Davkaus Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 2 hours ago, limpid said: Then I stop paying my sub and move to NVIDIA GeForce NOW or Steam / Borealis. Or one of the many other streaming options likely available by then. This is a fair point, as long as we don't start getting streaming platform exclusives which I fear we almost certainly will As for minimal costs to keep services online, well, tell it to Google Reader and Inbox users Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted February 7, 2022 Administrator Share Posted February 7, 2022 48 minutes ago, Davkaus said: This is a fair point, as long as we don't start getting streaming platform exclusives which I fear we almost certainly will As for minimal costs to keep services online, well, tell it to Google Reader and Inbox users I agree about the exclusives. Reader was the root of them being forced to pay to show content in some jurisdictions (or were being threatened with this). It meant they were still actively having to work on/with it. Old games on a live platform don't require any work, just a little storage. The removal of old stuff is the norm on streaming services though. All but one of the worthwhile features in Inbox are now in stock Gmail (I think only bundles is missing). Inbox is a bad example though as it never came out of beta. I had to tell my director that he couldn't have it on his work account as it was unlikely to graduate to a product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted February 8, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 8, 2022 Geforce NOW does everything this does better and you get to use it on an already existing library through various launchers. It has been restricted though due to certain developers pulling out for whatever reason, surely they would be happy at more people buying their games. The top tier you can pay for that uses a 3080 card has virtually no input lag which is what makes or breaks streaming games. The one with the most potential is definitely Xcloud though as it will support most of the Gamepass games, which everyone knows has an amazing library. Unfortunately the streaming service runs like shit at the moment and is unplayable for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted September 29, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 29, 2022 On 19/03/2019 at 22:04, Davkaus said: Oh, cool, another Google service. I look forward to embracing it then them shutting it down. aka...PC games? And done. It lasted 3 years, not bad by Google's standards! https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/29/23378713/google-stadia-shutting-down-game-streaming-january-2023 Quote Google is refunding all Stadia purchases — hardware, software, and DLC. Members of the Stadia team will be “carrying this work forward” in other departments at Google. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 1 minute ago, villarule123 said: And done. It lasted 3 years, not bad by Google's standards! https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/29/23378713/google-stadia-shutting-down-game-streaming-january-2023 I am pleasantly surprised by this Quote Google will be refunding all Stadia hardware purchased through the Google Store as well as all the games and add-on content purchased from the Stadia store. Google expects those refunds will be completed in mid-January. Not good enough though. I used to be a Google evangelist, but I've had far too many of the tools I used day in, day out taken away from me. I've moved away from Gmail and Google docs, my next phone probably won't be an Android, and the Nests and Chromecasts have been replaced with their competitor's products. I'll probably stick with Waze as it's best in class and trivial to swap out when needed, but unless there's a significant cultural change at Google, I'll not be investing in any of their services, or making any of the products a central part of my workflow, they simply can't be depended on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Two months to the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted September 29, 2022 Administrator Share Posted September 29, 2022 34 minutes ago, villarule123 said: And done. It lasted 3 years, not bad by Google's standards! https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/29/23378713/google-stadia-shutting-down-game-streaming-january-2023 How annoying. \Where are people jumping to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted September 29, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 29, 2022 9 minutes ago, limpid said: How annoying. \Where are people jumping to? Xbox Game Pass includes streaming with the hundreds of games you get, and GeForce Now is a better service, also including games from your other PC stores. Stadia is caught in the middle of those two I guess, it had no chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted September 29, 2022 Administrator Share Posted September 29, 2022 13 minutes ago, villarule123 said: Xbox Game Pass includes streaming with the hundreds of games you get, and GeForce Now is a better service, also including games from your other PC stores. Stadia is caught in the middle of those two I guess, it had no chance. I wonder if Google's play here is to buy Steam (if they want to continue with gaming). It would explain the current work with Steam on Chromebooks. Do you know if GeForce Now has an Android app (for Chromecast)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted September 29, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 29, 2022 Aaaand it's dead. Shock horror. Only just out @Davkaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Any point keeping the controllers? Or just bin them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted October 6, 2022 Administrator Share Posted October 6, 2022 9 hours ago, villa89 said: Any point keeping the controllers? Or just bin them? i read somewhere that they will unlock them to be generic Bluetooth controllers. I don't have time to search it out again right now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted November 19, 2022 Administrator Share Posted November 19, 2022 I had all my game purchases refunded overnight. It was quite nice waking up to realise that I've probably had the best user experience of Cyberpunk and it's not cost me anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 On 06/10/2022 at 19:32, limpid said: i read somewhere that they will unlock them to be generic Bluetooth controllers. I don't have time to search it out again right now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted January 13, 2023 Administrator Share Posted January 13, 2023 1 minute ago, villa89 said: Even better, I've had all my refunds. All the hardware and games I bought have been refunded in full. Better still, the AC games are linked to Ubisoft's platform so I still have them on GeForce Now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Demitri_C Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Not suprised this flopped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted January 17, 2023 Administrator Share Posted January 17, 2023 2 hours ago, Demitri_C said: Not suprised this flopped Any particular reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 9 hours ago, limpid said: Any particular reason? I just think the idea of not physically owning a game is not that appealing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 23 hours ago, Demitri_C said: I just think the idea of not physically owning a game is not that appealing No idea why thats confusing you asked me a question and i answered it limpid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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