Google Stadia: 10 Questions We Need Answering ASAP

6. What Platforms Will It Utilise?

Google Stadia
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Stadia seems deeply entrenched in YouTube and the culture of streamers, and speaker Phil Harrison proudly boasted the willingness to play nice with all other companies, including cross-play and even using the "opposition's" controllers.

So that begs the question of whether Stadia and Google's exclusive games will be on Steam, Epic Games, GOG, App Store, PlayStation, Xbox or even Nintendo. Google conveniently leapt over all those topics to talk more YouTube.

Let's hypothetically say it does have a storefront. That just makes us wonder if your already-owned games from other platforms will cross over. It seems unlikely, but buying them again would be another barrier to entry considering you can go as far as to play Stadia with your Dualshock.

Google also said Stadia will utilise cross-play with other platforms, although it didn't say which. So if one person is playing PUBG on a phone using Stadia, are they playing against people on Xbox One and Steam? That's a whole other kettle of fish, but one that needs addressing.

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