Google has announced it is shutting down its Stadia cloud gaming service

[Aranea Highwind 4,226]

 

 

[DrBloodmoney 26,678]

 

That's maybe the most predictable outcome of a thing I have ever heard.

[Fr_0zt 2,603]

HAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!! 🤣

[willmill97 3,218]

Here to Stadia? More like Byedia. COMEDY

[HuntingFever 9,677]

... and on that day, nothing of value was lost. In all seriousness though, this has been coming for a while now and rumours stating circling a couple of months ago that Google had decided to cut their considerable losses and shutdown the entire Stadia network by the end of the year. The Stadia will go down in history as one of the biggest and most expensive gaming cockups of all time!

Edited September 29, 2022 by HuntingFever
Update.

[MadEdders95 140]

Bet all 7 people who bought one will be devastated 

[zizimonster 5,553]

Well...

[DrBloodmoney 26,678]

1 minute ago, HuntingFever said:

The Stadia will go down in history as one of the biggest and most expensive gaming cockups of all time!

 

I reckon you're being very generous in assuming it will go down in history at all...

[Conker 2,323]

What  a catostrophic fail  

[Afro_Gear 995]

This is why I buy physical. Have fun playing your digital only games when the platform servers get shut down. I get the convenience, but the ability to play indefinitely and to be able to resell my games make physical games so much more valuable to me. 

 

Edit: I see they are refunding hardware and software purchases. Real classy move that they have no obligation to do. 

Edited September 29, 2022 by Afro_Gear

[LastMinuteSavior 3,445]

1 more dispatched to the already extremely crowded Google Cemetery.

 

It's already at https://killedbygoogle.com/

 

These guys always have the best ideas.

 

Edited September 29, 2022 by LastMinuteSavior

[Caesar Clown 712]

I got one for free earlier this year, but figured I'd try it out later. Guess I'm too late.

 

Eh, at least the controller is still usable.

[Lance_87 2,526]

1 minute ago, Caesar Clown said:

I got one for free earlier this year, but figured I'd try it out later. Guess I'm too late.

 

Eh, at least the controller is still usable.

 

Ask for a refund even if you're not eligible lol.

 

Anyway, that was unexpected...

 

Spoiler

 

[Cal 1,084]

I am completely and utterly shocked! Well not that shocked.

[KingGuy420 3,905]

As someone who actually liked Stadia, this is a shame. But considering Ubisoft stopped developing for it, and other streaming services offering better content, this was bound to happen. Glad I didn't sink much $ into it.

 

It is kind of weird that they just overhauled the UI this week. Looks like it was as much of a surprise to them.

Edited September 29, 2022 by KingGuy420

[GUDGER666 3,512]

The fact it lasted as long as it did is astonishing. 

[Xugoshi 217]

Good riddance! Now if only NFT's could disappear as well then we'd have ourselves an early christmas!😭

[SaAlLoAg 59]

It was basically dead since launch, they're just plugging it off by now.

[serrated-banner9 1,265]

i am the only one here surprised about this. though then again i never gave one about it so yeah. still feel bad for them. i wonder what scott the woz thinks

21 minutes ago, Afro_Gear said:

This is why I buy physical. Have fun playing your digital only games when the platform servers get shut down. I get the convenience, but the ability to play indefinitely and to be able to resell my games make physical games so much more valuable to me. 

 

Edit: I see they are refunding hardware and software purchases. Real classy move that they have no obligation to do. 

Physical forever

[RuinousOne25 73]

 

This sums it up.

[Princess Luna 4,031]

26 minutes ago, MadEdders95 said:

Bet all 7 people who bought one will be devastated 

 

6 of them were bought by scalpers lol

[breakingthegreen 1,640]

Here's my favourite reaction

 

 

[serrated-banner9 1,265]

2 minutes ago, breakingthegreen said:

Here's my favourite reaction

 

 

 

4 minutes ago, StygianWolf4 said:

 

6 of them were bought by scalpers lol

 

32 minutes ago, MadEdders95 said:

Bet all 7 people who bought one will be devastated 

so you say that this is the only person who brought it who was not a scalper?

[Beyondthegrave07 12,810]

"Future of gaming "

 

Nov. 2019 - Jan. 2023

 

Even crazier to think this failed in the middle of a global pandemic where everyone was staying home playing video games, lol.

[Afro_Gear 995]

Spoiler

 

 

"The Price is Wrong, Bitch!" - Happy Gilmore. 

Edited September 29, 2022 by Afro_Gear