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RoadHazard
Gold Member
Well, they don't sell cloud games, only subscriptions to stream them. And Google isn't refunding any subscriptions.
Akuji
Member
Xbox fully unleashed now with Google as Main competitor gone
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/technology-51400135.amp
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/technology-51400135.amp
chromhound
Gold Member
We dodged a bulletThe comment was regarding potential acquisitions not seeing cloud gaming as a threat.
Google tried to buy Bethesda and Amazon bought Double Helix who made Killer Instinct. They don't want Google or Amazon to buy the studios that Microsoft could.
Bethesda Acquisition by Microsoft Factored Into Stadia Studios Shutdown
Google Stadia's Phil Harrison reportedly states that Microsoft's acquisition of Bethesda played a role in shutting down Stadia studios.gamerant.com
Phil always said that streaming is just a convenience that will never replace local hardware.
Phil Spencer : "Streaming games is convenient, but playing locally will flat-out always be better"
https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/12/23/forward-facing “The best place to play is locally; I’ll say that flat-out,” he says. “Streaming is a technology of convenience. It’s a technology of choice when you’re away from your console and you want to play.”www.neogaf.com
this and the old man at the soccer game gif never get old for me.
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
I've tried and backspaced four times to say something adequately sardonic about this hippie Jesus in a Christmas sweater promotional angle they had, but the sheer absurdity of the image itself keeps outclassing anything I could say about it, so I'll solemnly give one point to Google.
i used it a couple times for Destiny 2. it wasn't garbage, but I have a rig that makes Destiny 2 look better without the lag induced by it, so after the novelty of not needing an install, there was nothing for it. Plus, it should have been a Game Pass-like subscription service instead of paying for the games outright.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
Today, you are the most popular person on Neogaf.So many notifications.
Calling 911 Melts Beams
Banned
rest in valhalla king
Captain Toad
Banned
Gee, I wonder why.So many notifications.
Maybe it's because after you heard the word Stadia anywhere online, you created a thread saying, "I told you guys! Stadia is the future! Physical GAF living in the past! Stadia!!!"
You sounded like Charlie Sheen with your "winning" comments. You claimed more undeserved awards on Stadia's behalf and ignored anyone telling you the obvious truth that Stadia was failing since it launched.
Fat Frog
I advertised for Google Stadia
So serious... You've always been my favorite lol.
Iced Arcade
Member
I mean it worked decent BUT they completely half assed it.
I got a free Stadia bundle from youtube premium so thanks for the chromecast ultra lol. wish I could do something with the controller.
I got a free Stadia bundle from youtube premium so thanks for the chromecast ultra lol. wish I could do something with the controller.
op22
Member
A shame. When it was first announced I thought the dream of never having to buy another console again and always playing on the highest possible settings had arrived. I was not looking forward to Google logging every single button press I made though, and if it got as popular as Netflix, they would have had to raise the price and lower the video quality to below VHS quality like Netflix did. I guess this is a good thing.
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newtypepilot
Member
but stadia is the future!!!!!
NeGaTiVe LaTeNcY bAbY!!!!!!
NeGaTiVe LaTeNcY bAbY!!!!!!
onnextflix5
Member
Add it to the list of failed google products 
End of steaming for another decade,
End of steaming for another decade,
nominedomine
Banned
Fully unleashed to be the next Stadia.
How does one of the biggest players failing so miserably makes you more confident that betting big on cloud gaming is the right call?
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Bo_Hazem
Banned
Phil Spencer: "We see Amazon and Google as the main competitors"
As Microsoft continues its shift into game streaming and digital-only, Xbox boss Phil Spencer says PlayStation and Nint…
www.gamesindustry.biz
nikolino840
Member
FeldMonster
Member
I disagree, strongly.
Why would I want to pay forever for games that I don't want, when instead, I can simply pay once for the games that I actually do want?
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Sosokrates
Report me if I continue to console war
It may even had some advantages over ps5/XSX with it having more available ram.If you are gonna unlimited funds a failure atleast go out with a bang.
All they had to do is actually make this damn hardware something people could go home with.
