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[Maiden Voyage]

tempting but you need to send me a photo of your wife.

What are you going to do with it?

 

[PendekarRajawali]

Neogaf

 

[DeepEnigma]

Even when it leaves it still sounds like an STD.

 

[AJUMP23]

What are you going to do with it?

Have you seen the pillow thread?

 

[Tommi84]

 

[StreetsofBeige]

We all knew this would happen from day one.

What will this guy go destroy next.

Never knew this guy changes companies every 3 years.

Give him credit. He's a got a knack for 9 lives in gaming. Every time the product tanks when he's there, he bolts (or gets fired?) and another giant corporation gives him a job to help launch another product line.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Have you seen the pillow thread?

I haven't and now I am afraid to know more.

 

[sainraja]

Oh that means I will get my money back. heh. I remember saying that is one thing we don't have to worry about with Google. They have always been good about that.

 

[nightmare-slain]

just read the statement. they are refunding all hardware and software purchases. fair play to them. they didn't need to do that.

 

[brian0057]

What!? Google killing yet another project that didn't live up to the hype?
Surely, you jest.

 

[geary]

https://blog.google/products/stadia/message-on-stadia-streaming-strategy/

 

[reforen]

there was a guy who wanted me to pay some kind of bet due to the Stadia "success", where is his god now?

 

[AJUMP23]

I haven't and now I am afraid to know more.

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/bioware-knows-what-you-want.1642121/

 

[German Hops]

damn, I was just about to buy one, too.

 

[Thabass]

Good riddance.

 

[spawn]

This is actually good for consumers that they're getting refunds. Most companies would probably not even do that much. A lot of us knew this was coming

 

[skit_data]

Bethesda Acquisition by Microsoft Factored Into Stadia Studios Shutdown

Google Stadia's Phil Harrison reportedly states that Microsoft's acquisition of Bethesda played a role in shutting down Stadia studios.

gamerant.com

Pretty spicy, considering that is pretty much one of the reasons CMA cited deeper investigation was needed on Acti/Blizz/King acquisition.

Edit: Didn’t realize it was a really really old article Still though.

 

[AJUMP23]

I miss Google Buzz. that was the best time waster.

 

[TVexperto]

didnt they like announce last week that its coming to new gaming monitors as well and oleds ??

at least they are going to refund me

 

[Werewolf Jones]

I actually liked that Fat Frog shilled for it... It was kinda cute.

 

[Topher]

I enjoy that site (because I really hate the way Google constantly kills off good services - bring back Inbox!), but why does that say Stadia was killed in January?

January 2023

 

[RoadHazard]

January 2023

Oh. I thought we were already in 2023, lol.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/bioware-knows-what-you-want.1642121/

I miss Google Buzz. that was the best time waster.

I've never forgiven them for killing Reader.

 

[Krappadizzle]

What!? Google killing yet another project that didn't live up to the hype?
Surely, you jest.

Google has released some great products in it's time, hell, I tried Stadia and thought it was ok, for what it was, it worked well, but it just doesn't have a place in my house as I'd still rather play on native hardware. But the tech was there, just not great timing. The market for them would almost certainly have been households that can't afford the native hardware, and I'd bet that most of the people that fall into that category don't live in areas that have the infrastructure to make that a good experience.

 

[Toots]

If google refunds everything, hardware and software, i don’t how anyone can see this as anything less than a win for the users.
If they don’t know how to waste money next tell them i have a virtual bridge to sell

 

[Sorcerer]

Well, at least Google countered the argument that you can lose everything you purchased in cloud. I can't believe they are giving everybody's money back. I did not get anything back when OnLive went under. I wonder if the refund is feasible because perhaps the player base was very small?

 

[The Fartist]

Didn't they just announce that they were expanding to Mexico?

 

[AJUMP23]

I've never forgiven them for killing Reader.

Yes I have used a couple of different RSS readers since then. But none are as good. I do like Inoreader which I use now.

