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bnlinux
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play cyberpunk from GOG

Hello.

If I have bought my copy of cyberpunk 2077 on GOG platform, can I use it on Stadia?

Or i must buy it another time?

Thanks

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JohnZoidberg
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Gold Stadia Guide

If you buy it on Playstation, can you play it on Xbox without buying another copy? Not trying to be salty here, but Stadia is not a "PC in the cloud" like Shadow or Geforce Now. It's a "console in the cloud", and is it's own platform. 

Why not Zoidberg?
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widu
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Thats a shame, just because it has been like that forever doesnt mean it has to be like that in the future. Thats the exact reason why I dont use stadia and im pretty sure im not the only one thinking like that.

If google finds a solution for this, stadia will be a whole new ballgame.

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JohnZoidberg
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How do you imagine the revenue model would work? You buy a game from Stadia, Google takes their cut (which is what pays for the Stadia hardware and services), and the publisher gets the rest. If you buy a game from GOG, they take their cut (which is what pays for their store and services), and the publisher gets the rest. How would Google pay for the Stadia hardware and services if you could play games that were originally purchased on another platform? That's separate and apart from the cost of porting a game from Windows to Stadia – that's not free, and the developer needs to fund that effort somehow.

Here's the thing: platforms like Shadow, Geforce Now, xCloud and even Luna (to an unknown extent) are designed to let you play the same games you can play using in-home hardware (like a PC or console). That means those games can't be much different wherever you play them. Stadia can do that, too – but because it's a cloud only platform, it's possible to build games for it that can't be run on in-home hardware. I mention this to make the point that while it would be great to see more games in the Stadia library, it's not necessarily a big part of their long-term strategy to rely on just being another option for playing the same games you can get elsewhere. Their strategy looks a bit more like Nintendo – creating new, exclusive experiences that leverage their cloud-only architecture. Supporting popular games as well is just table stakes for being in this business.

Why not Zoidberg?
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