Google can’t fulfill all Stadia pre-orders for Nov. 19 launch

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  The hardware you get with the $129.99 Stadia "Founder's Edition."

Google has announced that it won't be able to fulfill all pre-orders for its Google Stadia streaming service in time for its previously announced November 19 launch date.

The company's carefully worded launch announcement last week technically hinted at that fact, saying that the Founder's Edition pre-order hardware bundle would only "start arriving on gamers’ doorsteps on November 19." Only "the first gamers who pre-ordered and have received your Founder’s Editions" were promised the ability to log in to Stadia starting at 9am Pacific Time that day.

Google also says that the Founder's Edition bundle—originally introduced as the only way to play Stadia at launch—has now sold out across all 14 launch countries. Users can still order a substantially similar (and previously announced) Premiere Edition for the same price to "get into Stadia this year."

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