Xevioso
Founder
Founder

Soo... What is everyone planning to do now?

I guess since we know Stadia is shutting down, and we have a whole bunch of refund threads, I wanted to ask... What do you guys plan to turn to now?

For people like me who were actually using Stadia as your main gaming platform, are you going to (or going back to) PC... Xbox, PlayStation ... something else??? Or are you screwed and can't really afford to go to anything right now?

For me, I actually spent quite a bit of money on Stadia games... more than I even realized. So after talking to some friends, I decided to buy a PS5. My Stadia refunds covered the cost of the PS5 (Digital Only, GOW Ragnarok Edition), and about 4 or 5 major games that I wanted to make sure I got so I can have stuff to play. It also covered the cost of the PlayStation+ membership for a year. So that's what I ended up doing.

I have a PC, but the graphics card is a 1660 ti. Which can handle some of the older games barely. But the newer games would be tough. And it doesn't have a ton of storage for game downloads. Buying a decent gaming PC didn't feel right, and would've definitely cost more than a console. I have Xbox and PlayStation friends, and just went with PS after talking to all of them.

So... what are you guys planning to do (or have already done) before this whole thing gets SHUT DOWN?!

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RXShorty
Platinum Stadia Guide
Platinum Stadia Guide

Hi @Xevioso

I got a Steam Deck and are playing mainly on the Steam Deck it self.

Really enjoying it but I miss playing on the TV.

Ah well....

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Zandala
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Checked out GeForce now. The performance seems good but the overall experience is not as convenient as it was using stadia. Stadia was so easy to use. Fire up the controller.... Boom ready. Now I have to look up which store supports the game I want to play, get it there, get back to geforce....I want my stadia back...   :disappointed_face:

 

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jsc315
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Wait for my refund as I still haven't gotten anything yet.

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Xevioso
Founder
Founder

@jsc315 I'm hoping to keep this thread on topic, meaning what are people planning to do next. But I would encourage you to check out some of the other refund threads and see how others are dealing with this issue. Also, if you haven't checked, you should go to pay.google.com and see if you got refunds that were declined. I had A WHOLE BUNCH of purchases, and EVERYTHING they promised to refund was refunded. I have been with Stadia for the full 3 years, so a lot of my refunds got declined because they were old payment methods. I got emails from Google for all of those, and they have all been fixed and I got the refunds... except my Founder's bundle. But I got the email to fix the payment method for that yesterday, so the refund should be coming soon.
If you haven't gotten ANYTHING and you actually bought hardware and games, that's weird. So you should check pay.google.com to make sure you don't have any declined refunds, and then check your email for messages from Google asking you to fix the payment method.

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jsc315
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I've done all of this and no one at Stadia or Google are of any help. So sorry if I'm a bit bitter having to deal with this nonsense for over 5 weeks now with absolutely no help from anyone. 

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Chufu
Platinum Stadia Guide
Platinum Stadia Guide

I will really miss Stadia, was so nice to play the games on any device, but since the platform will be gone soon, I will go fully to Steam then. All my other games are on there as well, so the ones I got on Stadia but will now be refunded, I will see to get again on Steam.

Luckily Ubisoft just brought out AC Valhalla today on Steam and also with a discount, so technically I am even saving money now haha

My PC is a good one and not too old so most games can be played on a decent graphic there. But I can see the point for all of you who don't have a good PC to rather think about getting a console or upgrading your PC. I think it's up to what you like the most, but I hope everyone of you finds a decent alternative now to go to.

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Randall_Russell
Community Member

Idk im kinda screwed

 

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