"However, games themselves cannot be downloaded, so if Stadia shuts down, players may not be able to access their games". Ye soooooo no. If anyone is still looking to buy this your not thinking clearly. So u buy 20 games at 60$ n when Stadia shuts down you lose 1200$, thats just an example for you streamers and digital downloaders. Ill be switching disks when the impending apocalypse comes and theres so more internet

Does anyone need more reason not to touch this thing?

If you still thinking about using Stadia you either have money to burn in which case let me give you my address where you can send some to or you are 100% insane.

The cons are worst than digital. At least with digital, as long as it is on your hd you're ok usually. With streaming, sever shuts down, its gone.

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he references email and how its "safely in the cloud", the difference is its possible to download your email and your docs locally if you need to, so you can still keep them, you won't be able to with games, very different.

even if they never shut down..that pricing structure is absolute bullshit. why would the games be full price?

IF? Not an If just When. Since it's google it's between 2023 and 2024.

I would never subscribe to Google, after they have helped China sensors Chinese citizens from news from the rest of the world, so that they can brainwash their own citizens(search: Project Dragonfly). It has also been said that Google has been aiding China's military through China's policy of requiring tech companies to share their Intellectual Property with the government. The biggest concern with this is Googles huge presence in China and their A.I. and Machine Learning technology, and yet they refuse to work with the Pentagon.

Not to mention, that Stadia is following the same business model as OnLive, except on top of buying games, you have to pay a subscription fee. OnLive originally had a $15.00 per month fee, but dropped the fee after a while, meaning that they made money purely off your game purchases. Google will fall down the same hole, and will ultimately fail, especially since the visual experience will fall far behind what local hardware provides.

If google is serious about assuring people. They need to make it a guarantee. Make it so there's a 10+ year guarantee on any item purchased. So they have to stop sales at least 10 years before shutting it down, or refunding everyone all of the money they spent on games "not service fees". But that isn't going to happen obviously...nor does it seem like a wise investment for google...it's crazy but the guy who said this only works as a service is right.

"However, games themselves cannot be downloaded, so if Stadia shuts down, players may not be able to access their games." , it just needs a bit of common sense to know Video game streaming is garbage at the end,

How is this a good idea when many ISPs have data caps?

No interest in this rubbish.

So you get to keep your saves? Cool. But you know what would be even better? If you still had access to a game to load that save. Also, where do they get off charging for both the service and games when you don't even own them?

What if steam or any other digital format fails

I bought loads of stuff on PS3 that I can no longer play but because it's Sony, I guess that's okay.

This is a big turd

We just don't need this crap. Nintendo, Sony, & Microsoft is more than enough.

Hope this fails

You lose your games, money, and dignity. That’s what happens.
If you support Stadia, you better be prepared to bend over.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau