Poll: Google Stadia - CLOSING DOWN on 18th Jan 2023

[LoadsaMoney]

Loadsa, just imagine, this would kill your hobby... No posting latest drivers, no bitching about sli/crossfire or other driver issues, no benchmarking, no posting fake news aka WCCFTECH... How boring. Lol

Yep

might be interesting to those looking to buy

I love this vid!

 

[jrwagh333]

Eagerly awaiting UK prices if anybody wouldn't mind posting!

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Well its just gone live here (5pm), so what do you think guys/gals, have yers binned yer PCs yet ?

 

[Ali195]

No code, just dispatched email 17:13 for controller etc. Come on Google, this is amateur hour.

 

[TNA]

Tumbleweed.

Lol.

Rock & Troll will be here soon to tell us he is playing 8K 120fps buttery smooth

Stadia is now and the future!!! Consoles and PC the past!

 

[jrwagh333]

Where are those UK game prices, boys!

 

[ricky1981]

Rock & Troll will be here soon to tell us he is playing 8K 120fps buttery smooth

Stadia is now and the future!!! Consoles and PC the past!

Don't forget the negative latency!! Google are so clever that they know what we're going to do before we even press a button

 

[robfosters]

Well its just gone live here (5pm), so what do you think guys/gals, have yers binned yer PCs yet ?

My 2070 supers going in the bin mate, who’s gonna want one now

 

[TNA]

My 2070 supers going in the bin mate, who’s gonna want one now

I don't want it. Would not want to be seen with it. Stadia is where it's at! Clearly

Don't forget the negative latency!! Google are so clever that they know what we're going to do before we even press a button

Haha

 

[LoadsaMoney]

My 2070 supers going in the bin mate, who’s gonna want one now

 

[Hedge]

It will be a bit disappointing if this is a flop because I like the idea of it. Trouble is Google don't seem to be marketing it correctly nor releasing it in a great state.

Seems a mess.

 

[xdcx]

Anybody received theirs yet?
Mine hasn't been dispatched yet although the money has just left my account. I've just upgraded my internet to use this and psnow so fingers crossed.
Also just got accepted for the Xcloud preview which I checked out this morning playing Soul Calibur and Forza, it was decent but the lag was noticeable.

If you read their FAQ for Stadia it says they will take founder edition money when the package is shipped.....
Well, they took my money, but I have not been sent a redemption code and two days after release I have no Stadia. I also have no emails or any information and being ignored on their Facebook messaging asking wtf is going on.

So I am ready for it to fall flat on its face and wishing I never bothered in the first place before even getting my hands on it. Let alone trying it!
Pre-ordered this nonsense 3 months ago and they can't even send me the thing or even a simple email to update me.

 

[budge1972]

Ok just received shipping confirmation but no mention of a redemption code yet :/

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

What a launch. Luke-warm reviews, pre-orders coming in late, game prices laughable.
It's classic Google!

Streaming is part of the future, but it's strange they've launched it like this. Great for the competition, good notes on what not to do.

 

[Ali195]

Will be contacting them for compensation (credit I assume is all they can offer) as they completely failed to deliver at launch:

1. No hardware on day 1
2. No code (therefore useable product) day 1
3. No ability to create username/handle on day 1, so forget popular ones now.
4. False advertising for all the above as they described 1,3 as main buying points on front page of June 7th advertising.

 

[jrwagh333]

Compensation

 

[TNA]

Lol. Tried to tell everyone to be careful and only buy once they have proven themselves in a few years time. If you think now is bad, wait until they announce that they will no longer support it.

 

[BMox81]

Been watching a few videos and while I accept the reviews, real time gameplay doesn't look all that bad tbh.

 

[McPhee]

Will be contacting them for compensation (credit I assume is all they can offer) as they completely failed to deliver at launch:

1. No hardware on day 1
2. No code (therefore useable product) day 1
3. No ability to create username/handle on day 1, so forget popular ones now.
4. False advertising for all the above as they described 1,3 as main buying points on front page of June 7th advertising.

Seems to be a lot of people in precisely the same boat. Not getting the codes to people is really poor given that was basically their apology for not being able to get the hardware out on time.

With the late hardware, failure to send codes, missing platform features and lacklustre line-up of games, Stadia should have been delayed in to next year. They could have given a free game to existing pre-orders as an apology, and avoided all of the ill feeling.

It's a funny contrast to Microsoft. The latter has been open and honest about their product being a beta. They've allowed people to test it for free. And they've opened up a library of 50 games for testing. In the long-run, they plan to bring the whole of Game Pass to xCloud, and allow people to play digital Xbox games that they own via the platform (so no paying £50 for a 12 month old game).

 

[jrwagh333]

Been watching a few videos and while I accept the reviews, real time gameplay doesn't look all that bad tbh.

This is the issue with reviews, it is going to depend on a case-by-case basis because of internet speed and ping