Stadia is here to stay. The cloud gaming service will continue for a few more months. Phil Harrison, the general manager of Stadia, wrote a post about how the cloud gaming service will be phased out by the end of the year. The marquee controller will be a part of the refund. The service will give back any games and add-on content purchased.
I bought a $60 copy of Elder Scrolls Online a while back. By the time the service closes, that will be paid back. I won't lose any of my legacy game play because myavatar is in the cloud.
The lack of interest in the cloud gaming service is the reason why it is shutting it down.
...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.
The post tries to balance the sour news with the fact that the internet giant is proud of itslying technology platform and hopes it will end gaming. The ability to play a game directly from a search query is one of the neat tricks offered by Stadia. This cloud-based tech will be applied to other parts of the company's business, such as YouTube and augmented reality.
Harrison writes that they will invest in new tools, technologies and platforms that power the success of developers, industry partners, cloud customers and creators.
None of this is new. Despite insistence on social media and elsewhere that plans were moving along just fine, the writing was on the wall for Stadia earlier this year.
It's still a big deal for players like myself, who have tried to see the bright side of having cloud-based gaming available on something as small as a Chromecast with a browser. It was a way for me to play my favorite game on the couch without having to go to my desk and download the game.
Stadia faces more competition now than it did when it was first launched. Amazon has a service called Luna for its users. The cloud gaming service was launched by Microsoft. It is possible to play it through the company's Edge browser, PCs, and even compatible TVs.
The good news is that there is a support page for those who are affected by the shutdown. Elder Scrolls Online's game server will stay online until January 18, 2023. Not all games support multi- platform save, so you may have trouble moving your game progress on specific titles. You don't have to return the hardware in order to get a refunds. No refunds will be given to Stadia Pro subscribers.
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