Google Stadia put up an excellent battle however it’s about to affix Google’s checklist of deprecated initiatives when the brand new yr comes round. The platform was the tech large’s first foray into cloud gaming and was first launched in November 2019. Sadly, it wasn’t capable of compete with different cloud gaming providers, together with the widely-popular Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Plus Premium.
“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,” Google introduced.
All Google Stadia {hardware}, recreation, and add-on content material purchases made by way of the Google Store and the Stadia Store might be refunded in full. Players will be capable of proceed utilizing the service till January 18, 2023 and Google expects to have many of the refunds processed by mid-January.
Stadia received’t be Google’s final try at cloud gaming although as the corporate says that it’s going to discover methods to make use of the expertise on its different platforms and providers.
