@Octane I think they're trying to reel some PC players in. The PC version of FIFA is the last gen version whereas the Stadia version is more on a par with Series X and PS5. PC players aren't happy.
I suspect that what fans Stadia has left are currently looking at GeForce Now and Game Pass Ultimate and wondering why they didn't just switch over ages ago.
Also, people clearly don't know Google if they don't associate the brand with launching new services with a ton of hype behind them only to quietly kill them a few years later. They've done that a lot and there was a suspicion that Stadia might be another case of that right from the outset.
It's Google. Let's see how long until they abandon this thing and eventually shut it down. And I really want to see how big this actually takes off - do they even have first party studios/games for this service?
Little over three years, even the Wii U had a better run.
@Octane Wow! I was not expecting this quote response! And yikes, not only did the Wii U last longer, I think more people actually owned it and bought games for it. Google managed to fail harder than I think they’ve ever done before.
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Google Stadia is a piece of junk now.
I feel bad for peoples who really defending Google Stadia and now finding out Google Stadia has been discontinued and the streaming device they bought practically become a garbage once they cannot play the games by streaming anymore.
I told ya Google Stadia will be flop.
@Anti-Matter All the users got full refunds though and you can now use the controller with other devices via Bluetooth, so they effectively got to play for free for the last few years and got a free controller!
Probably a bit ahead of it's time as a standalone service as the infrastructure just isn't there yet, but I've no doubt something similar will appear in the future - although probably not from Google.
@dmcc0
But still...
You have spent your money on streaming product and now you cannot even play those games anymore.
Even you got refund but still you are not able to play those streaming games anymore.
I called it a scam, legit scam.
Glad Stadia has been discontinued.
It was a warning for peoples to not trust the future with streaming games.
I would rather kill the technology like that.
Don't shape the future with false technology.
@Anti-Matter From what I've read Google refunded all purchases - not just the hardware - so not sure it could be labelled a scam. Folk spend their money, played the games then got their money back when they could no longer play the games.
I used XBox Cloud gaming a little when I had Game Pass and the performance was variable - certainly not something I'd pay for separately or buy full-priced games for, but quite useful for trying out a game without installing, or playing on a tablet if someone else was watching TV.
Loved stadia and will miss it. The refund allowed me to purchase a PS5 so that's a nice silver lining. There's a few of my friends now who I will likely never play with online again as they have no interest in buying an expensive console they'll barely use.
@blockfight That's awesome that they give a refund to you that my one problem with streaming services. I remember years ago I bought a few games from OnLive, and when they went shut down, I didn't get anything from them, of.course maybe that was due to Google owning Stadia so they were able to give refunds.
Maybe you should tell your friends about Gamepass that seems more up their alley and they don't need to own a console or PC to use it.
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