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Broken_toe
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Stadia multiplayer

Hi fellow stadians, 

I just got the Premiere edition delivered and also preordered cyberpunk so i can have two controllers (great deal stadia).

So i been playing most of the day with the pro membership games but i also bought a few games. 

What struck me is how empty online is, i get playstation 3 vibes. Doom was $5 and GR:breakpoint was $20 with the $10 deal. And I can not play any competitive multiplayer. I tried on and off the entire day.. Nothing.

Sure, Doom is an old game and breakpoint did not hit well on the market. And since the division 2 don't have cross save i don't want to buy it and grind again.. Sure its crazy cheap, but i don’t have the hours.Pubg and destiny 2 was ok with players, so was sniper elite 4..but it still worries me. 

What i hope, is that we get a couple of those competitive/popular games on Stadia. Call of duty, cs:GO, battlefield, fortnite, apex legends and even ubisoft hyper scape. I believe stadia needs online shooters to draw the crowd.

I know that we will be getting rainbow six siege and I hope we are just days away from a release.

What i also hope that stadia does (to bring over potential ps5/xsx buyers) is to bring over pc specific games like escape from tarkov, among us and other popular pc games.

Don’t get me wrong, i really like little big workshop, get packed, pga tour, NBA and the likes.. But for me, 90% of my gaming is online and competitive (in a casual and fun state) and many feel the same. Experience a game with friends, or against them, is pure joy.

Time will tell, but i truly hope we get a few of them to Stadia and maybe 1-2 must have exclusives.. And soon.

 

My first post here so i would also like to congrat the stadia team on such a great product and also to the community for being very friendly.

Have a great weekend. 

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RXShorty
Platinum Stadia Guide
Platinum Stadia Guide

Welcome!

Well Stadia doesnt have a huge online user base. Myself I don't play online that much.

If I do it is with friends. Best thing that that developers can do for now is add crossplay.

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Broken_toe
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

When you play online with friends, is it co-op you are refering to? Or do you guys play competitive?

I knew, going into stadia, that it's a new platform. It's always a big step changing from one platform to another since you have friends and games library from many years back on the current platform. I play mainly on PS4 pro, recently sold my xbox one x, and don't have any intention to upgrade my pc. Me and 4 friends were going to leap over to the PS5 but got tired of the long wait for a console so we all jumped over to Stadia.

It's such a cool and fun platform so i truly hope we get a few of the big online games on here to grow the online community. 

Have a great day @RXShorty 

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Babaganuche7
Founder
Founder

I feel you 100% i'm fairly competitive myself but it's an itch i can't scratch on stadia. Hopefully the community keeps growing. Until then we have to rely on devs to make games cross platform

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Grovelhog
Founder
Founder

PUBG is crossplay with Xbox and PS though, so if you're struggling to find a game everyone is.

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Broken_toe
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Nope, no problem with pubg. 

I thought stadia only had crossplay with pc? So pubg are just consoles? How does that work with people playing pubg on Stadia but on their pc with m/kb?

 

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SanjaySyam
Community Member

@Broken_toe PUBG on Stadia supports crossplay with consoles although you no longer can enter matchmaking using keyboard/mouse input methods. You need to be using a controller.

https://www.pubg.com/en-us/2020/09/21/console-update-8-3-patch-notes/
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Broken_toe
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Ah, ok. Thank you for clarifying that. Much appreciated. 

Anyway, tried Doom (2016), GR breakpoint, orcs must die 3 and dead by daylight on and off yesterday evening (friday night) and several times today. Dead empty. After nearly 15 minutes in Doom, one other player entered and we then waited another 10 minutes for more players. No luck.

Pubg and destiny 2 are where the players are. I'm afraid to buy Get packed, shadow of the tomb rader, borderlands 3, the crew 2 and grid on sale because i believe i will be alone in multiplayer/co-op. No matter the great pricetag.. If I can't play with other players.

Stadia, please direct some focus on multiplayer games. The big titles or pc specific ones to bring over console players. 

I managed to "lure" five friends to get stadia. But they don't like sci-fi, they don't like battle royale. They prefere R6, Cod and "realistic" shooters. I told them R6 siege will be on Stadia in a week or two.. Lol, i'm in trouble.

 

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SanjaySyam
Community Member

@Broken_toe Probably wise to avoid competitive online games that lack cross-play and focus on co-op multiplayer instead such as Zombie Army 4, Strange Brigade etc. Because the player base at the moment is lacking since Stadia appeals more towards casual players but that could change once they're able to bring over console players like you suggested. Also Stadia is a free platform, unless you get the Premier Edition even then it's a relatively smaller investment compared to a console. So your friends shouldn't feel too hard done by and instead look forward to the games that are coming to the platform which they can literally take with them and play anywhere.
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Broken_toe
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Thank you for the reply. 

The problem is that we all come from consoles. That means playing on a big tv, controller and from the couch. None of us a mobile, tablet or pc players. We are also to old and to comfy with just sitting down and boot up a game and start playing. 

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Broken_toe
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Hmm.. Tried all sunday trying to get in a match on games i bought this friday. 

I timed out 3 times in Ghost recon breakpoint.. I think it's like 20 minutes before you time out lol. 

Doom.. No luck. 

@GraceFromGoogle please talk to the people in charge to bring some of the more popular online games to Stadia. After all, it's the games that gets the players to come.

Be aggressive and fast. 

Get Rainbow six Siege out before the deal ends on cyberpunk/free Premiere edition.

You seem to have good partnership with ubisoft, where are the F2P hyper scape? It's on all platforms since months back. Another F2P is Vigor.. 

Where are call of duty? Battlefield? Hunt showdown? Escape from tarkov?

You got the money, invest and players will come. It's been a year and you got Gylt (great game btw) and Crayta and a Fenyx demo.. Not the biggest games to attract players.

The deal with cyberpunk got massive coverage on social media and especially in the console community. Ride on that wave and quickly add attractive mp games. 

Thanks for reading and have a great sunday. 

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mucofluo
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Escape from Tarkov would be amazing on Stadia!

Just got my cyberpunk premiere edition and I still can't belive I good it is on my tv. loving it

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Broken_toe
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Some more games i bought to play online. 

All games mentioned have been matchmake tested at different times of day, evening and weekends. 

Far cry 5 = dead online

Get packed = nope.. Empty

Trials rising = nothing

Grid = managed to find 1 other player for a race.

Rise of the tomb raider = no co-op players found

PGA tour 2k21 = also dead online

 

It's up to the  Stadia team to bring the online games to the platform. That's when the players will come. It's very "early PS3" vibes on Stadia right now.. but i hope that will change :slightly_smiling_face:

Merry xmas and a happy new year fellow stadians. 

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