No, Google's Stadia won't be a Netflix-like service for streaming video games. But the company does plan on offering free games for subscribers on the $9.99 per month Stadia Pro plan.

"Stadia Pro will be a lot like Xbox Live Gold or PlayStation Plus," according to Stadia's director of product Andrey Doronichev. On Thursday, he took to Reddit to answer questions about the upcoming service, which will launch in November.

"The Pro subscribers get 4K/HDR streaming, 5.1 sound, exclusive discounts and access to some free games. Roughly one free game per month give or take," he added.

The first free title will be Bungie's Destiny 2, the popular multiplayer shooter. As the months go on, you'll be able to add more free games to your Stadia Pro account as long as you remain a subscriber. In the event you cancel your account, but then return, you'll regain access to the Stadia Pro games you claimed in the past, Doronichev added.

A free version called Stadia Base is also set to launch next year, enabling you to play content at 1080p. But according to Doronichev, it won't come with any free games. You'll instead have to pay up to stock up your gaming library.

"You should expect game prices to be competitive with other platforms," he added. "After all it's about developers making money off their amazing work they do."

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Doronichev was also asked what will happen in the event Stadia fails to attract users, and shuts down. Will subscribers still have access to the games they bought?

In response, Doronichev said Google is committed to making Stadia a success, but at the very least the company wants to allow customers to download any save files made over their purchased games.

"The games you buy on Stadia are yours to play," he said, adding: "Of course, it's ok to doubt my words. There's nothing I can say now to make you believe if you don't. But what we can do is to launch the service and continue investing in it for years to come."

Although the Stadia Pro plan will cost users $9.99 a month over time, the service is first launching in November as a $129 package, which will give you three months of access, a custom controller, and other perks including a Chromecast Ultra dongle and a buddy pass to give to a friend. Interested customers can pre-order now.

When it launches, Stadia will let you stream games over laptops with Google's Chrome browser, TVs fitted with a 4K Chromcast Ultra dongle, and on Pixel 3 smartphones. But the goal is to eventually make the service compatible over all Android and iOS devices, in addition to other streaming dongles, Doronichev said. Enabling cross-play of games with other platforms is another priority.

Not everyone may like the idea of cloud-based gaming. But according to Doronichev, the technology has some big upsides over traditional consoles. "The greatest thing about Stadia and cloud gaming is that it will keep improving. We can push new features and iterate based on your feedback, but you don't have to download updates or upgrade the hardware! Isn't it cool?" he said.

On the flip side, Stadia requires at least a 10Mbps connection to play games at a 720p resolution, and a 35 Mbps connection to stream them at 4K. It's also not a good idea to subscribe to Stadia if your broadband provider has a monthly data cap. The service will consume a lot of data and may trigger your ISP to cut off your connection unless you upgrade to a more expensive plan.

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