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Funny I just plugged in my Stadia controller and played around to see if the service was still active. It's sad, I really liked the service for a few reasons:

Funny I just plugged in my Stadia controller and played around to see if the service was still active. It's sad, I really liked the service for a few reasons: 1. I don't have a gaming console, and this allowed me to easily (with the help of my Chromecast) add gaming to my living room. 2. It's way easier than Steam Link/Controllers which always require an element of "massage" to get and keep working. Downsides: My library of games on Steam, Epic, EA are obviously not accessible with Stadia, and I wasn't about to re-purchase or purchase exclusively any game content from a service that was doomed. I've also played with Xbox Cloud Gaming and while decent I found it unusable on mobile.

pkulak 4y ago
The other big plus for me was that the backend was Linux. If it really took off, it would have been huge for Linux gaming. Sadly, it looks like the survivors are all Windows based. It's all on Steam now.
julienreszka 4y ago
You can probably use shadow.tech as an alternative
- ineedasername 4y ago
  Shadow worked pretty well for me, though it's a lot more expensive than Geforce Now and limited storage. Unless you pay even more, it's 256GB which these days might only be 2-3 AAA games. If you want AC: Odyssey & Cyberpunk, there goes all of your space. You're looking at a cost that approaches that of a budget gaming rig (if you shop around a bit) or, for even less money (if you wait a few months) a steam deck. With either of those, provided you have access to good residential broadband, you can use them to stream remotely almost as well as Shadow. I do this fairly regularly. If you don't have good broadband to stream from home, Steam deck stick has you covered. You can even use it to stream locally to your laptop for the larger screen. (It's a shame that laptops don't generally let you use their HDMI ports for incoming though)
stiltzkin 4y ago
If you can find your game on GeForce Now you should give a try, works really great on PC or Android TV.
partdavid 4y ago
> My library of games on Steam, Epic, EA are obviously not accessible with Stadia This is what convinced me to jump into streaming gaming with an NVidia Shield and GeForce Now. You buy the games on standard game store platforms: Steam, Epic and Ubisoft. So I knew when I was buying the games that if GFN folded or I didn't like it anymore I could still play my entire library on a PC. Not every game available on Steam is available to play through GFN. For example, you can't play GTAV. But you can play Destiny, Cyberpunk, Saint's Row, Assassin's Creed, etc. It's a credible if not complete selection. The service was cheap (very cheap when I signed up with the Founder's lifetime rate at < $5/mo.) and I needed a new streaming device for my TV anyway (the Shield is a perfectly capable Android TV based streaming device), so I could dip my toe in it easily and see how it worked (basically the cost of the controller, which aren't very expensive). I've liked it so much I left console gaming behind and got two more Shields for two other TVs. It's very nice to be able to play the same game from different terminals, including my phone if need be (phone's not great for Cyberpunk 2077 but it does Powerwash Simulator just fine).

pkulak 4y ago

The other big plus for me was that the backend was Linux. If it really took off, it would have been huge for Linux gaming. Sadly, it looks like the survivors are all Windows based. It's all on Steam now.

julienreszka 4y ago

You can probably use shadow.tech as an alternative

ineedasername 4y ago
Shadow worked pretty well for me, though it's a lot more expensive than Geforce Now and limited storage. Unless you pay even more, it's 256GB which these days might only be 2-3 AAA games. If you want AC: Odyssey & Cyberpunk, there goes all of your space. You're looking at a cost that approaches that of a budget gaming rig (if you shop around a bit) or, for even less money (if you wait a few months) a steam deck. With either of those, provided you have access to good residential broadband, you can use them to stream remotely almost as well as Shadow. I do this fairly regularly. If you don't have good broadband to stream from home, Steam deck stick has you covered. You can even use it to stream locally to your laptop for the larger screen. (It's a shame that laptops don't generally let you use their HDMI ports for incoming though)

stiltzkin 4y ago

If you can find your game on GeForce Now you should give a try, works really great on PC or Android TV.

partdavid 4y ago

> My library of games on Steam, Epic, EA are obviously not accessible with Stadia This is what convinced me to jump into streaming gaming with an NVidia Shield and GeForce Now. You buy the games on standard game store platforms: Steam, Epic and Ubisoft. So I knew when I was buying the games that if GFN folded or I didn't like it anymore I could still play my entire library on a PC. Not every game available on Steam is available to play through GFN. For example, you can't play GTAV. But you can play Destiny, Cyberpunk, Saint's Row, Assassin's Creed, etc. It's a credible if not complete selection. The service was cheap (very cheap when I signed up with the Founder's lifetime rate at < $5/mo.) and I needed a new streaming device for my TV anyway (the Shield is a perfectly capable Android TV based streaming device), so I could dip my toe in it easily and see how it worked (basically the cost of the controller, which aren't very expensive). I've liked it so much I left console gaming behind and got two more Shields for two other TVs. It's very nice to be able to play the same game from different terminals, including my phone if need be (phone's not great for Cyberpunk 2077 but it does Powerwash Simulator just fine).