Google Stadia is going through some major changes, lately, after the company announced that they'd be shutting down all its first-party internal development teams. Google's game streaming service can add Stadia's vice president and head of product to the list of people no longer working there, too, following a report from The Information, revealing that John Justice has left Google. This isn't the first time Stadia has lost their VP, either, as Jade Raymond, who served as their previous vice president, left in order to form indie studio Haven. Prior to this, Justice was actively involved in the Stadia project, frequently doing interviews and discussing future plans for the platform, and as recently as December 2020 stated that Stadia would try to better handle feature announcements and claims, after controversy regarding Stadia not reaching its advertised 4k60fps performance.

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[Xzi]

What even is reality anymore

How can we see if our eyes aren't real?

 

[GoldenBullet]

So if only they didn't want us to rebuy every game at full price and just gave us access to a virtual desktop like geforce now they would have done better?

I'm assuming you're referring to Stadia. I think people don't understand that Stadia is meant to act like a console, not as a virtual desktop. If you buy an Xbox, you would have to rebuy your PlayStation games if you want to play on that platform right? The Stadia pro subscription is the almost the same as gold or psplus, where it offers games but it is not required.

As it stands, I couldn't recommend anyone to use GeForce now as a PC/console alternative but I could recommend Stadia for it (this is all assuming decent internet). The problem with GeForce now is that developers don't seem to like the platform and you can't just play any game

Also, games go on sale on Stadia sometimes even cheaper than on steam (sometimes). There is sales on the store often. I'm not trying to be a Stadia fanboy but I experimented with all of the streaming services and Stadia has been the best so far

 

[Vila_]

Does this mean that Alien John is cancelled?

I was eagerly waiting for it's release
@AlanJohn please port Alien John to the ouya!

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

please port Alien John to the ouya

Who's gonna tell him?

 

[ZeroFX]

Just shut that thing down, would be the best restructuring ever.

 

[the_randomizer]

Stadia had a VP?

 

[BitMasterPlus]

Eh, fuck google and fuck Stadia.

 

[raxadian]

So how long until Stadia dies, a year more?

 

[Karones]

Negative latency? More like negative profit

 

[Deleted member 534570]

R.I.P. Stadia.

 

[DKB]

stadia was stillborn rip in piss

 

[DNStuff]

cloud streaming will die before it even begins

and that's a good thing

 

[Nerdtendo]

and that's a good thing

Why? What's the harm in options? Competition is always a good thing and like it or not, cloud based services are extremely pro-consumer.

 

[Ottoclav]

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Google Stadia is going through some major changes, lately, after the company announced that they'd be shutting down all its first-party internal development teams. Google's game streaming service can add Stadia's vice president and head of product to the list of people no longer working there, too, following a report from The Information, revealing that John Justice has left Google. This isn't the first time Stadia has lost their VP, either, as Jade Raymond, who served as their previous vice president, left in order to form indie studio Haven. Prior to this, Justice was actively involved in the Stadia project, frequently doing interviews and discussing future plans for the platform, and as recently as December 2020 stated that Stadia would try to better handle feature announcements and claims, after controversy regarding Stadia not reaching its advertised 4k60fps performance.

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a small improvement to their system would be to push a BLE update for their game controller so that it could be used with any bluetooth compatible devices. Why buy a stadia controller when you can use get an Xbox, Switch, and PS4 controller to play the Stadia system.

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Also a streaming service where you still have to buy each game at full price has no chance in hell, in other media streaming is more appealing because of the amount of content you have access to.. that is the selling point of it. People will deal with lower quality for quantity, but they didnt sub to Netflix to avoid buying a bluray player.

People still have Blu-ray players?

 

[VashTS]

i got 2x free stadia controllers and chromecasts couple months ago when they offered it as a futile attempt to get stadia players.

i tried it one time. the controllers sit in a bin on my media cabinet and the chromecasts are in a drawers.

i use my xbox one x (xlcoud for shits n giggles) and firestick for TV.

 

[Bladexdsl]

and that's the final nail in the coffin for stadia!

thanks for coming now don't come back

 

[Jonna]

i got 2x free stadia controllers and chromecasts couple months ago when they offered it as a futile attempt to get stadia players.

i tried it one time. the controllers sit in a bin on my media cabinet and the chromecasts are in a drawers.

i use my xbox one x (xlcoud for shits n giggles) and firestick for TV.

I got that free deal for my YouTube Premium membership.

I still haven't opened my box yet.

 

[Moon164]

Do people still care about Google Stadia?

 

[Bladexdsl]

I still haven't opened my box yet.

you made the right choice

 

[kevin corms]

Do people still care about Google Stadia?

I see people on specific forums that act like they do, but it feels like astroturfing. A few youtubers as well, especially around the time google thought they had an opportunity with cyber punk 2077 being better on stadia vs ps4 or xbox one. That was because it was so awful on last gen systems, not because streaming games is so great.