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Re:Google Stadia shuts down internal studios, changing busin... by muppetman on Monday February 01, 2021 @04:56PM (#25994574)
Great that it works where you are, I assume the US. Here in New Zealand of course it's not launched. So while I can pick one of any other consoles/devices to play games on, Stadia isn't one of them.

If you can't reach more than one country, why would anyone want to develop for it?

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Re:Google Stadia shuts down internal studios, changing busin... by cheeze on Monday February 01, 2021 @05:11PM (#25994767)
Stadia is supported in 21 countries though. A majority of NA and EU.

Totally feel for you, but similar to anything that requires a decent internet connection, NZ and AUS get left in the dust

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Re:Google Stadia shuts down internal studios, changing busin... by mdoms on Monday February 01, 2021 @05:27PM (#25994964)
NZ has excellent internet speeds.
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Re:Google Stadia shuts down internal studios, changing busin... by jankeymeulen on Monday February 01, 2021 @05:50PM (#25995215)
Stadia needs low latency to a Google DC. There are plenty of such DCs in the US and Europe, but not in NZ.
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Re:Google Stadia shuts down internal studios, changing busin... by mdoms on Monday February 01, 2021 @06:02PM (#25995356)
Yes it's a shame DCs are immutable and impossible to add to.
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Re:Google Stadia shuts down internal studios, changing busin... by rco8786 on Monday February 01, 2021 @05:42PM (#25995138)
> If you can't reach more than one country, why would anyone want to develop for it?

Stadia is in a bunch of countries and rolling out to more. It's almost as though it's a new product and didn't immediately launch at global scale.

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Re:Google Stadia shuts down internal studios, changing busin... by fuzxi on Monday February 01, 2021 @07:12PM (#25995916)
>It's almost as though

The sarcasm does not add anything to your comment.

>Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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