{"id":497018,"date":"2022-09-29T19:50:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T16:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/google-stadia-is-shutting-down-refunds-incoming-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2022-09-29T19:50:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T16:50:12","slug":"google-stadia-is-shutting-down-refunds-incoming-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-stadia-is-shutting-down-refunds-incoming-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Google Stadia Is Shutting Down, Refunds Incoming \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a381d00766b8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a381d00766b8\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-stadia-is-shutting-down-refunds-incoming-review-geek\/#%E2%80%9CGoogle_Stadia_Is_Shutting_Down_Refunds_Incoming_%E2%80%93_Review_Geek%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Google Stadia Is Shutting Down, Refunds Incoming \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CGoogle_Stadia_Is_Shutting_Down_Refunds_Incoming_%E2%80%93_Review_Geek%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Google Stadia Is Shutting Down, Refunds Incoming \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-content-area\">\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-95213\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2021\/08\/d2681814.png?width=1200\" alt=\"The Google Stadia controller over a red and white background.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stadia.dev\/\">Google<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s been a long time coming, but Stadia will finally shut down in January of 2023. The service failed to gain \u201ctraction with users\u201d, according to\u00a0Phil Harrison, the Stadia VP and GM. Shockingly, customers will receive full refunds for all Stadia hardware and software purchases.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re not surprised by this <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> behind Stadia is incredible, and cloud gaming wouldn\u2019t be popular today if Stadia had never existed. But Google did a poor job maintaining and curating this service.<\/p>\n<p>Development of in-house Stadia <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s ended in early 2021. And a year earlier, Google failed to truly take advantage of the\u00a0<em>Cyberpunk 2077<\/em> launch\u2014this game should have made Stadia a household name; it was unplayable on consoles, but it worked fine on Stadia.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe will be refunding all Stadia hardware purchases made through the Google Store, and all game and add-on content purchases made through the Stadia store. Players will continue to have access to their games library and play through January 18, 2023 so they can complete final play sessions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Anyway, Google expects to fully shut down Stadia on January 18th, 2023. The service may survive a bit longer if Google fails to meet this deadline. Starting today, you can no longer purchase games or DLC through Stadia.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that Google will refund all Stadia hardware purchases made through the Google Store. It will also refund any games or DLC purchased on the Stadia service. Instructions to receive your refund will be shared <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/stadia\/answer\/12790109\">through Google\u2019s Help Page<\/a> at a later date. (Note that Stadia Pro sub<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>ions aren\u2019t eligible for a refund.)<\/p>\n<p>It was nice knowing you, Stadia. You had a lot of potential, but like most Google services, you were born into neglect. Oh well!<\/p>\n<p><small>Source: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/stadia\/message-on-stadia-streaming-strategy\/\">Google<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nsetTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1137093656460433');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The service failed to gain \u201ctraction with users\u201d, according to\u00a0Phil Harrison, the Stadia VP and GM. 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