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?
Google is shutting down Stadia
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#52"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
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#53You know it's gonna be bad news when you see a title like that. I've always been bearish on game streaming because it's just not practically, physically possible to solve the problem of input lag. Even an extra 10ms is going to be noticeable and unacceptable for many games.
10ms isn't even one frame at 60 FPS. Modern consoles have more "native" input lag than that.
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#54Time to update http://isstadiadeadyet.com
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#55While inevitable, I am impressed they are refunding all purchases, including hardware. That can't be cheap.
I’m surprised, but I’m also glad they are doing this. It could be to avoid class action lawsuits. I used mine for a total of 5 minutes before throwing it in trash. It is a very unfinished product they shipped thinking they’ll solve it. But the reality is, even with the best internet in the country, the games were barely playable. I’m talking 600mbps download and a 100mbps upload speed.
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#56While inevitable, I am impressed they are refunding all purchases, including hardware. That can't be cheap.
I'm really curious the calculation here. That's a lot of money, and I'm certainly glad they're doing it, but feels both out of character for Google, and I'm surprised they have the budget allocated to just "doing the right thing". What goodwill is this saving that they aren't burning by shutting down Stadia?
I guess they're keeping the subscription fees for those who subscribed, not sure what percent of their revenue that would have been. All in all the total sales are probably paltry relative to the investment they've made in it (though surely they'll find other uses for the servers and tech), so it's not a big sacrifice to give that back to avoid anger and lawsuits
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#57Takeaway - 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!
I think the best thing is wait 5 years and see if they are going to shitcan it or not...
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#58Are they refunding the original price of the games bought?
In that case, it doesn't seem like a bad news at all for Stadia users. They will have play through multiple pretty recent and expensive games for free during years.
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#59lol, 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.
Same here. If they intended to use this buyback as a strategy so next round we’re more comfortable buying into their project: it’s working.
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#60While inevitable, I am impressed they are refunding all purchases, including hardware. That can't be cheap.
I'm really curious the calculation here. That's a lot of money, and I'm certainly glad they're doing it, but feels both out of character for Google, and I'm surprised they have the budget allocated to just "doing the right thing". What goodwill is this saving that they aren't burning by shutting down Stadia?
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