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Post by goldenchrome »

spaceman_2020 wrote: post #369
goldenchrome wrote: post #358

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He did. And before that he was in AR/VR. I know a few execs who have done similar hops: jumping from one hype space to the next in the hopes that one of them disrupts the whole industry and they get launched up in their career. A sort of VC fund with an investment size of one, yourself.

Nothing wrong with that. You owe nothing to the company. The company won’t be loyal to you, why should you be loyal to it?

I see what you’re saying and I respect it. You have to take care of yourself first.

However, as someone who worked in one of those fields, it’s draining when over half of your leaders are trend hoppers. They get up on stage frequently and talk about how excited they are, and how it’s a long journey ahead. And then as soon as the industry takes a slight downturn they all leave in unison.

Some of the leaders are truly passionate about the field and they’re still around. It’s very clear who is who from the way they act towards the employees.

The experience taught me to avoid hype industries unless I’m willing to make money the number one goal in my life, which is harder than I thought, since life has plenty of things more enjoyable than money.

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Post by endisneigh »

bogwog wrote: post #389
endisneigh wrote: post #88

This is absolutely false. Feel free to quote this post in October. HN has a pretty high caliber of commenter compared to other forums. People believing a baseless rumor so easily is sad.

What do you consider a "baseless rumor"? There's an anonymous source behind this one, and while we obviously don't know who the source is, I wouldn't consider that "baseless". Take it with a grain of salt, sure, but that's true for any rumor. Also, you seem to be implying that you also have an anonymous source at Google (or are one yourself). Either way, the credibility of your comment isn't any better than that Twit…

Anonymous sources providing nothing but a statement are baseless.

Stadia will exist by the end of the summer. You don’t have to believe me. Like I said feel free to come back to this thread in October.

Re: Rumor: Google Stadia May Be Getting Shut Down

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Post by [deleted] »

Ken_At_EM wrote: post #24
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.

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.

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Post by nwatson »

Schroedingersat wrote: post #344
Workaccount2 wrote: post #190

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is why I don't sign on to anything new google does for a few years now. It's going to be buggy but promising initially, then be poorly supported, and then be cancelled leaving you high and dry. If I was a large shareholder I'd be yelling to ditch Sundar everyday. The guy is a total idiot just floating by on ads dollars. Google could be so much more if they reorganized into conventional dedicated teams and stoppe…

Not just google. See playsforsure, amazon drive etc

Yeah I just noticed Amazon Drive is going away. No more uploads after 2023 January, no more access for non-photo/video files some time toward end of 2023.

Years ago I got tired of the mess that was Google Picasa and transferred all photos, videos, and most important docs to Amazon Drive. Now I need to find yet another service.

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Post by endisneigh »

MichaelCollins wrote: post #339
endisneigh wrote: post #224

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That list is irrelevant. Even if Google had never killed a product before, it would be worth believing if there is solid evidence. Here, there is none.

> That list is irrelevant. You said the rumor is baseless, but that list is a rock solid foundation for any rumor of Google cancelling anything.

That’s not how it works. Would you believe the same about Google Ads? Rock solid foundation and all that.

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Post by robotnikman »

Ekaros wrote: post #343
cptskippy wrote: post #334

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He's not wrong. All my games are in the cloud and it is great; it's just not Google's cloud.

You know why I keep buying stuff on Steam? This is why... It is putting all the eggs in single basket, but at least it is the sturdiest and oldest basket.

With Steam you can basically make your own personal Stadia with the steam link app, no need to re-buy any games again and no need to rely on anyone else's cloud services (as long as you have a decent connection and PC)

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Post by Aeolun »

Qahlel wrote: post #219
Workaccount2 wrote: post #190

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is why I don't sign on to anything new google does for a few years now. It's going to be buggy but promising initially, then be poorly supported, and then be cancelled leaving you high and dry. If I was a large shareholder I'd be yelling to ditch Sundar everyday. The guy is a total idiot just floating by on ads dollars. Google could be so much more if they reorganized into conventional dedicated teams and stoppe…

Actually, this strategy works for google. Google enters these markets and then kills it for any possible future competitors. In the short run, it's a loss, in the long run, you nullify new possible competitors.

Wut? Geforce NOW absolutely trampled Stadia. It was just no contest at all.

And if Geforce Now goes under I retain all my games, because it’s all linked to Steam and Epic.

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Post by danpalmer »

staticassertion wrote: post #246
srmarm wrote: post #214

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If google were going out of business I'd agree with you, but they're not. As a business they have plenty of money. What they're (possibly) doing is shutting this service to save some money. I suspect they'll refund or at least credit the relatively small number of people who purchased games on the service. It was always an odd setup to sell something for a fixed fee that potentially has an endless cost to deliver. Go…

I doubt they'll credit anyone. Why would they? You purchased a license to play a game through their service. Their service is no longer there. I haven't gone through any terms of service for Stadia but I can't imagine that they aren't covered for this.

Why would they? Because of the reputational damage of not doing so.

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Post by barbazoo »

intrasight wrote: post #373
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.

It's "netflix for games". I am baffled that anyone would "purchase" anything on a streaming platform.

Good point

Re: Rumor: Google Stadia May Be Getting Shut Down

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Post by sofixa »

Yeah, that's just an unsubstantiated rumour and doesn't even make sense. Stadia updated their ToS literally a few days ago with clarifications around payments, asking for a refund on recently bought games (to align with EU rules), etc. Why would they do that if they plan on shutting the service within a month?
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