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What today’s message about Stadia means for players

StadiaTeam
Stadia Employee
Stadia Employee
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Stadia players, you may already have seen the message shared on Google’s main blog just now. This is a short recap of the most important information for players from the main post:    

 

  • You will continue to have access to your games library through January 18, 2023 so you can complete final play sessions and move your progress to alternate platforms where possible.

  • Commerce functionality (the ability to buy games, new subscriptions, add-ons or in-game purchases) on Stadia has now been disabled.

  • Google will offer a full refund of all Stadia hardware purchases (Stadia Controller, Stadia Founder’s Edition, Stadia Premiere Edition, or Play and Watch with Google TV Package) made in the Google Store and all purchases of games and in-game transactions made in the Stadia Store. 

  • The refund process will take us some time to complete, and we expect to have the majority of refunds completed by the middle of January 2023. Please allow us until this time before contacting our support team regarding the status of your refund(s).

  • Stadia Pro subscription payments will not be eligible for refund, but if you are an active subscriber, you will continue to have access to your library without charge during the shut-down period.

 

As we begin the work of processing refunds to customers, Stadia customer service agents will not be able to provide more information to you at this time. For information and updates, please review the information on our Help Center, which will include new information as it becomes available. We’ll also contact players directly via email shortly with more information.

 

We want to thank you for taking this journey with us: in particular, the Founders and fans who have been with us from the beginning. The Stadia team poured the same passion for games into our work building and supporting Stadia as you have shown us each day in your play. 

 

Posted by Stadia Team

423 Comments
RagingJacob
Founder
Founder

🥺 I am having a hard time finding the words to describe how I feel about all this. It's a lot, you can't imagine how I will miss this platform and the community we were all part of. :loudly_crying_face:

Why did we even get a new UI just to kill it in a few months ? :skull:

SephirothRising
Founder
Founder

I always said that I would play on Stadia until the day came that I couldn't. When that day comes, I'll move on. That's what I'm going to do. I met some really cool people along the way and made some long term friends beyond gaming. 

It was a fun ride and I'm glad it brought me back to gaming. Thank you to the Stadia team and everyone involved for all your hard work. It was fun and I appreciate all the fun we had. 

Dickhead21
Community Member

Nobody cares, surprised to see that this **bleep** lasted this long :skull::skull::skull::skull::skull:

MrVacca
Platinum Stadia Guide
Platinum Stadia Guide

I love you all. Made some of my best friends on this platform. 

JediGrandMaster
Founder
Founder

Very thankful to the team for making it a fun 3 years.  

 

Slightly annoyed with the senior leadership for some decisions made along the way, but on balance, happy.

fommy
Founder
Founder

Turns out hope in and of itself was not enough. Current refund is a good start but stubborn founders do deserve an extra imho.

frezzi
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Thank you for the great time! I am very happy with the refund.

 

My assessment is that Sony or Microsoft continue to use the technology. And the Stadia Service has to be discontinued. 

Juilt
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Worst news ever in my 40 years gaming

NinjaGuyX
Silver Stadia Guide
Silver Stadia Guide

Definitely devastating news. We've build up such an amazing community. I hope that the Stadia employees get to find something that they're as passionate about. This technology was definitely ahead of its time and I will miss it. Thanks for the 2 years of fun that I had with with platform! I would relive it again in a heartbeat.

MostlyMartinez
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Glad to have met so many amazing people who are now friends.  Good times for sure, much love :red_heart:

dermot41
Community Member

What is the point in believing in ANY Google projects?

CookieMcCrumble
Founder
Founder

There are no words. So I shall just simply leave it as....

 

:disappointed_face: 

soopaman
Founder
Founder

Gutted.. this is by far the best platform for maneuverability.. It was so awesome to be able to just bring my controller and laptop (or, planned to buy new pixel tablet....) over to friends or family to have gaming sessions.. so sad this is the decision.. 

Canonicalizer
Founder
Founder

While I'm disappointed in the decision to shutter Stadia, I'm glad I got the opportunity to pilot such a groundbreaking service. I've felt liberated by the ability to stream some of my favorite games across all my screens, at home and on the go, from plundering in Destiny 2, surviving Little Nightmares, to planet jumping Fallen Order to name a few. I'll miss gaming with my family the most.

Stadia team, if you are reading this, please unlock the ability to use your stellar hardware controllers with other systems.

Thanks again, it's been quite the ride! 

MRLNLY
Founder
Founder

I really appreciate the refunds. Sucks to see stadia go. Also if anyone wants to catch me on another system. I am MRLNLY everywhere. 

