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

Are you going to pick up Google Stadia?

  • Yes, at launch

    Votes: 20 5.3%
  • Yes, but after launch

    Votes: 24 6.3%
  • No

    Votes: 286 75.5%
  • Undecided

    Votes: 49 12.9%

  • Total voters
    379
Soldato
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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.
 

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