Editing Stadia (section)

==Reception==
Google Stadia received mixed to negative reviews from critics but was panned by gamers alike.

John Saavedra of Den of Geek gave the Google Stadia 3.5/5, praising its crossplay feature while criticizing its abysmal launch lineup and lack of features.<ref>https://www.denofgeek.com/us/games/284491/google-stadia-review</ref>

Alex Hern of The Guardian gave Google Stadia 3/5, praising its uniqueness and minimalism while criticizing the fact that nobody asked for it and Google focusing too much on marketing it.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/games/2019/nov/18/google-stadia-review-gylt</ref>

Google Stadia was featured on Gamers Nexus' "The Disappointment PC 2019: Worst Parts of the Year" video.

YouTuber YongYea had trouble running games like ''Destiny 2'' without them lagging, even on high-speed Internet connections, and when he retries it on Ethernet, it '''somehow''' downgrades the graphics.

In response to the poor early reception, Google made multiple accounts and played the political correctness card by saying the controller is "gender-neutral" in an attempt to defend its launch but those did not help and only hurt the Stadia's image even more. As a result, many people quit using Stadia, and even the die-hard fans who kept defending the platform now moved to Nvidia's GeForce Now streaming service. In response to poor sales, Google started to give away the Stadia Pro subscription.

With Project XCloud, Microsoft's cloud streaming service, now released and with it being part of Xbox Game Pass, it is pointless to have a Google Stadia subscription. YouTuber YongYea has stated that, unless Google overhauls or changes its business model, Stadia is doomed now that XCloud has been released.

On GameFAQs, the console has a score of 1.74 / 5, it was later considered by some as one of the worst consoles of all time.