![]() Granted, there are always going to be some technical problems when you’re streaming games through the cloud, but Stadia fundamentally functioned roughly as it should. To be clear, Stadia did “work.” The service was designed to stream games to your desktop, laptop, or mobile device (regardless of the power of the device you’re using) and it did just that. Stadia’s Technology Was Actually Its Greatest Strength It will be interesting to hear the full story of how Stadia failed once those closest to the project start to speak, but in the minds of many of those who have been following Stadia since its inception, this move was pretty much inevitable. So what’s changed since then? Well…nothing, really, and that’s kind of the point. ![]() ![]() ![]() That’s quite the turnaround for a company that recently publically assured Stadia users that it will not be shutting down the service and that they’re “always working on bringing more great games to the platform and Stadia Pro.” Google will even be “refunding all Stadia hardware purchases made through the Google Store, and all game and add-on content purchases made through the Stadia store” (though users will still be able to access their library through January 18, 2023). To be clear, this is as complete of a shutdown of a major service as you’re likely to see. “And while Stadia’s approach to streaming games for consumers was built on a strong technology foundation, it hasn’t gained the traction with users that we expected so we’ve made the difficult decision to begin winding down our Stadia streaming service.” “A few years ago, we also launched a consumer gaming service, Stadia,” reads a post on the Google blog. ![]() Indeed, in their official explanation for why Stadia is shutting down, Google plainly states that they weren’t able to get enough people to use the service. Honestly, those most surprised by that news are probably the people who had no idea that Google even offered a cloud-based video game streaming service called Stadia. Google has decided to shut down Stadia (the cloud-based video game streaming service they launched in 2019), and it’s already clear that few people are surprised by that seemingly surprising announcement. ![]()
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