I was actually really impressed with the Stadia lag when playing Destiny using a...

manojlds · on Dec 10, 2020

That then kills the "no hardware" argument though.

Afaik the Stadia controller talks to the service directly and not to the chromecast. Any other normal setup will be more laggy than the Stadia Controller + Chromecast setup.

sjs382 · on Dec 10, 2020

If you play on any platform with the official Stadia controller, it also connects the same way (unless you're connected via USBC).

There's no bluetooth with the Stadia gamepad, so it's either wired via USBC or WiFi direct to Stadia servers.

You can bring your own bluetooth gamepad if ya want, though.