anyone except each other. You had to use sabers and every map had the obligatory Star Wars "bridge over a bottomless pit" area.
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