Instead of buying a disc to watch a movie on a DVD player, you just stream it over the internet. It is a similar model to Netflix or other streaming video services. So what is Google Stadia, and how is it different than Microsoft’s Xbox or Sony’s PlayStation 5? While both the Xbox and PlayStation use the traditional model to play games, either by buying the game on disc or buying it digitally and downloading and storing the entire game on the console and running it off of the power of the local device, Google Stadia runs games through the cloud. I’ve been playing games on Stadia for a few weeks now, and while game streaming is not quite ready for prime time yet, I’m very interested in the future of this category. So, considering the offer was literally free, I decided to finally jump in. There have also been several excellent game sales, trying to get people on the platform.

The company was literally giving away Stadia Premiere edition kits to subscribers of YouTube Premium who signed up for a 3 month free trial of Stadia Pro (don’t worry, I’ll explain what all of that is). But, almost a year after launch, Google made a push to get more people to try it. I remained uninterested in Stadia partly because of the rough launch, and partly because I’m not sold on the business model. The service was clearly not ready, with major features missing, and Google has spent the last year refining it and adding the features that should have been there at launch. The statement wraps up by saying that further information relating to the transfer process will be coming soon.Google Stadia launched just over a year ago, and I use the term “launched” loosely. Since Stadia players already play ESO on our PC servers, all of their friends and guilds will be waiting for them once they complete the transfer.'

It continues, 'We are happy to share that our Stadia players will be able to transfer their ESO accounts to PC, bringing with them all of their progress, including but not limited to existing characters, purchased items, achievements, and inventory. Ubisoft, Bungie, and more have already announced they are looking into ways to do this, and now the latest of the bunch to relay plans is ZeniMax Online Studios, the creator of The Elder Scrolls Online.Īs said in a statement on Twitter, 'Since the news of Stadia shutting down, Bethesda Softworks and ZeniMax Online Studios have been discussing next steps for our Elder Scrolls Online Stadia players and we appreciate your patience.' We've been seeing developers scrambling to find ways to retain the player data of those on Stadia, ever since Google announced that the cloud-based streaming platform would be closing down in January.

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