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my only wish is some way to port the game you buy off stadia off to personal pc or some other cloud gaming service because I don't trust Google to stick with an

my only wish is some way to port the game you buy off stadia off to personal pc or some other cloud gaming service because I don't trust Google to stick with any of the products they launch (except maybe gmail and youtube), won't be surprised if they decide to kill stadia someday soon if it's not as successful as they hoped it would be.

dontblink 6y ago
Honestly Google would probably issue refunds if that ever happened. At some point, sp games are often not replayed or come down substantially in price. I'm not worried given their history.
- buzzerbetrayed 6y ago
  Offer refunds on what? Do you actually buy games on stadia? I thought it was like Netflix where you pay to have access to stream anything.
  - city41 6y ago
    Yes, you need to buy the game before you can play it on Stadia. If it was like Netflix, I think it'd be far more compelling, even with a relatively large monthly fee.
  - berdario 6y ago
    It's a hybrid model. You don't need to have a subscription, you just need to own the game. Some games are also available for free: https://stadia.google.com/games/super-bomberman-r-online https://stadia.google.com/games/super-bomberman-r-online https://stadia.google.com/games/destiny-2 https://stadia.google.com/games/destiny-2 The subscription gives you 4k streaming and games that you can claim and keep (as long as you have a subscription, even if you interrupt it and resume). Very similar to Xbox Games with Gold: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/collections/gameswithgold/xbox https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/collections/gameswithg... I was skeptical at the beginning, but I prefer it to a Netflix style subscription (like Xbox Game Pass Cloud or Playstation Now)... since if the movie that you're interested in leaves the streaming service, it's not a big deal (or even if it's a whole season of a series), but if a videogame is leaving, that might be quite a bit more frustrating, since it might take you more than 1 month to actually complete your game. At least with Stadia I know that (as long as my Stadia account is active) I'll always be able to come back to the games that I'm playing now. Just like on Windows and Luna, you can also make use of your Ubisoft Plus subscription, though (only available in the US, for now) One nice thing is that a lot of modern games (like some available with Ubisoft Plus) have "cloud synced saves" or cross-progression. So you could stop playing on Stadia, and continue your savegame on another platform.
  - drusepth 6y ago
    The optional Pro subscription gives you a ton of games to stream that you can only stream whenever your subscription is active. Alternatively, you can just buy games outright and play them whenever/wherever; no subscription required. I have ~70 games in my library right now because I claim the Pro games each month. If I were to cancel my subscription, my library would shrink to just the ones I've actually bought (Hitman and Cyberpunk).
- berdario 6y ago
  Microsoft did it when they suspended their ebooks service: https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/2/18292177/microsoft-ebooks-refund-stops-selling-digital-books-store https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/2/18292177/microsoft-ebooks-... So, there's a precedent, and this leaves me a bit hopeful. OTOH, normally you can only ask for a refund if you played a game for < 2 hours
bane 6y ago
For people thinking about streaming gaming, I highly recommend checking out Shadow. It basically just gives you a Windows desktop you can install whatever you want in and stream games from there. It lets you use your entire investments in Steam, Epic, etc. with the benefit of a streaming service. It's also surprisingly not all that expensive (especially compared to buying equivalent hardware yourself). It also entirely solves waiting for games to show up on these services, or going away (a la Geforce Now), and ownership issues. There's no problem even putting custom software, games, dev environments, whatever, into the Shadow machine. I was about to buy an entirely new rig and tbh, I'm probably just going to get a Shadow subscription in a month or two. note there may be a several month wait for your Shadow rig to be ready as they provision dedicated hardware upon subscription and are pretty popular at the moment.

dontblink 6y ago

Honestly Google would probably issue refunds if that ever happened. At some point, sp games are often not replayed or come down substantially in price. I'm not worried given their history.

buzzerbetrayed 6y ago
Offer refunds on what? Do you actually buy games on stadia? I thought it was like Netflix where you pay to have access to stream anything.
- city41 6y ago
  Yes, you need to buy the game before you can play it on Stadia. If it was like Netflix, I think it'd be far more compelling, even with a relatively large monthly fee.
- berdario 6y ago
  It's a hybrid model. You don't need to have a subscription, you just need to own the game. Some games are also available for free: https://stadia.google.com/games/super-bomberman-r-online https://stadia.google.com/games/super-bomberman-r-online https://stadia.google.com/games/destiny-2 https://stadia.google.com/games/destiny-2 The subscription gives you 4k streaming and games that you can claim and keep (as long as you have a subscription, even if you interrupt it and resume). Very similar to Xbox Games with Gold: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/collections/gameswithgold/xbox https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/collections/gameswithg... I was skeptical at the beginning, but I prefer it to a Netflix style subscription (like Xbox Game Pass Cloud or Playstation Now)... since if the movie that you're interested in leaves the streaming service, it's not a big deal (or even if it's a whole season of a series), but if a videogame is leaving, that might be quite a bit more frustrating, since it might take you more than 1 month to actually complete your game. At least with Stadia I know that (as long as my Stadia account is active) I'll always be able to come back to the games that I'm playing now. Just like on Windows and Luna, you can also make use of your Ubisoft Plus subscription, though (only available in the US, for now) One nice thing is that a lot of modern games (like some available with Ubisoft Plus) have "cloud synced saves" or cross-progression. So you could stop playing on Stadia, and continue your savegame on another platform.
- drusepth 6y ago
  The optional Pro subscription gives you a ton of games to stream that you can only stream whenever your subscription is active. Alternatively, you can just buy games outright and play them whenever/wherever; no subscription required. I have ~70 games in my library right now because I claim the Pro games each month. If I were to cancel my subscription, my library would shrink to just the ones I've actually bought (Hitman and Cyberpunk).
berdario 6y ago
Microsoft did it when they suspended their ebooks service: https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/2/18292177/microsoft-ebooks-refund-stops-selling-digital-books-store https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/2/18292177/microsoft-ebooks-... So, there's a precedent, and this leaves me a bit hopeful. OTOH, normally you can only ask for a refund if you played a game for < 2 hours

bane 6y ago

For people thinking about streaming gaming, I highly recommend checking out Shadow. It basically just gives you a Windows desktop you can install whatever you want in and stream games from there. It lets you use your entire investments in Steam, Epic, etc. with the benefit of a streaming service. It's also surprisingly not all that expensive (especially compared to buying equivalent hardware yourself). It also entirely solves waiting for games to show up on these services, or going away (a la Geforce Now), and ownership issues. There's no problem even putting custom software, games, dev environments, whatever, into the Shadow machine. I was about to buy an entirely new rig and tbh, I'm probably just going to get a Shadow subscription in a month or two. note there may be a several month wait for your Shadow rig to be ready as they provision dedicated hardware upon subscription and are pretty popular at the moment.