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This thread was made for journalistic reasons and pinpoint the controversial news that made this situation for Google Stadia.
Since the announcement, Stadia was really poorly received, and as much the company said to get things better for the service, the Stadia team never really showed real effort for it.
It worked for three years and two months on total. No real numbers on money, but it's estimated something like two million user accounts - for little comparison, the Sega Saturn (which is considered a flop) sold more than nine million.
1 - Let's bring up a big party!
03, march, 2019
Stadia is revealed at the Game Developers Conference that year. It promisses gaming on Chromecast, smartphones and Chrome browser, and as a syncronized plataform with instant access.
Their server hardware promisses more than 10 teraflops to handle games, so AAA games should be fine.
2 - How works for the consumer
06, june, 2019
A direct-type video of Google is introduced to show how Stadia will work. We know how much internet speed needs to play in 4K 60fps, a Pro version that costs US$9,90 a month, the Founder's Limited(?) Edition - which comes with a Chromecast Ultra, a Stadia controller, a free budypass for three months, also Stadia Pro for three months, Destiny 2 for free, a "Stadia name", and the Stadia Base, the free version of the system that will "launch later and you can purchase the same games and play whatever you want". It's also revealed that will launch sometime later the year.
3 - Not the same, but costs the same
27/28, june, 2019
In a interview with Eurogamer, Phill Harrison is asked with pricing for games on Stadia in front of competition of other consoles. "I don't know why it would be cheaper". [...]"The value you get from the game on Stadia means you can play it on any screen in your life - TV, PC, laptop, tablet, phone," he said. "I think that is going to be valuable to players." Still, no real costs confirmation, just indication.
4 - Close to launch, far from good
13, november, 2019
Official launch date of Stadia is revealed to be november 19, and at first was going to be launched with just 12 games, but later Google expanded to 22 games, costing something close to US$60 to some titles. The problem is that some features promised before, like the buddy system, won't be available at launch.
Read more at ARS T
5 - Launch date, right? Right?!
19/20, november, 2019
Stadia is launched and it has mixed results by people.
Washington Post showed like a second of delay, also a lot of other journalistic people claimed frame drops and bad play, even thou they use connections more than 30mb of speed, which Google said that could play 4K 60fps. IGN and some others said that playing with Chromecast, the Stadia controller and a nice connection do fine, but in the browser and a keyboard doesn't work.
Smartphones are a hit and miss, but one big part of the problem is that the app is exclusive for Pixel phones.
6 - This party kinda blows
21, november, 2019
Couple days after launch and we see Stadia's numbers... 175.000 downloads with his app.
Also, marketing turned out to be false. Some games doesn't go 4K and Chromecast Ultra users claimed that their units are getting overheat while using Stadia.
03, march, 2019
Stadia is revealed at the Game Developers Conference that year. It promisses gaming on Chromecast, smartphones and Chrome browser, and as a syncronized plataform with instant access.
Their server hardware promisses more than 10 teraflops to handle games, so AAA games should be fine.
2 - How works for the consumer
06, june, 2019
A direct-type video of Google is introduced to show how Stadia will work. We know how much internet speed needs to play in 4K 60fps, a Pro version that costs US$9,90 a month, the Founder's Limited(?) Edition - which comes with a Chromecast Ultra, a Stadia controller, a free budypass for three months, also Stadia Pro for three months, Destiny 2 for free, a "Stadia name", and the Stadia Base, the free version of the system that will "launch later and you can purchase the same games and play whatever you want". It's also revealed that will launch sometime later the year.
3 - Not the same, but costs the same
27/28, june, 2019
In a interview with Eurogamer, Phill Harrison is asked with pricing for games on Stadia in front of competition of other consoles. "I don't know why it would be cheaper". [...]"The value you get from the game on Stadia means you can play it on any screen in your life - TV, PC, laptop, tablet, phone," he said. "I think that is going to be valuable to players." Still, no real costs confirmation, just indication.
4 - Close to launch, far from good
13, november, 2019
Official launch date of Stadia is revealed to be november 19, and at first was going to be launched with just 12 games, but later Google expanded to 22 games, costing something close to US$60 to some titles. The problem is that some features promised before, like the buddy system, won't be available at launch.
Read more at ARS T
5 - Launch date, right? Right?!
19/20, november, 2019
Stadia is launched and it has mixed results by people.
Washington Post showed like a second of delay, also a lot of other journalistic people claimed frame drops and bad play, even thou they use connections more than 30mb of speed, which Google said that could play 4K 60fps. IGN and some others said that playing with Chromecast, the Stadia controller and a nice connection do fine, but in the browser and a keyboard doesn't work.
Smartphones are a hit and miss, but one big part of the problem is that the app is exclusive for Pixel phones.
6 - This party kinda blows
21, november, 2019
Couple days after launch and we see Stadia's numbers... 175.000 downloads with his app.