BigsPR
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Sad day for people like me that are returning to gaming with limited time to play. My boss will be happy because now when he opens my door office, I will not be playing Outriders!! LOL. The other part of the fault is from Game developers like 2K studios, where Mafia games have glitches that do not make the game continue from a level. Some fixed needed to be made with latency. The marketing was so bad that I had never heard of Stadia. I bought stadia by recommendation from a coworker that told me Stadia was a Netflix for gamers, and that was true. I liked it so much, but that came to an end. I hope the Stadia teams be split into companies that help them grow.

GingeRNutZ
Founder
Founder

It was a good journey especially during lockdown shame it had to end. Eyes on Microsofts cloud venture now.

RAF10
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

This is so **bleep** sad. Stadia plays better than xcloud or any other cloud service. Library sucked but actual streaming and input amazing....this is very sad for me and my son

jahilton2002
Founder
Founder

Well this sucks, it was a game changer for me (no pun intended)

Just ahead of its time i guess...... i'm a founder and have paid subscription from the start so approx 33 x £8.99...i never cancelled as i had faith :disappointed_face: .. i've bought 4 controllers with ultra casts and some games inc cyberpunk which i love.........

.......Its been a great time.

I'm truly sad.

I know i'll get refund except the subscription, but i'd rather have stadia.

 

Chiram
Founder
Founder

 

Peace out Stadia crew and members 

ALL YOU HAD TO DO FOR MAKING THIS IS A SUCCESS IS INTEGRATE INTO GOOGLE PLAY. 

No vision. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DeclansDa
Founder
Founder

It's the place I feel most comfortable playing games with my son since it's so hard to find family friendly content. 

Sad day

Gunni
Founder
Founder

Sad to see this news, the portability and pick up and go without having to wait for updates will be sorely missed for sure. 
Thanks to everyone at team Stadia for the good times while they lasted.

TinklesAngryElf
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Would've been nice to have known about this before I invested in two Stadia Controllers with chromecast ultras last year.  $100 invested in Red Dead Online, almost as much invested in Elder Scrolls Online and numerous other game titles and a year and a half of Stadia Pro.  With all we've spent here, we could've gotten a PS 4 Pro or Switch.  The only reason we didn't was because being old and on a budget, we couldn't afford to do that.  Thanks for taking our money, driving us out to the desert and tossing us out on the side of the highway.  We can't even go back to playing on PS3, now.  F*ck you, google.

defischerrockt
Silver Stadia Guide
Silver Stadia Guide

Terrible, I'm so sorry that Stadia is being shut down, although I've been less active here in the forum as a product expert, Stadia has always been a part of me, it was just cool to sit on the couch and turn on the TV and play games.

Unfortunately, this will no longer be so easy and I think that's a shame :disappointed_face:

In the last 3 years I have met a lot of nice people here and also nice team members at Stadia and it was a lot of fun working with them.

VishrutShenoy
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

It is an amazing technology and hopefully in future it will come back.

MikeBanks84
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Google is one big joke at this point. People down voted me so much when we all predicted this literally a year after it came out. I'm glad I didn't invest into the ecosystem. Google is incompetent, lazy, and misleading on everything they do. From software to hardware they can't do anything right. How can consumers trust Google at this point? Pixel 7 series and Pixel watch is coming out. I was thinking about getting the 7,but not anymore. I can't trust Google for anything. Canceling my Google paid services and moving out this hell hole of an ecosystem. I swear they need to get rid of Sundar. I see some legit lawsuits popping up for Google in the future. Google is garbage at this point. 

Falcon
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I'm disappointed! Google could have done better! 

mtaraylz
Founder
Founder

At least if we didn't have a active pro subscription give us access to the games we claimed before today's news

Xevioso
Founder
Founder

What about the games we PURCHASED on Stadia?

 

Never mind... I was so hot, I didn't read the post properly the first time. 🤷🏾‍:male_sign:

Rudiggz
Founder
Founder

Stadia got me back to gaming - it was a light in COVID - I found an amazing community - I joined events and panels - I came out of my shell - I met friends and went to wedding from people I met on stadia - iv had deep talks with hurt people on stadia chat - I've laughed with friends and shared victories with mates across the globe - stadia was a part of my identity - I enjoyed being a part of this world of cloud gaming - I believed it because it worked for me - I would have been much more alone without stadia - I am lost with this news - It is sad - I will be grieving - I have lost a part of myself today - the walls in the world of fun I had come to love have crumbled today 

ytgari
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

So sad :disappointed_face:

SeE5YoU8SY8
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

No pls I understand but where should I move now I just planned to use it for the rest of my life  :-: 

davidrobinsonyt
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I've played Stadia from last year to now when I heard this news I went full on crying mode that Google Stadia keep me going and streaming on YouTube was fun but now it made me even more sad that it's finally coming to the end. Sorry if I'm crying rn while typing this post up but thank you everyone.

choban
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Don't tell me that both of my controllers will just become e-waste? It would be amazing if a firmware update could unlock bluetooth functionally.

