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Fess
Member
They should gift Steam/GOG/EGS licenses if they want to exit without people hesitating to ever sign up for anything they do going forward.
Doom85
Gold Member
Yeah, I remember that being the only thing Stadia-related that interested me in terms of what I saw. It’d be cool if it came to the other platforms now.
Topher
Identifies as young
Wouldn't be surprised to see a class action lawsuit come out of all this.
Topher
Identifies as young
I don't know about a console. Times are changing, whether we like it or not. As a child of the early 80s I slowly but surely also must change. But for now, I do prefer a physical box.
Also, services change over time. So curious to why they give up, if that's the case. Maybe user base is not sustainable for them.
I have a Shield, never used GeForce Now. Only as media player of my Plex server. But still, it's an option and a choice I can make. Been a Gamepass subscriber since day one, never tried xCloud yet, but there will be a migration I believe.
oldergamer
Member
Saw this coming
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JCK75
Member
I mean I think the majority of games people got were pro freebies.. doubt many people actually paid for games as is.
Bonfires Down
Member
That’s unfortunate if true. The tech was pretty good, and I think it is the only place you can stream games without paying some kind of sub (except GFN free tier).
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DispatchNinja
Banned
Good night sweet prince, we barely knew you.
Wooxsvan
Member
I bought a couple games, (destiny2 witch queen, on deep discount and Doom) fully knowing this day was coming. it served its purpose for me.
Jimmyisback
Banned
Microsoft won.
Fess
Member
Maybe not many people but some did, I did, I bought 6 games to be exact, all cheap except Darksiders Genesis but it would still feel like a con if they just delete the service and my games.
Lognor
Banned
Google shuts down another service! Who saw this coming? /s
I will never trust Google for any new service or product you have to pay for because they always shut it down within a few years. Fuckers. They should just stick to search and Android. They're the only things they're good at.
I will never trust Google for any new service or product you have to pay for because they always shut it down within a few years. Fuckers. They should just stick to search and Android. They're the only things they're good at.
Putonahappyface
Gold Member
Sosokrates
Report me if I continue to console war
The people who were calling the shots at stadia were bone heads.
So, Not surprised if it closes.
So, Not surprised if it closes.
Topher
Identifies as young
Trogdor1123
Gold Member
The google brand and their pricing scheme killed it. If they had done a gamepass model where they included the hardware for a year long subscription I think they would have done good. The tech works supposedly
Sosokrates
Report me if I continue to console war
A rogue agent there.Why are you calling them bone heads.....oh wait.....
HES GONE TOTALLY ROGUE
Fess
Member
That was never the real problem, not for me at least.
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The problem was the games output, and not having a library of Pro games, and having a stop gap hardware at the end of the generation that devs had to start porting games to when everybody wanted something truly next gen, and not having any games of their own, and the games you bought only worked streamed.
I eventually stopped using it and swapped to Geforce Now instead after noticing that Crew 2 ran at 60fps there and 30fps on Stadia. Played some RTX games before I had a graphics card with RTX there. Then I upgraded the PC and stopped using GFN as well. No loss of games there though since it’s just the Steam library, or parts of it.
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Stuart360
Member
No.
Javthusiast
Banned
It was never alive.
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64bitmodels
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Google Stadia is Not Shutting Down [UPDATE]
Google Stadia denies the recent claims online that it would be shutting down its services by the end of the summer, promising more games to come.gamerant.com
nightmare-slain
Gold Member
i'd be surprised if Google does any of that.
anyway, i don't have any sympathy for anyone who bought games on Stadia and is now upset at the thought they won't have access to them. you dont own the games. you only bought a license to play it while Stadia as a platform is up and running. the same is true Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo, or Steam. One day they'll be shut down and your games will be gone. The difference is if you buy a game on those platforms you can expect them to be supported for a long time. Google isn't known for sticking with products and supporting them.
if anyone bought a game on Stadia thinking "it's OK i'll be able to play this in 5, 10, 15, 20 years!" then jokes on them.
as for the controllers... i mean maybe someone will be able to hack them? but is it worth it? they will probably become paperweights or be thrown in the bin.
Gamezone
Gold Member
Geforce NOW has a very limited library.
nightmare-slain
Gold Member
weren't they going to take a "white label" approach? so maybe it'll not be open to consumers but they'll use the tech and sell it to other companies.
Fess
Member
Yeah the tech is honestly way better than Xbox Cloud. But MS is light years ahead on everything else, Xbox Cloud is a nonobstructive layer on top of Gamepass now with a library of games and is usable on Xbox One to play XSX games, as a product it’s just a lot better.
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Umbasaborne
Banned
Good riddance
nightmare-slain
Gold Member
I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft made a deal with Google to use the stadia technology. In fact, i wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft straight up bought it off them. Google said they were going to sell Stadia (tech) to companies to use with their own products. So someone could license it and slap their own brand on it.
Hitchyhero
Banned
At least they were right with Dreamcast though. Online gaming, and games loud never get anywhere else made the Dreamcast great.
Stadia, not so much. I dunno why your camparing the two.
Stuart360
Member
nightmare-slain
Gold Member
no. they weren't the first streaming service and their approach was awful. the technology behind it might be impressive/better than others but that doesn't matter.
Topher
Identifies as young
Most streaming services have limited libraries at this point.
Timberwolf25
Gold Member
Hopefully they let MS buy Double Helix as a dev so they can build the next Killer Instinct
Rykan
Member
I think its a bit of a shame.
Failed business model aside, Stadia has by far the best game streaming tech. It works much better than both PS Now (or whatever its called now) and Xcloud, provided you were in somewhat ideal circumstances. I bought Cyberpunk 2077 for it and out of all the streaming services i've tried, this was the only one that made me think "You know, this could work". Image quality was good, input delay was minimal and you could only tell it was streaming in certain situations. The Stadia version of Cyberpunk 2077 was actually one of the best versions of the game.
That said, Stadia was just here too early. You need to live somewhat close to a hub and you need fast internet and if you have both of these things, then you probably make enough money to afford a console.
Failed business model aside, Stadia has by far the best game streaming tech. It works much better than both PS Now (or whatever its called now) and Xcloud, provided you were in somewhat ideal circumstances. I bought Cyberpunk 2077 for it and out of all the streaming services i've tried, this was the only one that made me think "You know, this could work". Image quality was good, input delay was minimal and you could only tell it was streaming in certain situations. The Stadia version of Cyberpunk 2077 was actually one of the best versions of the game.
That said, Stadia was just here too early. You need to live somewhat close to a hub and you need fast internet and if you have both of these things, then you probably make enough money to afford a console.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
I voted two years lol. So I was right on the money.
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