Can a person who has never used this service write a review on it? I’ve never used Stadia simply because of the requirement to always be online at the time of its release my connection was not ideal for the system. This led me to think that during extended play if my internet cut out then I would lose hours of playtime. While this could or could not be true multiple people said that Stadia actually came with gameplay lag and delay input. Then I forgot the service existed entirely after awhile. Google also didn’t advertise it as much in coming years. This was only one reason I had no faith in the platform word of mouth told me I’d never want it. Google has a tendency to release things and want instant profits from it. With a lack of new titles and any games on it having released months, some years, prior to the Stadia actually coming out meaning most already owned a version of it meant nothing interesting on their store and library. With this in mind, it was easy to tell that Google had no interest in gaming or releasing anything of substance. Games can take years to create so the fact Google would attempt it when they shut down items and services after only a short time also told me this wouldn’t last long. What even more baffles me is an internet service like Stadia as it is more advertised as a Netflix for gaming, they failed to capitalize on a pandemic when everyone was reliant on the internet for entertainment. Among Us, Fall Guys, and even services like Playstation Now and XBOX Game Pass are all things that really took off in 2020. Yet Stadia still wasn’t able to get a foothold on the market. As of January 18 2023 Stadia shut down and several games supported by the platform along with it. I was originally planning on writing about high points of this console, but I realized that I was basically reporting on a consoles brief life, death, then the final nail in the coffin.

Score: Is it even possible to score something I never used or had a bias about from the start? 0/10