Also, marketing turned out to be false. Some games doesn't go 4K and Chromecast Ultra users claimed that their units are getting overheat while using Stadia.
7 - Kicking even if it is on the ground
December 2019 to january 2020
Darksiders Genesis was announced on PC for US$25 at pre-order on Steam, and US$30 on GOG. Stadia costs US$40. No further explanations.
Also, some people claims that games still are not running great even with a nice connection. Borderlands 3 is launched on Stadia, but gets an older version in comparison with other platforms. And Destiny 2 has just a few more than 8.000 players, which in a month before was something in 20.000s.
8 - itsfine.jpeg
February, 2020
With more than a month with no new games on Stadia, people started asking why this is happening and what's up with Google. Developers says that there's no incentive from the company to do it. Google turns the app available for more smartphones, like Samsung and Asus.
9 - A fist full of Stadias
6, march, 2020
If you have or just bought an Chromecast Ultra, and lives in the Stadia available countries, chances are that you got an e-mail from Google saying that you got three free months of Stadia Pro. Some Twitter users liked(?).
10 - For a few Stadias more
8, april, 2020
Google releases a note that the free Base version is available, and is giving two months of Pro for free for those who sign up.
UPDATE: 23, april, 2020
Couple weeks later with the free version, Stadia gets more than one million users. Also, the app for smartphones surpasses 225 thousand downloads.
11 - Google Direct
24, april, 2020
Stadia's official Twitter account says that 4/28 will be doing a Nintendo Direct-kind of thing with new announcements. Some followers asks when Stadia will go to more lands, and the official account answer basically the same to all: "we don't know. Stay tunned".
UPDATE: 27/28, april, 2020
PUBG is launched on it, and to ensure that you gonna deal with Stadia's playerbase, chances are that you will fight with a lot of dumb bots.
Stadia Connect comes aaaaaaaand nine hours later has just a few more than 50k views in the official YouTube channel. To put in comparison, an accolades commercial of Final Fantasy VII Remake was launched kinda at the same time and hits almost the same number of views.
12 - Seriously?
20, may, 2020
Serious Sam 4 is a kinda timed exclusive on Stadia, launching in august.
13 - Another kid on the block, but not really new
29, may, 2020
Steam announces a partnership with Nvidia for Geforce Now, the Cloud system of the company, which will be called Steam Cloud and is in beta. You can buy your game on Steam, keep on your personal computer, and/or subscribe the Cloud thing and play on a Cloud PC with your purchased games and your saves.
14 - Same old story
18, june, 2020
IGN's Ryan McCaffrey do a [remote] interview with Stadia's Jack Buser, Ubisoft's Marc-Alexis Côté, and Robot Entertainment's Jerome Jones.
Personal opinion: the thing looks a marketing stunt. McCaffrey is a guy who understand how the industry works and he act like he never heard it before. It's weird as fuck.
15 - Let them fight
24, september, 2020
Amazon announces Luna, a thing that is one step closer to a Netflix for gaming.
You pay a monthly fee, but the big difference is that you pay for "channels", which the original package comes with some games like Resident Evil 7 and Control, and you can also buy a monthly fee for another channel, for example, a Ubisoft channel, and you can play stuff like Assassin's Creed and Splinter Cell, or a Square Enix channel and you play Final Fantasy and stuff. Works with any controller that your device accepts, still Amazon launched his own that has 30 ms tops of delay and costs US$49,99.
In theory is a direct competitor to Stadia. Let's see in practice.
16 - Home Alone
30, september, 2020
Google launches a new Chromecast... with no support for Stadia.
17 - I'll buy at a high price
22, october, 2020
Gamers condemn a Google Stadia Montreal Creative Director for saying streamers should be paying publishers.
18 - more is better?
26, november, 2020
Around 400 games are in development for Google Stadia, according to Stadia’s director of games, Jack Buser.
19 - Live goes off
03, december, 2020
Stadia makes a Hangout with the GameSpot guys... it has less than 500 people watching live.
20 - Get punk'd
09, december, 2020
Cyberpunk 2077 is launched on Stadia... and it's surprisingly smooth. We don't have sales numbers for the platform yet.
21 - Two hits, one hand
01, february, 2021
Google shuts down internal Stadia game studio, and with this news, Stadia Games and Entertainment vice president Jade Raymond is leaving Google.
22 - I'm going if you're going
05, may, 2021
A host of Stadia developers have left Google to join Jade Raymond at Haven Studios (some PS5 game).
December 2019 to january 2020
Darksiders Genesis was announced on PC for US$25 at pre-order on Steam, and US$30 on GOG. Stadia costs US$40. No further explanations.
Also, some people claims that games still are not running great even with a nice connection. Borderlands 3 is launched on Stadia, but gets an older version in comparison with other platforms. And Destiny 2 has just a few more than 8.000 players, which in a month before was something in 20.000s.
