From PC Mag: Turns out the rumors were true: Google is shutting down its Stadia game-streaming service.
Stadia launched in November 2019, but Google now says the cloud-gaming service failed to resonate with consumers.
“While Stadia's approach to streaming games for consumers was built on a strong technology foundation, it hasn't gained the traction with users that we expected so we’ve made the difficult decision to begin winding down our Stadia streaming service,” Stadia General Manager Phil Harrison wrote in a blog post.
Stadia is slated to officially shut down in January. “Players will continue to have access to their games library and play through January 18, 2023 so they can complete final play sessions. We expect to have the majority of refunds completed by mid-January, 2023,” Harrison says.
For those who invested in games and hardware for the platform, Google plans on “refunding all Stadia hardware purchases made through the Google Store, and all game and add-on content purchases made through the Stadia store,” Harrison says. The tech giant won’t be refunding any paid Stadia pro subscriptions, though.
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