Goodbye Google Stadia

[Hanno Labuschagne]

Goodbye Google Stadia

Google said it will terminate services for Stadia, its troubled cloud gaming service, after it failed to gain traction with players almost three years after its launch.

Stadia was an attempt from Alphabet Inc.’s Google to take on the video game console giants with a platform of its own.

[Bloomberg]

 

[Lefty309]

Has anyone here bought Stadia hardware or software? Do refunds apply in SA?

 

[rvZA]

Typical Google.....

 

[Sapphiron]

Despite the advances in streaming codecs, Internet in most places in the world is too poor for it to be viable.

In-home streaming is about the limit of the tech.

 

[backstreetboy]

Typical Google.....

People didn't use it. What do you want them to do?

 

[Bobbin]

Primary reason for Cloud Gaming: AAA access, at low capex and increased mobility to the consumer.

One day mobile devices might be powerful and versatile enough to solve the same problem. Cloud Gaming won't be a thing IMO.

 

[cerebus]

Has anyone here bought Stadia hardware or software? Do refunds apply in SA?

I have a friend who used it and he was pretty positive about it in general. The lag was acceptable and the image quality wasn't bad. I personally think the Nvidia gamestream is the best streaming service around at the moment especially with the 3080 tier offering.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Has anyone here bought Stadia hardware or software? Do refunds apply in SA?

I don't believe we ever got any local servers here, so it would be a bit useless to purchase in SA.

 

[Swa]

Another failed google project.

 

[Monkeyz]

People didn't use it. What do you want them to do?

Give people a reason to use it
Sony and Nvidia got it right but Google being Google screwed themselves over

 

[Swa]

People didn't use it. What do you want them to do?

Start launching things people actually want to use. Google is kinda known for doing things half arsed and then claiming there isn't enough interest like G+.

 

[backstreetboy]

Give people a reason to use it
Sony and Nvidia got it right but Google being Google screwed themselves over

Sony and Nvidia was in games long before Google...

 

[Monkeyz]

Sony and Nvidia was in games long before Google...

Google have the biggest mobile gaming platform under their belt, don't cut them short they aren't some no name start up
Heck Amazon is in the same position and even after failing several times Amazon is still trying to break into gaming

 

[Felixbf1980]

Google have the biggest mobile gaming platform under their belt, don't cut them short they aren't some no name start up
Heck Amazon is in the same position and even after failing several times Amazon is still trying to break into gaming

What gaming platform?, they only sell the gaming apps. They do not own it.

 

[Randux]

Of course

 

[TelkomUseless]

From the Start they were doomed. Paying full price for a game that is on their servers..

Geforce now allows to play your own games.

 

[ToxicBunny]

From the Start they were doomed. Paying full price for a game that is on their servers..

Geforce now allows to play your own games.

So I never really dug into the whole service, but you had to buy games at full price? I thought it was a subscription service where you had access to a library of games in that subscription service like Game Pass

 

[TelkomUseless]

So I never really dug into the whole service, but you had to buy games at full price? I thought it was a subscription service where you had access to a library of games in that subscription service like Game Pass

Nope.. You had to buy the game on THEIR platform.

You would have think sub service like GP would be their goal. Nope.

edit:

What was Google Stadia and why did it shut down?

Google Stadia closed down in January 2023. Here's everything you need to know about it.

www.pocket-lint.com

Google Stadia was devised as a cloud gaming service whereby games can be purchased and played, but don't have to be downloaded to a console or PC.

 

[Fulcrum29]

From the Start they were doomed. Paying full price for a game that is on their servers..

Geforce now allows to play your own games.

Not all games are supported on GeForce Now, and some games are made inaccessible due to licensing conditions. Regardless it is a VM gaming service which allows more unencumbered use.

Google Stadia did have its own in house dev companies which titles was made available. What is going to happen with these dev houses now I don't know. You could also add you Ubi sub IIRC.

Amazon's Luna, pending on your sub, have a Prime rotation and you can also link your Ubi sub. I think Luna is going to succeed.

 

[AfricanTech]

Never saw the appeal quite frankly.

Not at all surprised it's been a flop.