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Yeah that's exactly what I was going to say. Surprised anyone thought Stadia was a good idea (both internally at Google and customers thinking it was worth tru

Yeah that's exactly what I was going to say. Surprised anyone thought Stadia was a good idea (both internally at Google and customers thinking it was worth trusting their hard-earned cash to buy games that only live within the walls of the chocolate factory given Google's long established track record of pulling the rug out whenever people come to rely on them in that fashion).

pjc50 4y ago
I think we need to backport "rugpull" from the crypto world to describe shutting down services that people have invested in.
godshatter 4y ago
I don't even use Steam's cloud save feature. Too many stories of game servers or other data servers disappearing over the years. I'd rather rely on myself to backup my saves, even if I'm not that trustworthy of a custodian of this. At least if I lose something it's my fault. As a bit of a "privacy nut", I'm more careful about what I leave on other people's servers than most people I know, though, so I acknowledge I'm not anywhere near the median on this.
AnotherGoodName 4y ago
Stadia controllers bundled with a Chromecast are (often) less than the cost of the Chromecast on its own and come with 1 month free. So not exactly a big risk to take.
- seanhunter 4y ago
  The risk is not the cost of the controller or the subscription service fee it's the cost of the games which for AAA is $60 a pop. People who bought those games on Stadia will soon have nothing to show for it. My understanding is subscription services from Microsoft, Sony and Epic give free games every month which you own once you have downloaded them. By contrast Stadia is a subscription which gives you the right to play games on their servers but you have to purchase the games first, and if the servers get switched off (as will soon happen) all you have afterwards is a dead controller and your memories.

pjc50 4y ago

I think we need to backport "rugpull" from the crypto world to describe shutting down services that people have invested in.

godshatter 4y ago

I don't even use Steam's cloud save feature. Too many stories of game servers or other data servers disappearing over the years. I'd rather rely on myself to backup my saves, even if I'm not that trustworthy of a custodian of this. At least if I lose something it's my fault. As a bit of a "privacy nut", I'm more careful about what I leave on other people's servers than most people I know, though, so I acknowledge I'm not anywhere near the median on this.

AnotherGoodName 4y ago

Stadia controllers bundled with a Chromecast are (often) less than the cost of the Chromecast on its own and come with 1 month free. So not exactly a big risk to take.

seanhunter 4y ago
The risk is not the cost of the controller or the subscription service fee it's the cost of the games which for AAA is $60 a pop. People who bought those games on Stadia will soon have nothing to show for it. My understanding is subscription services from Microsoft, Sony and Epic give free games every month which you own once you have downloaded them. By contrast Stadia is a subscription which gives you the right to play games on their servers but you have to purchase the games first, and if the servers get switched off (as will soon happen) all you have afterwards is a dead controller and your memories.