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Google sending out 3 month stadia pro memberships to YouTube premium subscribers.

Inugami

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We're showing members some love by gifting you 3 months of Stadia Pro. Enjoy Google's new gaming platform – on us.¹​
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Email is titled "Member benefit: 3 months of Stadia Pro for YouTube Premium members" and is being sent to anyone who has YouTube premium as of March 26th.

I have a family account I share with 4 people, and we each got this email with a unique code.

(Edit) the fine print.

This three-month Stadia Pro trial promotion is only open to participants in the United States (excluding Guam and Hawaii) who have an active YouTube Premium paid subscription as of March 26, 2020, and received the promotional email, or while supplies last. Offer must be redeemed by June 2, 2020, by 11:59 pm PT. Valid only for new Stadia accounts. Code required to access Stadia. When you sign up for a monthly Stadia Pro subscription, you will receive the first three months at no charge. You will enjoy the same benefits in your first three months as in future recurring months of membership. Valid form of payment required at sign-up, but you will not be charged until your first three months have completed, and you may cancel at any time. At the end of the first three months, you will be charged the standard subscription price, currently $9.99 per month in the United States. No refunds for partial billing periods are available. If you cancel your subscription, you will lose access to games unlocked in the subscription and any add-on or expansion content you have purchased for those games. Add-on content is not refundable. If you resubscribe, access to games that you had previously claimed will be restored including any add-on content that you had purchased. Stadia reserves the right to change or cancel the offer at any time. Offer requires a Google Account. Promoter: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

² Stadia Controller and Google Chromecast Ultra are required for play on TVs. Chromecast Ultra requires a TV with an HDMI port, a Wi-Fi network, and a compatible (Android or iOS) mobile device. Minimum OS requirements are at g.co/cast/req. Availability and performance of features and services are application-, device-, and network-dependent, and may not be available in all areas. More information is available at the Chromecast Help Center.


³ Stadia supports Chrome OS tablets, including Pixel Slate, Acer Chromebook Tab 10, and HP Chromebook X2. Stadia also supports Pixel 2, Pixel 3, Pixel 3a, Pixel 4 family phones, and popular Android phones. See g.co/stadia/help for the minimum iOS requirement and a list of compatible mobile phones.
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AgentStrange

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Odeko

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Hey I have that

I guess I'll give Stadia a shot out of curiosity more than anything
 
jwk94

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I've been subbed to Google music since day one. I haven't gotten an email yet. Are they sending this out in waves?
 
lovecatt

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oh is the code in anyway linked to your Google account or something? Cause I have YT premium but no intention of trying out stadia so maybe I can just give it away to someone on here
 

reKon

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sooo if I use my t-mobile youtube premium 2 month trial, I will get this?

EDIT: nope
 
Achtung

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The tech is great and I enjoy it... Not going to ever replace my console of choice but the tech is super impressive or at least has been for me. So if you get pro these are currently the free games you can claim.

Destiny 2 The Collection (Cross save works)
Grid
Gylt (exclusive)
Serious Sam Collection
Spitlings (Exclusive)
Stacks on Stacks On Stacks (Exclusive)
Steamworld Dig 2
Steamworld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech
Thumper

So hope those of you with open minds who get to try it enjoy it. Commence with all the tired jokes.
 
El_Chino

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Will try out for the hell of it.

Which free Stadia Pro game should I try though?

I already play Destiny on my One X.
 
zswordsman

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Just got the code in my email as well. I'll try it out one of these days, fine print says redeemable until June I think.
 
Border

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night814 said:
It's very strange that now of all times there's still no word on it at all. Like zero communication or teasing or anything about it. Id love to give the service a try but I'm definitely not paying 129 bucks plus the price of a game to try it.
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Wait.....what?! They are still charging $130 upfront to use the service? You can't just opt-in on a month-to-month subscription?

It's almost as if they don't want users.
 
amc

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I'll wait 'till they send out 3 month trials for YT premium to get a 3 month trial of Stadia. Both will probably be given out with cereal in the not to distant.
 
GamingRobioto

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First thought was, "nice I'll give it a go", but who am I kidding, I won't even try it, waste of time to be honest. No games I want to play on it and I have multiple gaming hardware platforms in my house. Not even worth it for free for me personally.
 
Syriel

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KojiKnight said:
Email is titled "Member benefit: 3 months of Stadia Pro for YouTube Premium members" and is being sent to anyone who has YouTube premium as of March 26th.

I have a family account I share with 4 people, and we each got this email with a unique code.

(Edit) the fine print.
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I don't think this is "being sent to anyone who has YouTube premium". I've had YT Premium for a few years and didn't get an email.

Might be targeted, unless it is going out in waves.
 
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Inugami

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Syriel said:
I don't think this is "being sent to anyone who has YouTube premium". I've had YT Premium for a few years and didn't get an email.

Might be targeted, unless it is going out in waves.
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It reads like it's being sent to everyone (likely in the US) who has had since the end of March. It's also likely going out in waves.
 

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Got one and honestly don't give a fuck. If there was an iOS app I'd give it a try.

I also have the family plan for YouTube premium.
 
TheRed

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I cancelled my YouTube premium today and thought this just was to try and keep me on for YouTube premium by offering this
 
5taquitos

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I have a feeling this only applies to actual YouTube Premium subs and not Play Music subs that include YouTube Premium (they're priced differently)
 
amc

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MasterC12TF said:
Agreed. How can they expect people to use Stadia at home, when nobody is even allowed to be at home! They could not have picked a worse time even if they tried.
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I think he's talking about the extra stress on the already stressed bandwidth from everyone doing WFH or being stuck in streaming Tiger Kings that these games would bring.
 
KastuśKalinoŭski

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MasterC12TF said:
Agreed. How can they expect people to use Stadia at home, when nobody is even allowed to be at home! They could not have picked a worse time even if they tried.
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So yeah, good luck.

Infastructure is barely holding these days.
 
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