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　　Google suddenly announced today that it will close its cloud gaming service Stadia. Although this surprised many people, it is also reasonable. Although there are some good games on Stadia, they are not cost-effective. There are also video compression, input delay and other problems. Network issues, full payment for games on the platform, additional subscription fees to play games in 4K resolution, and Google's own Stadia game development studio hastily shut down after only a year of existence.

　　It's also typical of Google behavior, and there's even a website dedicated to honoring products that Google axed. Perhaps this boldness is one reason Google is now worth more than a trillion dollars, but it's not a good thing for some consumers and game developers. While refunds will be issued, Stadia users will lose access to their games and will lose their corresponding game progress saves. At the same time, game developers who make Stadia versions of their games are wasting their time, and according to PC Gamer, there are many Stadia game developers on Twitter who have just learned that Stadia is about to shut down.

　　Here's how the gaming industry reacted to the news:

　　Joe Blackburn, Game Director of Destiny 2, said: "The developers at Stadia have created a development platform that has allowed us to continue creating and evaluating Destiny 2 at home over the past few years. I believe today is very interesting for many people. Tough, thank you for helping us make the game."

　　Aadit Doshi, senior game programmer at Rocksteady, the developer of the Batman: Arkham series, said: "It's fair to say that Google Stadia has faced a terrible dilemma over the past 3 years and had to deal with it: - The global pandemic forced people to turn to online Entertainment. - Shortages of graphics cards and game consoles, leading to high demand for alternatives. If only they could come to market at a better time.”

　　Necrosoft studio Brandon Sheffield said that while many people took it as a joke, Google Stadia's developer revenue share was "the best of all cloud gaming services." The news that their game, Hyper Gunsport, is coming to the platform in November and will recoup their development costs, hits them hard.

　　Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic, said he thinks Google Stadia has made a very solid and positive effort and has supported a lot of developers. He thought it a pity that the service was shut down.

　　Tom Vian, co-founder of British developer Tangle Tower studio SFB Games, said that Tangle Tower was due to land on Stadia in two days, and The Verge's report about its imminent closure is his first Heard the news once. Rebecca Heinmean of the "Ice City Legend" studio also said in the comments that they also have a game about to be launched on the platform on November 1, and also just learned the news.

　　Game developer and consultant Rami Ismail said: "Part of me is saddened by Google's amazing move with Stadia. When Google first pitched the project to me, long before it was released, they had a lot of cool ideas. But Conservative tactics, lack of trust in developers, and absolute underinvestment -- it's Google that killed it."

　　Mike Rose, studio director of No More Robots, which recently launched the business simulation game Let's Build a Zoo, echoed his shock, saying, "Oh my God...we're going to have a game on Stadia in November. Who wants to guess if Google will refuse to pay the money they owe us because of this?"

　　PC Gamer has reached out to those studios that have deals with Google for Stadia games (like Mike Rose) or studios that are developing Stadia versions of their games independently, what does the news mean, and whether Google will compensate them? Google commented on the matter.

　　IT Home understands that for Stadia users, the service will continue to run until January 18, 2023. Regarding the issue of saving game progress, Google said it may preserve progress in "some games that support cross-play on other platforms," such as Destiny 2. However, "for most games", Google said keeping game saves "would be impossible."