@dlCHIEF58: Go reread the story -- specifically the "all-digital" and "no disc drive" parts.

First they charge for online. Then they stop physical games. Next they'll add monthly fees for playing the games you own.

Maybe the stadia will kick microsoft out of gaming after all.

Oh look, the latest "me too" service.

The problem is that for the past thirty years there's only been room for three major competitors. Nintendo/Sega/Atari, then Nintendo/Sega/Sony, and now Nintendo/Sony Microsoft.

Nintendo? The Switch is their best-selling console, period.

Sony? There are currently more PS4s than Switches and XBones combined.

Microsoft? They're THE computer company and will do whatever it takes to stay in the console market.

So while Sony entered through the gap left by Atari's failed consoles and Microsoft entered as the Saturn and Dreamcast were failing, there's no hole available for Google unless they want a long, bloody fight.

TLDR: Most likely Stadia is not next-gen gaming but next-gen Jaguar/Saturn/N-Gage.

@gotrekfabian: Just stop reporting critic reviews; then The Last Jedi's ratings will finally be accurate! ;)

@illegal_peanut: It depends on the cat and the training; my cats adore me, but they also know not to step on the keyboard!

@Thanatos2k: Metacritic is now 62, not 70, and the fan score on metacritic is 3.7/10.

Sure, metacritic may go back up, but it's just as likely it may continue to go down -- and in either cases the split is "The Last Jedi, but lower".

Take note, Gamespot! Take note!

@Dilandau88: In most cases that's true. But they're trying to include microtransactions; if enough games with microtransactions fail that they stop including them, everyone wins.

Sound grea-- oh wait, I already have Axiom Verge on Steam.

But seriously, so far Epic has been pretty good with offering quality games for free.