Theaiminghose
Founder
Founder

You have stolen the jam from my doughnut 

4ScarrsGaming
Founder
Founder

Huge thank you to everyone on the Stadia team for all the hard work you have put in. I've made so many friends because of Stadia and the community is phenomenal. Memories that will stay with me for a lifetime.  

Surboy
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Truly sad but expected given what a terrible year 2022 has been for Stadia in terms of lack of games and reduced player base. 

truferblue22
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

This hit me even harder than I would have guessed. Bad pub off the hop doomed Stadia early (thanks for nothing IGN), and even though it was pretty much always awesome, without a strong player base I can see why this decision was made. I will always remember Stadia, especially since it got me through the darkest depths of COVID shutdown. Thank you to all who worked so hard to make Stadia great. 

TheQGuru
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Sorry to see it end, as so many others have expressed over the years, you never really cared about gamers it was all about money. This platform had such a great potential and still does, so why don't you sell it off to someone who can make it work... Glad I did not pursue a business opportunity that would have been dedicated to promoting this platform. Your decision to shutter Stadia is one of the reasons there needs to be greater governmental regulations on companies like yours. Great thing about the US I am sure someone will launch a class action suit against you soon...

Looking ng forward to getting refund for games purchased will be using money to buy Xbox Series X...

PS I recently ditched all my Chromebooks and Android tablets for similar reasons and gone back to using windows and office products exclusively and will be switching to an iPhone when contract renews next year. Thankfully I never bought a FitBit watch, looks like they are going down the same path ad Stadia. May Samsung be your savior because pretty well everyone else has left you behind...

M.Mann the perpetually evolving Mo'Joe Mann and former Stadia Maniac

truferblue22
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

@Xevioso did you read the post?

Xevioso
Founder
Founder

@truferblue22 actually I did... AFTER I posted and before you wrote this, lol. I guess I was just so angry the first time around that I missed that part. This really stinks.

Magmaboy1
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Sad day with sad news, but I'm glad it happened. Some good days and smiles. Some small part of me still hopes, but I'm not sure that'll do much. Thank you everyone who has been a part of stadia in the past 3 years.

truferblue22
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

@Xevioso fair enough. I feel your pain, friend.

SmilingOx
Founder
Founder

I have been a founder since this started, and it is disappointing seeing this shutdown. But it shows Google never understood its customers. People got into streaming because they did not have the system to play demanding AAA games. So why didn’t they focused on getting old AAA games like the Witcher 3 if they couldn’t afford newer titles? Why bring indie games that even a potato could run? Google lost a lot of face with this one.

Clockwise
Founder
Founder

Phil Harrison is just the worst person the gaming industry ever had. 

He really made Stadia fail. Wow.

If I don't get back every single payment I made for FIFA Points in FIFA 21,22,23 I'm glad I got a legal protection insurance.

 

**bleep** off 

Sickhate
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I cant believe this. From all companies this was one i hope i didnt see happening! So google is the least trust worth company i can think off! U guys and absolute loosers cannot fufill a single promise and now kill the best streaming platform that exists! Stadia was absolute awesome and it needed big games! There was nothing to look forward to! Im in total shock because there are **bleep**ty streaming platforms and they still going for years!!!! 

werewookiee
Founder
Founder

I'm very proud of the Stadia team and very disappointed in Google. Google keeps shutting too many things down. 

JSpangler
Community Member

Sad day. I hope the technology developed will go to a good use somewhere else. Sad the subscription won't be refunded. but I get it, and I got my money's worth out of it. But my hardware and game expenditures are coming back, so I'm good.  So long. I guess the founder's controller will be a bit of a collector's item now.....

Sickhate
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

This one really done it for me! Ill never buy a google product again! This one really pissed me off…

TheOneDude
Founder
Founder

Over the years, I believed that this platform would last. There were comments from the trolls and the nay-sayers and I always believed that they were wrong and Google wouldn't invest their time in convincing me to join this community knowing the damage that would fall out if they betrayed this trust.

But that's what I feel. Betrayed.

I defended the company, the platform over and over again and they betrayed me. 

My house is filled with Google smart tech, I'm a premium YouTube subscriber, I pay a premium fee for Google photo storage. I have a Gmail account. I use Chrome and Android exclusively.   And Google has betrayed me.

I've never been a passionate gamer but I was happy to have a great selection of games to play whenever me and the family wanted and now, I'm betrayed.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.