 

[Bragr]

Stadia got things wrong from the get-go, and even if it was cloud gaming and not console, it stepped into the space of the big three, and competing against Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft in this space is absurdly difficult.

The only way Stadia was gonna work is if it was free-to-try and had a few major studios under its umbrella that could produce exclusive games that were worth trying the service for.

 

[sainraja]

Well, at least Google countered the argument that you can lose everything you purchased in cloud. I can't believe they are giving everybody's money back. I did not get anything back when OnLive went under. I wonder if the refund is feasible because perhaps the player base was very small?

Possibly but Google has refunded stuff in the past when they have shutdown services. I got refunded the coupon I got from Google Offers and they refunded it (even for those who had used theirs, and I had used mine). I think there was a time line kinda thing, like if you had bought it within the last 2 years or so but I cannot confirm this for sure. In this case, the cost of refunding was probably better compared to whatever other situation they could face.....they made the right call but they are still a business after all.

 

[RoadHazard]

I've never forgiven them for killing Reader.

I used to read a lot of RSS feeds, but I stopped soon after that happened. I tried switching to some alternative that let you migrate your feeds from Reader, but it just wasn't the same.

 

[hemo memo]

We’ve predicted this from the moment they announce that this was a cloud service. If Google actually came in with a console they might have a better chance.

 

[legacy24]

 

[jshackles]

Shutting down, and refunding all purchases ever made on the platform. Damn.

 

[Bragr]

RIP in piss

Come on.

They tried and failed, and they are refunding everyone. It's not a bad thing worth becoming disgusting over.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

What does "get" mean in this context? Were they "free" on Stadia Pro?

 

[Elbereth]

Ugh…. Just sale the tech.

2nd based game streaming solution (after GeForce Now) that worked very well imo.

 

[DeepEnigma]

So RDR2 got tens of millions on top of 50+million in sales, and those cunts can't be fucked with a PS5/XSX patch, or a 60fps patch at the very least for console gamers.

Take 2/R* man, I swear.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

i don’t understand. They coulda simply bought Bethesda… made it “first on stadia” … jesus.

ALSO fuck. I coulda had so many free chromecasts.

 

[hemo memo]

That’s crazy that they’re refunding everything. That’s gotta be at least a few hundred dollars in losses theyre about to eat.

Yes the 3 people who bought Stadia are going to be glad.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Yeah, this has to be the biggest financial blunder in gaming history. Gat damn.

So RDR2 got tens of millions on top of 50+million in sales, and those cunts can't be fucked with a PS5/XSX patch, or a 60fps patch at the very least for console gamers.

Take 2/R* man, I swear.

Yeah, it's an entirely different company these days. I have not much faith in the single player side of GTA VI. I'll happily eat crow though if it is still good.

 

[Bragr]

The heads running Stadia have misread what players want and they overestimated cloud interest.

People like Ubi and Rockstar knew there was no audience on Stadia and required massive incentives to put any sort of work into putting games on Stadia.

 

[Skifi28]

Today is a good day.

 

[RoadHazard]

What does "get" mean in this context? Were they "free" on Stadia Pro?

To get the devs/publishers to port the games to Stadia. It runs Linux, not Windows, so you can't just throw an existing PC game on there.

 

[Spukc]

Lol i nearly bought the stadia
i still want that sushi controller

look how fucking sexy

 

[hemo memo]

Yeah, this has to be the biggest financial blunder in gaming history. Gat damn.

I believe that is Google+ Never mind. I thought general.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

To get the devs/publishers to port the games to Stadia. It runs Linux, not Windows, so you can't just throw an existing PC game on there.

Oh I see. Damn, that's a shitload of money for a mere Linux port.

 

[RoadHazard]

I believe that is Google+

That's not a gaming service. And did it cost them as much? Not sure. But yes, it was definitely one of their biggest failures.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

I believe that is Google+

Google+ had gaming?

 

[GhostOfTsu]

But Cloud is the future they said?