8 - itsfine.jpeg
February, 2020
With more than a month with no new games on Stadia, people started asking why this is happening and what's up with Google. Developers says that there's no incentive from the company to do it. Google turns the app available for more smartphones, like Samsung and Asus.
9 - A fist full of Stadias
6, march, 2020
If you have or just bought an Chromecast Ultra, and lives in the Stadia available countries, chances are that you got an e-mail from Google saying that you got three free months of Stadia Pro. Some Twitter users liked(?).
10 - For a few Stadias more
8, april, 2020
Google releases a note that the free Base version is available, and is giving two months of Pro for free for those who sign up.
UPDATE: 23, april, 2020
Couple weeks later with the free version, Stadia gets more than one million users. Also, the app for smartphones surpasses 225 thousand downloads.
11 - Google Direct
24, april, 2020
Stadia's official Twitter account says that 4/28 will be doing a Nintendo Direct-kind of thing with new announcements. Some followers asks when Stadia will go to more lands, and the official account answer basically the same to all: "we don't know. Stay tunned".
UPDATE: 27/28, april, 2020
PUBG is launched on it, and to ensure that you gonna deal with Stadia's playerbase, chances are that you will fight with a lot of dumb bots.
Stadia Connect comes aaaaaaaand nine hours later has just a few more than 50k views in the official YouTube channel. To put in comparison, an accolades commercial of Final Fantasy VII Remake was launched kinda at the same time and hits almost the same number of views.
12 - Seriously?
20, may, 2020
Serious Sam 4 is a kinda timed exclusive on Stadia, launching in august.
13 - Another kid on the block, but not really new
29, may, 2020
Steam announces a partnership with Nvidia for Geforce Now, the Cloud system of the company, which will be called Steam Cloud and is in beta. You can buy your game on Steam, keep on your personal computer, and/or subscribe the Cloud thing and play on a Cloud PC with your purchased games and your saves.
14 - Same old story
18, june, 2020
IGN's Ryan McCaffrey do a [remote] interview with Stadia's Jack Buser, Ubisoft's Marc-Alexis Côté, and Robot Entertainment's Jerome Jones.
Personal opinion: the thing looks a marketing stunt. McCaffrey is a guy who understand how the industry works and he act like he never heard it before. It's weird as fuck.
15 - Let them fight
24, september, 2020
Amazon announces Luna, a thing that is one step closer to a Netflix for gaming.
You pay a monthly fee, but the big difference is that you pay for "channels", which the original package comes with some games like Resident Evil 7 and Control, and you can also buy a monthly fee for another channel, for example, a Ubisoft channel, and you can play stuff like Assassin's Creed and Splinter Cell, or a Square Enix channel and you play Final Fantasy and stuff. Works with any controller that your device accepts, still Amazon launched his own that has 30 ms tops of delay and costs US$49,99.
In theory is a direct competitor to Stadia. Let's see in practice.
16 - Home Alone
30, september, 2020
Google launches a new Chromecast... with no support for Stadia.
17 - I'll buy at a high price
22, october, 2020
Gamers condemn a Google Stadia Montreal Creative Director for saying streamers should be paying publishers.
18 - more is better?
26, november, 2020
Around 400 games are in development for Google Stadia, according to Stadia’s director of games, Jack Buser.
19 - Live goes off
03, december, 2020
Stadia makes a Hangout with the GameSpot guys... it has less than 500 people watching live.
20 - Get punk'd
09, december, 2020
Cyberpunk 2077 is launched on Stadia... and it's surprisingly smooth. We don't have sales numbers for the platform yet.
21 - Two hits, one hand
01, february, 2021
Google shuts down internal Stadia game studio, and with this news, Stadia Games and Entertainment vice president Jade Raymond is leaving Google.
22 - I'm going if you're going
05, may, 2021
A host of Stadia developers have left Google to join Jade Raymond at Haven Studios (some PS5 game).
23 - You can't see the light
01, february, 2022
Dying Light was listed to Stadia to pre-order, but since you could buy it, it's not listed anymore.
24 - Arriba, muchachos
30, june, 2022
Stadia is coming to Mexico, making 23 countries in total. Score!(?)
25 - It's not true. I did not hit her. I did not
1, August, 2022
Late july, a suspended account Twitter user said that Google was going to kill Stadia in a not far future. People claimed that this was not possible (at least for now) because the service was going to be launched soon in Mexico, so didn't make any sense. Google said "rest assured" that it's not dead.
26 - Party like a Stadia-star
8, september, 2022
Stadia unveiled a new feature called Party Stream that makes it all too easy to share your gameplay with friends. Where previously you would need to start a YouTube livestream and send the link to your friends, now you can simply enable Party Stream to allow anyone in your Stadia party to tune in.
27 - The party is officially over
29, september, 2022
Google is shutting down Stadia. The service will remain live for players until January 18th, 2023.
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