Google is shutting down Stadia

Yup, that's exactly what everyone expected since the beginning. And that's why publishers were not very interested, because they always suspected that's what would happen. Why invest when Google will get bored and shut it down in a couple years?

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Post by andrewmcwatters » Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 4:23 PM UTC

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We all saw this coming years ago when it was first announced.

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Post by ddalex » Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 4:23 PM UTC

https://killedbygoogle.com/ does not confirm it.

EDIT: it appeared now. This is confirmed.

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Post by minimaxir » Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 4:23 PM UTC

The real question here is why it took so long to shut down Stadia, especially from Google. It never had any traction at any point in its history.

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Post by cptcobalt » Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 4:24 PM UTC

Not surprised at all.

The refunds are a very nice, unexpected touch.

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Post by noirbot » Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 4:24 PM UTC

kikki wrote: post #2

While 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?