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Google is shutting down Stadia

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Re: Google is shutting down Stadia

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Post by goingAvalanche »

aaronbrethorst wrote: post #33

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.

The thing is that nothing is bricked \o/

I end up with a Chromecast and a gamepad that are both compatible outside of Stadia and played a few games, all of that for free.

Re: Google is shutting down Stadia

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Post by bogwog »

Sorry for the stupid internet drama/shenanigans, but I couldn't resist.

> 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.

Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32278402

It ain't even October yet.

Re: Google is shutting down Stadia

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Post by 0x457 »

rocky1138 wrote: post #51
snthd wrote: post #29

Google need to open source and unlock the controllers - otherwise they just created a mountain of e-waste.

They aren't just regular old Bluetooth?

No, that how google was able to achieve better latency and allowed using it on Chromecast devices. The controller has Bluetooth used only for setting it up, from there it's Wi-Fi that used to send input directly to the cloud instead of "BT to showing the stream and then to the cloud".

I wish they enable Bluetooth for it because it's an excellent controller. I use it to play Halo on xCloud via iPad...

Re: Google is shutting down Stadia

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Post by sockmeistr »

branon wrote: post #67

Refunds are nice and all, but gaming is a time investment too. Wonder if they will allow exporting savegames, or will people's progress be black-holed?

You can export your savegame via google takeout, but often these savegames will only work on the stadia builds of games, and aren't able to be loaded into stadia. (Source: https://support.cdprojektred.com/en/cyberpunk/stadia/sp-tech...)

Re: Google is shutting down Stadia

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Post by __david__ »

yellow_lead wrote: post #81
vyrotek wrote: post #43

Just a couple of months ago. "Stadia is not shutting down. Rest assured we're always working on bringing more great games to the platform and Stadia Pro." https://twitter.com/GoogleStadia/status/1552989433590214656

So that was a lie

It depends on when they made the decision. Changing your mind doesn't mean you previously lied, it just means you were wrong. Lying needs intent.

Re: Google is shutting down Stadia

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Post by 1123581321 »

krossitalk wrote: post #435
ConceptJunkie wrote: post #408

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is Google we're talking about. They shut everything down eventually.

Does anyone think we'll ever see the sunsetting of something huge like YouTube or GMail?

Not unless the products start failing or human population grows 10x and they don’t keep up relative to other Google products. Google takes products seriously when they have huge user counts and huge user counts relative to their competition. Their problem is their inability to seriously commit to growing valuable new products to that size.

Re: Google is shutting down Stadia

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Post by lgats »

endtime wrote: post #418
solardev wrote: post #223

Google's product strategy.. Google: We're going to launch a fancy new product in an already-crowded field, not market it at all, and everyone will jump on board and love it! Everyone else: No way, it's a PITA to port to, and knowing Google, they're going to sunset it soon. Google: No we won't, we're fully dedicated to this thing Everyone else: No way, they haven't added meaningful features in years and they're going…

I mostly agree with you, but I downvoted your comment because > We devoted an entire month of resources to this project and thought that was enough! ...is not just wildly inaccurate, but also disrespectful to the people who spent years working on it.

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

@GoogleStadia "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." Jul 29, 2022

2 Months ago

Re: Google is shutting down Stadia

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Post by wvenable »

krossitalk wrote: post #435
ConceptJunkie wrote: post #408

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is Google we're talking about. They shut everything down eventually.

Does anyone think we'll ever see the sunsetting of something huge like YouTube or GMail?

Nope. Huge products will be fine as long as they stay huge.

Google doesn't support new products enough to become huge and don't seem to have a cohesive plan to support a range of products in the long term.

I'm probably someone who could have benefited from Stadia but I feel like they never marketed to me in a way that even got me to try it. And the fear that this was just another experiment by Google didn't have me seeking it out on my own especially for the up front costs.

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