Google Stadia Will Shut Down Next Year, All Purchases to Be Refunded - CNET

The cloud gaming service will be shuttered on Jan.

Cloud gaming service Google Stadia will shut down on Jan.

Google will refund all Stadia hardware purchased through the Google Store, along with all the games and add-on content purchased from the Stadia store.

Explaining the move, Stadia vice president and general manager Phil Harrison noted Google's investments in gaming through its Google Play digital distribution service, its cloud tech and YouTube streaming.

"A few years ago, we also launched a consumer gaming service, Stadia," he said in the blog post.

"And while Stadia's approach to streaming games for consumers was built on a strong technology foundation, it hasn't gained the traction with users that we expected so we've made the difficult decision to begin winding down our Stadia streaming service.".