Google announces it's closing its Stadia game studio, still committed to cloud gaming

02 February 2021
The company realizes that creating high-scale games takes years and significant investments and it turns out Google wasn’t really committed to all that

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  • 02 Feb 2021

Anonymous, 02 Feb 2021Perfect timing for me. One week ago I deleted my subscripti... moreGood luck with that high wall. And if you accidentally use any Google service, then I'll laugh at you.

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    • Rhyne Weisse
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    • 02 Feb 2021

    NethWortless, 02 Feb 2021Google is like a growing up child: one day they want to be ... moreTrue sometimes.
    definitely agree. LMAO

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      • RaZ
      • 0@$
      • 02 Feb 2021

      Very good move in my opinion, I'm in for Stadia because it's pay once play when and where you want. GFN w/o premium is unplayable right now. Stadia doesn't need its own games studio, it's not a console!

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        • NethWortless
        • pXD
        • 02 Feb 2021

        Google is like a growing up child: one day they want to be mail man, in another they want to be fireman, another a movie star...in the end they will be jobless.

        Thats google.

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          • AnonD-889996
          • 61v
          • 02 Feb 2021

          The problem is Google trying to make a new platform, not cloud service that fewer people could experience. Look at GeForce Now

            No surprises here, it’s pretty much over for Stadia.

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              • Professional
              • S3u
              • 02 Feb 2021

              Anyone tried it on 4k tv with chromecast already?! Problably not. Try it and enjoy and stop spreading bullshit!

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                • Anonymous
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                • 02 Feb 2021

                Anonymous, 02 Feb 2021Perfect timing for me. One week ago I deleted my subscripti... moreIts not the platform "lol" just the game Development studio. What are you 12 ?

                  Professional, 02 Feb 2021Read better! They're only closing their own developer ... moreNo internal studio means it's only a matter of time that stadia will cease to exist, no major console has survived more than 4 years without any internal studio, look at the failures of 3do, apple pippin, Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo Wii U, once their internal studio cease to exist, then only a matter of time the console will die a premature death.

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                    • Anonymous
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                    • 02 Feb 2021

                    Anonymous, 02 Feb 2021Soon Stadia will close down too.. That's is very likely. Even Ps Now has better value than this. At the start of February they put 3 new games, but took out 4 games for Stadia Pro users. Lol.
                    Not to mention, their prices on some of the third party games (because you need to buy them if you want to play them, even with Stadia Pro subscription), is much higher than actual buying the game from store. So basically you are paying 10EUR/month just to have access to their servers. And games who come free with Stadia Pro subscription are small indie games or mobile like games (with few exceptions).
                    The only thing good about Stadia is that it has better connection than xcloud or Ps Now. But as soon as Sony and Microsoft will improve that, Stadia is bye bye. Their library of games is average at best.

                    I am so happy that I deleted my subscription and my account, before I placed even more money in the pathetic Google ass*s. Apple takes your money too, but at least they offer better services.

                    The end.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • SnR
                      • 02 Feb 2021

                      Another nail in their coffin.

                        Shocking, I am shocked, are you shocked as well?

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 39y
                          • 02 Feb 2021

                          The primary reason Google has announced it's closing Stadia is simply because it has been unable to justify the limited amount of data harvested from Stadia users.

                          Illegitimate and unethical user data acquisition by Google is the life-critical oxygen required for Google's survival.

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                            • Sherwood Forest
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                            • 02 Feb 2021

                            YUKI93, 02 Feb 2021Lol please, even I won't want cloud gaming. I want to ... moreQuote, "I won't want cloud gaming. I want to own my game"

                            Don't just demand owning the game, but demand owning the game on physical media.

                            Support Gamestop (GME) and purchase games of DVD & Blu-ray.

                            #MayTheForceBeWithGME !!!!!!!!!!!!

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                              • Rhyne Weisse
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                              • 02 Feb 2021

                              Hm.... to be honest I kinda forsaw that one coming....
                              Stadia could be a victorious solution of other companies hosted the games in their servers. and even weak PCs could play it. Like playing CP2077 on a weak PC.
                              That's my opinion obviously. XD

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                                • Anonymous
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                                • 02 Feb 2021

                                Anonymous, 02 Feb 2021if everyone globally gets easily affordable high speed inte... moreI am actually someone who buys DVDs and Blu-ray discs, rips them, and stores them on flash storage and HDDs. I like to own stuff without digital locks. We own less and less nowadays. Everything is rented.

                                If google decides to shut down the servers, which they will do some day, every purchase will be lost.

                                  Anonymous, 02 Feb 2021if everyone globally gets easily affordable high speed inte... moreLol please, even I won't want cloud gaming. I want to own my game tqvm.

                                    Professional, 02 Feb 2021Read better! They're only closing their own developer ... moreSay whatever you want. In just a few years or so. Stadia will die. Just like what happened in Daydream VR.

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                                      • AngryLithuanian
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                                      • 02 Feb 2021

                                      I'm just here with my popcorn for all these "lovely" comments lol

                                        Anonymous, 02 Feb 2021if everyone globally gets easily affordable high speed inte... moreYou mean the majority of people don't want cloud gaming! Especially for the fact that you can't play those games offline.