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Rumor: Google Stadia May Be Getting Shut Down

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Re: Rumor: Google Stadia May Be Getting Shut Down

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Post by tokai »

Ken_At_EM wrote: post #102
tokai wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You would still have your games files and be able to run them. Steam is not a rental or streaming service.

Yes but if Steam shut down you’d have no way to get to the installers again and you’d be left crossing your fingers the machine you installed them on doesn’t die.

Think it through. Of cause you cant get the games files if the provider goes offline. You can make a backup of any of your games in steam, which will make it possible to install it again offline on other machines.

Re: Rumor: Google Stadia May Be Getting Shut Down

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Post by hnburnsy »

From @GoogleStadia...

https://twitter.com/GoogleStadia/status/1552989433590214656?...

"Replying to @BlueFireDemon44 Stadia is not shutting down. Rest assured we're always working on bringing more great games to the platform and Stadia Pro. Let us know if you have other questions."

Re: Rumor: Google Stadia May Be Getting Shut Down

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Post by havblue »

thesuperbigfrog wrote: post #15

"there'd be no license transfer of any sort, which means that any purchases made on Stadia would effectively be nullified as the service closes down." It lasted less than three years and will leave players with nothing to show. This is what people were predicting when Stadia lauched and part of the reason why it had poor adoption.

I would think it would be trivial for them to pay to let another service transfer the licenses. Of course, this would benefit potential future competitors' market share. So I guess they think it would be better to screw their customers?

(Granted, it's all a rumor so far)

Re: Rumor: Google Stadia May Be Getting Shut Down

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Post by jack_pp »

okwubodu wrote: post #141
Ken_At_EM wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is highly unethical to take away copies of the game that players had to pay full price for. Stadia owes them a retail copy of the games they purchased.

What we need is a portable digital license. Like a card we can store in a sort of internet wallet and present to storefronts to get access to a game. That way publishers wouldn’t be able to bully customers to the extent they currently do. No way the gaming community would be opposed to such a thing.

didn't we already have that for certain games? I remember when I bought WoW in 2010 it came with a code. If I wanted to reinstall the game I would put in the same code, this was before battle.net client.

Re: Rumor: Google Stadia May Be Getting Shut Down

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Post by forgotpwd16 »

onmobile2022 wrote: post #62

Google> we'll engineer a cloud gaming service Gamers> um have you even met us? What about the speed of light? Google> we'll beat the speed of light using genius engineering Gamers> lol Google> we're shutting down because nobody uses us Gamers> lol Yet another case of having never spoken to the actual customer

Haven't used Stadia but have played on GFN multiple games without issues. Cloud gaming actually works.

Re: Rumor: Google Stadia May Be Getting Shut Down

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Post by adwww »

mrtree wrote: post #8
OrangeMonkey wrote: post #2

Three sure bets in life: * Death * Taxes * Google shutting down services Admittedly, google stadia was kind of a joke since the beginning, but I feel for consumers who buy into googles promises and even a bit for the google engineers who may be out of work soon.

IDK, I have stadia and it works just fine. I have a 5G router at home, with fiber is even better. The offering is a bit limited but there are several really good games that are worth buying.

Same, I thought for an occasional gamer like myself it was a good value service with a very low cost of entry.

I am now pretty reluctant to pay to keep any games though with this rumour alive.

Re: Rumor: Google Stadia May Be Getting Shut Down

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Post by wongarsu »

Lutger wrote: post #101
wrayjustin wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It really doesn't! The common responses you hear in these types of threads include "I didn't even try it; because I knew it would get killed." And of course, this results in lower turnout, and eventual death of the offering. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy at this point. So what's Google to even do? * They could burn money and keep the offering afloat to "prove" they are serious (seems to be the case with Stadia). *…

Google seems to shut down services mostly on the basis of adoption being too low. For its scale, tens of millions of users could mean a failure. However, those services could be profitable, just at a smaller scale. They could keep them around and exploit them without too much investments. This is what other large companies do, they won't break the experience for their customers because they value them. Google has ano…

Maybe Google's problem is that as a company they are set up to run products of google-scale. They could start a subsidiary company that gets all of the "too small for google" products, keeping them alive build customer trust and maybe even turn a profit

Re: Rumor: Google Stadia May Be Getting Shut Down

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Post by dmix »

XBox cloud is way better than Stadia, it's very smooth in both Chrome and on Nvidia Shield on my TV.

Stadia's offerings are weak, buying licenses you don't control doesn't make sense, and the things like the Ubisoft integration is awkward and expensive.

If I was going to use a non-Xbox Cloud service it would mostly just be a way to play Steam games on a cloud pc. But that's what I use https://www.paperspace.com/ + Parsec for on my Mac, it's a hosted high end GPU hosting a stripped down Windows 10, every Steam game works flawlessly on a fiber connection plus you get to use Torrents.

Re: Rumor: Google Stadia May Be Getting Shut Down

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Post by gambiting »

havblue wrote: post #153
thesuperbigfrog wrote: post #15

"there'd be no license transfer of any sort, which means that any purchases made on Stadia would effectively be nullified as the service closes down." It lasted less than three years and will leave players with nothing to show. This is what people were predicting when Stadia lauched and part of the reason why it had poor adoption.

I would think it would be trivial for them to pay to let another service transfer the licenses. Of course, this would benefit potential future competitors' market share. So I guess they think it would be better to screw their customers? (Granted, it's all a rumor so far)

Bethesda did this when they shut down their own launcher - you could sign in with a steam account and all your purchases would be transferred there.

Re: Rumor: Google Stadia May Be Getting Shut Down

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Post by jfoster »

Sebb767 wrote: post #74
wrayjustin wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It really doesn't! The common responses you hear in these types of threads include "I didn't even try it; because I knew it would get killed." And of course, this results in lower turnout, and eventual death of the offering. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy at this point. So what's Google to even do? * They could burn money and keep the offering afloat to "prove" they are serious (seems to be the case with Stadia). *…

What should the consumer to do? Donate their money and time to the service in the hope that this time will be different? (not to mention that Stadias pricing was pretty bad) So yes, it's Google's turn to show commitment and keep their services running. Plus, the possible loss with keeping Stadia up should also be weighted against this cementing their reputation.

Exactly this. How could Google even expect any of their services to be successful now, besides by attracting sufficiently gullible customers?
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