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

[ZXSpectrum]

lol thanks for reminding me, i dont think i have done mine!

 

[jrwagh333]

I need to double check all mine. I know I have done at least one but need to check the remaining two. Its such a shame, becasue even though they unlocked bluetooth mode which is great, I cannot see a reason why they also couldn't open up the WiFi chip so we could connect directly to Amazon Luna for example.

I never had any issues with Stadia and it became my go to gaming platform. Had a great time playing through Doom Eternal and also Cyberpunk 2077.

 

[SPG]

I agree was a brilliant service, just worked really well. Just needed the games (maybe at a smaller price)

 

[Bazzards]

The pricing structure doomed it to failure. If it had been a monthly fee alone, then it would have had more chance to succeed in my view.

 

[KraniX]

People wanted it to be Netflix for games, it wasn't and Google never did a good job of selling what it was. Plus new games were very expensive.

And you needed a decent connection in my experience, I have 30 odd mb and that wasn't good enough for even basic games like Paw Patrol with the kids.

 

[sHo0sH]

The pricing structure doomed it to failure. If it had been a monthly fee alone, then it would have had more chance to succeed in my view.

Yeah it was a bizarre thing to charge the games at such a high price on top of the monthly fee.

At least everyone got a free bluetooth controller out of it!

 

[jrwagh333]

Yeah it was a bizarre thing to charge the games at such a high price on top of the monthly fee.

At least everyone got a free bluetooth controller out of it!

It wasn't on top off the fee. There was no need to pay a few of you didn't want to

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

If they hadn't completely messed up the launch and pricing structure, they'd have had a chance.
Google doing anything that isn't a phone or selling ads? We all knew how it was going to go.