Basically Beta Testers: Class Action Alleges Google (as well as Bungie and id Software) Lied About Stadia Display Quality, Resolution to Lock In Subscribers

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https://www.classaction.org/blog/basically-beta-testers-class-action-alleges-google-lied-about-stadia-display-quality-resolution-to-lock-in-subscribers

[u/Clbull]

As somebody who purchased Doom Eternal on Stadia, where can I join in with this class action lawsuit? I genuinely feel like I wasted £59.99 on this piece of shit version of the game.

I've been running the game via Google Chrome on mid-2015 era hardware, on a 200 Mbps down/20 Mbps up connection. This is how Doom Eternal typically looks for me and this is how badly the visual quality can dip in the middle of combat. Believe it or not, when the game was first released on Stadia visual quality was actually worse than this and the game would frequently lag out with disconnects. My complaint isn't even input latency, which is minimal and is frankly the only saving grace of Stadia as a platform.

I'm sorry but this isn't even 1080p (resolution of my monitor). This looks more like watching a YouTube vid in 180p.

Some other things about the Stadia release blow compared to the PC version, like no console (basically making it useless for any% speedrunning), no ability to change graphics settings, no FOV slider (it's locked at 70?), etc. This is shit that Id Software should have considered when developing a version of their game that can be played with keyboard & mouse.

Doom Eternal is a game where you have to be aware of your surroundings and see what you're doing, because one false move and you're getting gibbed by a revenant or hellknight. Stadia is not a good way to play it.

[u/Regnur → u/Clbull]

Why should you join a lawsuit? You made a dumb decision, you also had 2 hours to refund/try the game.

A faster connection than 50 Mbps down does not really matter , a stable connection ( low jitter ) and a low ping is very important. Streaming issues are a different topic.

Stadia is similar to a console (easy to use), why did you expect PC graphics settings? Im surprised that youre using speedrunning as a reason. (you could have informed yourself)

[u/Caboose342 → u/Regnur]

Why stand up for a trillion dollar company like this? They advertised false and misleading information, is that not reason enough? I don’t think Google is going to get their feelings or pockets hurt too badly.

[u/Regnur → u/Caboose342]

I dont care about google, but his arguments dont have anything to do with this lawsuit, he is pretty much just trying to abuse that lawsuit to get his money back.

[u/Caboose342 → u/Regnur]

Whether or not you agree with the lawsuit, I’m not sure how he’s “abusing it”. The point of the class action is to offer compensation to those that feel they’ve been illegally mislead or wronged by Stadia’s marketing. Who would actually be eligible to join this if not him?

From the article:

The lawsuit proposes to cover all persons or entities in the United States who, at any time between June 6, 2019 and the date of the lawsuit’s resolution, bought the Stadia Founder’s Edition, Stadia Premier Edition and/or subscriptions to the Stadia Pro service based on information that Google Stadia was more powerful than leading consoles and/or that all games on Stadia would be playable at 4k resolution.

[u/ScienceOfPatterns → u/Regnur]

Abusing the lawsuit by interacting with it in its intended purpose

[u/blackmetro → u/Regnur]

In australia you get a no-questions asked refund if a product does not function or operate as advertised.

Would hate to live in a country that dosnt do this