Google is shutting down Stadia • Hacker News Board

Re: Google is shutting down Stadia

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Post by chrisseaton » Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 4:29 PM UTC

beoberha wrote: post #12

Anyone here use Stadia? Not much of a gamer but very interested in the tech of cloud gaming.

I tried a bit. I don't have space in my life for dedicated gaming hardware or a PC, so seemed to be a way I could play a game once in a while without commitment. Was ok. Didn't get hooked.

Re: Google is shutting down Stadia

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Post by jjulius » Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 4:29 PM UTC

dont__panic wrote: post #18

Direct from the horse's mouth: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33022775

Also from the horse's mouth: https://twitter.com/GoogleStadia/status/1552989433590214656

Not saying it to argue with your point, just to highlight that we generally shouldn't put much trust into Google.

Re: Google is shutting down Stadia

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Post by aaronbrethorst » Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 4:29 PM UTC

lol, props to Google for refunding the costs of the hardware, games, and DLC, though.

I might've actually bought one, except that I didn't want to be stranded with an outlay of hundreds of dollars for a bricked streaming device. If I'd known up front that they'd have refunded my costs (or even a percentage of them) if they shut down the service in some timeframe, I'd have totally bought one.

Re: Google is shutting down Stadia

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Post by kwertyoowiyop » Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 4:29 PM UTC

Well, who won the pool?

Re: Google is shutting down Stadia

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Post by monkeydust » Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 4:29 PM UTC

Takeaway - next time you decide to buy a google product and have choice through their store or 3rd party retailer, best to go through their store!

Re: Google is shutting down Stadia

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Post by chrisseaton » Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 4:29 PM UTC

ddalex wrote: post #7

https://killedbygoogle.com/ does not confirm it. EDIT: it appeared now. This is confirmed.

Was only announced today.

Re: Google is shutting down Stadia

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Post by drstewart » Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 4:29 PM UTC

Add it to the pile

Re: Google is shutting down Stadia

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Post by AlwaysRock » Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 4:30 PM UTC

Remember like three weeks ago when some news about this came out and they were like no we promise we are not shutting it down?

Glad they are doing refunds though.

Re: Google is shutting down Stadia

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Post by yamtaddle » Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 4:30 PM UTC

andrewmcwatters wrote: post #6

laughing-tom-cruise.jpg We all saw this coming years ago when it was first announced.

I wonder if Google's tried to study & put some numbers on how much harder it is for new products of theirs to take off, due to their reputation, and decided it's not worth the cost to fix, or if they just don't care to even find out.

Re: Google is shutting down Stadia

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Post by jedberg » Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 4:30 PM UTC

Google's reputation for not supporting things long term is finally starting to affect them in noticeable ways.

Developers didn't onboard because they were afraid it would get shut down. It got shut down because no one onboarded.