“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,” Stadia VP Phil Harrisonin a blog post. “We’re grateful to the dedicated Stadia players that have been with us from the start.
The gaming industry veteran went on to say that refunds are expected to be completed by mid-January, and note that , the tech behind it will still be available to “industry partners” for other joint-ventures, like AT&T’s recent attempt to bringto smartphones via streaming. Signs Google was ready to bail have been coming for a while now, but one of the more eyebrow-raising was when Ubisoft
Hey kotaku how bout an update on why phil spencer and Aaron greenburg follows xbox fans that contribute to console war and even communicates and tweets or retweets with them. That would definitely blow up and give hits. Cuz its another reverse decision phil spencer has done.
Google killed something only a few years after introducing it?!
What a absolute disaster.
Tried to tell yall
Say what you want about that landslide but talk about doing the right thing
Could have been good if it wasnt completely mismanaged
Everyone gets reimbursed in their Google play store accounts Which you can spend with us 😆
Knew this day will come
Glad they are refunding people, a bit sad to see it die. Wished they would have found a way to make it work.
Wow easy to refund, just two people had stadia lol
They got bread like that.
Lol I knew it wouldn't last
Everyone knew it would not be successful. It had major issues with operating platform plus competition from sony and Microsoft and obviously lack of games.
Hahahahhahahahagahaaaaaa ha ha ha ha HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA HAAHAAHAA hehehehahahahaAHAHAHAH
Imagine if they ever actually got their shit together.
Totally didn’t see that coming
Lmao rip bozo
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Google is shutting down Stadia
I’m just glad stadia fanboys will have to move to something else
First Coolio, now this.
Bwaaahahahaha
Where are the snarky titles Kotaku? Feeling bad today?
Google and Nintendo make the strangest decisions I swear
Good riddance. Streaming games is lame as hell. I’d rather own my games.
As Linux gamers we wouldn't mind to get the 'stadia native' ports though... 😇
Who could’ve seen this coming? Oh wait. Everyone saw this coming.
But the Stadians promised me this was the way of the future! How could this happen?!
Not surprised
I applaud them for refunding purchases.
This is a shock, I thought it was already dead.
So can I sign up and play a bunch of games for free now knowing that they’re going to refund it?
Stadia was a dead man walking soon after it launched. Launched with limited functionality and never caught fire. The wrong type of games was being pushed for the service.
Thought this failed years ago.
Google chose to let Stadia fail.
😢
👀
😂
Wow!!
Shiiiitt!!!!! There goes my Cyberpunk game save 🥺
All 4 users are devastated
Emperorzoan
Noooo, was about to check out Cyberpunk 2077.
Who could’ve seen this coming?
The best thing to come out of Stadia was those that beta tested it got AC:Odyssey I'd have paid $9 to stream my Steam/uplay/epic/EA/ActiBlizz collections, but as a streaming only store front locked to their store it wasn't really offering anyone anything new.
Metaverse is next ☠️
Well, it was doomed from the start.
I wonder when those who bought it will get a refund?
To the shock and surprise of nobody.
Im not shocked considering they have shitcanned so much in the past.
At least they are refunding. So it's... pretty good that way. Because Stadia was a failed experiment from the very beginning. It lasted longer than I expected.
Doing the decent thing with refunds. Ahead of its time. Decent controller too
It was a good idea and I can see eventually we won’t have gaming consoles anymore. Can’t say specifically why it failed as I never bought one.
idk why it's hard for these companies to understand that nobody likes to stream games. Internet speed always play a factor.🤦♂️
To all the weirdos that swore by it and harassed people like me who expressed concern about certain policies by Stadia on their posts, may I just say. Hahahaha get fucked, buy a PC or console and quit crying.
frankly anyone with half a brain should have expected that
Refund hardware or
If you changed your credit card info since the purchase, they will be refunding by giving credit in google play store. 🫣
Welp. To be honest I personally kinda forgot Stadia existed.
The Zune of gaming consoles is dead.
at least theyre refunding everyone thats a w
Stadia having to pay back its five customers is like Krusty having to pay back the mob $48.
I'm still remembering in july... no we're not shutting down stadia and are working to bring more games to the platform...
Time to update the site again.
Too bad the 1st Stadia Premiere Edition controller I bought off eBay so I assume that the seller will get refunded for it as well.
zemacplayer j'attend la vidéo avec impatience.
Tax write-offs must be the best deal going right now.
burh moment
Good on them for refunding, they didn't have to, although it would've been very unpopular if they didn't.
Total loss of $35 probably
THEREALRTU
No one saw that coming
GeForce now was smart by letting you use your steam account.
Good. The game streaming nonsense should just die asap.
Looks like I’ll be seeing these in thrift stores alongside hits such as Anki Drive and Disney Infinity in the coming weeks. ewaste
Wow
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WHELP! Y'all tried.
And another Google project dies, not with a bang, but a wimper.
All?!
TheHeigou
ZwiezenZ
well at least they have the decency to refund purchases, cause I'm pretty sure my pc's more powerful than stadia lmao
A move that will shock absolutely no one, wee shame though as it’s a good idea in principle.
Flop Harrison
Google Reader. Inbox. Hangouts. Yeah they have a HISTORY around here... 😑
Probably for the best.
Google takes a charge of $27.32 in purchases
The only surprise here is how long stadia lasted
At least they are refunding everything.
Anything that guy touches dies
who could've possibly seen it coming though
Yikes
Lol !
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