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What is Google Stadia, why is it shutting and what are the alternatives?

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Google Stadia is closing down from January 2023. Here’s everything you need to know about it.
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(Pocket-lint) – Google’s cloud gaming platform is currently available across 22 countries, including the UK and US, in its paid and free forms. However, the software giant has recently announced that it will be shutting down the service from 19 January 2022.
It will refund all hardware and game purchases (including in-game DLC) purchased on the Google Store, with the majority of refunds being made by mid-January.
These are sad days for Stadia players. Here we explain more about the imminent closure of the « Netflix of games ». How Google Stadia worked
Google Stadia was devised as a cloud gaming service whereby games can be purchased and played, but don’t have to be downloaded to a console or PC.
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Through multiple connected devices, including phones, laptops and TVs, it gave you the ability to play the game in real time, but the processing on a remote Stadia server somewhere else in the world. The video of the gameplay was transmitted to your device over the internet, while the control codes from a game controller were sent in the other direction.
And, as its servers were placed in a vast number of locations around the globe, it shortened the distance between player and a server to stream from. That dramatically reduced the enemy of streaming – latency.
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In addition, Google provided a dedicated Stadia controller that connected to the internet directly via Wi-Fi, rather than your device (when you are playing at home, at least). It sent controller codes without having to submit them to a phone, tablet or other connected device first. The method cut down on milliseconds of latency and, in gaming, that really matters.

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