A few months have passed since the announcement of the closure of Stadia, and those responsible for some of its games, such as Destiny 2, are already preparing for the final shutdown of Google’s cloud gaming service that, due to a combination of circumstances , it was never able to stand up to other services like GeForce NOW and Xbox Xloud. Bad decisions, poor communication and a certain lack of patience could summarize what happened, although it is undoubtedly much more complex than that summary can reveal.
Since the closure of the service became known, many questions have been asked by its users. A large part of them has already been answered by Google, although there are still some issues in the air, such as the release of a solution that allows you to use your controller on other platforms or what will finally happen with the games saved in the service, although it is It is true that on this last point the answer not only corresponds to Google, the game developers also have something to say about it.
In this regard, as we already told you, without a doubt the company that has done its homework better and faster has undoubtedly been Ubisoft, since users who had their titles on Stadia have received refunds for their purchases, but In addition, the French developer has also given them, at Ubisoft+, a copy of the titles they had purchased on Stadia, in addition to facilitating, in most cases, the migration of their games to other platforms.
Destiny 2’s Stadia servers have been turned off as of today. Stadia players still have until January 18 to set up Cross Save to save their characters.
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Today it is Bungie, bought by Sony last year, who gives new steps in relation to the departure of its Stadia players, more specifically those of Destiny 2, one of the great titles in the Stadia catalog. With a week to go until the closure of Google’s online gaming platform, Bungie has shut down Destiny 2 servers for Stadia playersso that the online mode is not and will not be available through it again.
Now, all those Stadia users who played Destiny 2 through the platform, They still have this week of life of the Google service to be able to save their characters and progress before the platform says goodbye. As long as it’s done before Google pulls the plug on Stadia for good, Destiny 2 players can still open the game on the platform and set up cross-save to bring their character’s progress, weapons, gear, and loot to other platforms. Let’s remember that Destiny 2 is also available for PlayStation, Xbox and PC, as well as GeForce Now. Of course, the clock is ticking, so if this is your case, it is best that you do it as soon as possible.
