>Stadia and cloud gaming is now the norm in the entire world
>Get home from a long stressful day of work
>decide to boot up my stadia since I decided to leave it at home for the day.
>"you must re-read the terms of agreement and reinput your payment method"
>Do so, agreement is 57 pages long of absolute longwinded nonsese
>As I start up to the selection screen I am immediately greeted by an ad reminding me I should be drinking 3 gallons of soylent milk daily, because the scientist sponsored by Blizzard Entertainment told me so
>The ad is over and I go to play "Assassin's Creed Genesis, sponsored by Coca-cola".
>The game has been removed, my save deleted, and my wallet not refunded since it was a digital purchase. The game apparently had material in it that was deemed toxic, and even though there were pre-orders, hundreds of purchases, and had been live for about 3 months now; it was pulled.
>Decide to go and play "Darksouls 7", but that game was recently pulled as the licensing agreement had expired. Save is gone. All there is, is a message saying "Thanks for play"
>A week later passes and I boot up stadia again
>get message that my account has been discontinued
>apparently a comment I made on some social media site was deemed inappropriate and it violated the TOS
>to register again, you'd have to go through the cycle again of information, billing information, advertisements inbetween registrations
>online matches are completely silent because people are too afraid to talk
>your every breath is monitored and recorded for later review
>only ones that get a pass for profanity are selectively chosen few to become "professional livestreamers" Sponsored by doritos, huggies, and dawn dish soap.
>go to bed and wake up the next day
>Stadia and Cloud Gaming are the norm of the entire world
>3 minute ad reminding you to ingest some baby formula because the scientist sponsored by Kay Jewlers remarked it's good for you