The device wouldnt even be underpowered even having launched a year earlier than the PS5/XSX.
But having a physical box and atleast a few moneyhatted exclusives they could have had their device in atleast some peoples homes.
The "Stadia" service could have been their Gamepass, but people still have a console to buy games on or just subscribe to the Service and get a curated bunch of games.....money hat the fuck out of the games you put there.
Making it streaming only.
FUCKED!
Barakov
Gold Member
GigaBowser
The bear of bad news
The thread was locked but the bear of bad news predicted this would happen the day before disaster struck.
Never forget.
Never forget.
Topher
Identifies as young
Ultimately Stadia failed because they were not creating just a service. They were creating an entirely new platform. Contrast that with Nvidia who built their service on top of an existing platform: PC. Google paid a truckload of money to get games on their platform but it was all just a waste.
You really bragging about that? People have been predicting this since the service launched. Your thread was just a matter of good timing.
The thread was locked but the bear of bad news predicted this would happen the day before disaster struck.
Never forget.
You really bragging about that? People have been predicting this since the service launched. Your thread was just a matter of good timing.
Sosokrates
Report me if I continue to console war
I wonder if they will sell there streaming tech, because it was rather good.
Fully unleashed to be the next Stadia.
How does one of the biggest players failing so miserably makes you more confident that betting big on cloud gaming is the right call?
Because the digital market growing rapidly ? Because are subscription services taking over in many entertainment markets ?
Because MS already has the infrastructure and does not depend on third parties?
Because the business model is totally different VS Stadia, with more sense and with a much greater catalog and support?
MS has a loyal user base on console (between the 55-86 million they achieved with XBO and X360 respectively). A larger potential user base as XCloud is already on more platforms and with more First, Second and Third party support than Stadia.
XCloud is a subscription model to access a diverse and renewing catalog. Stadia a traditional model of paying for each game individually but to play them in the cloud.
And finally, XCloud is not just game streaming, this is just an addition to Gamepass and playing physicaly on PCs and consoles.
I don't know if the XCloud-Gamepass business model will be a success or the opposite, but to assure and bet on its failure based on what we have seen with Stadia is..., sorry, simply absurd.
Captain Toad
Banned
Quite the Nostradamus there. We all thought it would be a massive success.The thread was locked but the bear of bad news predicted this would happen the day before disaster struck.
Never forget.
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CeeJay
Member
Easy to rip that comment with hindsight but, Google Should have been better competition. It's not Phill's fault that Google messed it up out of the gate.
Barakov
Gold Member
One down, One to go.Phil Spencer: "We see Amazon and Google as the main competitors"
As Microsoft continues its shift into game streaming and digital-only, Xbox boss Phil Spencer says PlayStation and Nint…
GHG
Gold Member
Phil Spencer: "We see Amazon and Google as the main competitors"
As Microsoft continues its shift into game streaming and digital-only, Xbox boss Phil Spencer says PlayStation and Nint…
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Wait Stadia launched?
But seriously I think it was a year after it launched that I even knew it existed and I post regularly on a gaming forum and use multiple Google products. I don't know if streaming games is even viable, but it definitely isn't if you don't tell anyone about it.
But seriously I think it was a year after it launched that I even knew it existed and I post regularly on a gaming forum and use multiple Google products. I don't know if streaming games is even viable, but it definitely isn't if you don't tell anyone about it.
Aenima
Member
The moment Google Stadia anounced the way it was going to work. Its was the day i knew it wasent going to last long. The day they shut ddwn they own gaming studios was when they start building the coffin. It still lasted 1 more year than i initial predicted.
Rust in Pieces
Rust in Pieces
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Captain Toad
Banned
Your probably thinking of when they shut down their gaming studios. If anyone still held out hope at that point, they are a lost cause.
nikolino840
Member
nikolino840
Member
Until phil spencer show the thread here on gaf about the reveal of stadiaCould the regulators use the demise of Stadia as a reason to block the Activision Blizzard deal.
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AGRacing
Member
It took way too many messages crapping on them before someone at least mentioned they're refunding everybody.
As much as I think Stadia is garbage... big props to Google for refunding it all. I'm surprised.