Google, Id Software, and Bungie Sued Over Stadia Streaming Resolution

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Now that Stadia has been out for over a year, we're pretty clear on what sort of quality cloud gaming can offer. If you've got a smoking-fast internet connection, Stadia ꩲcan provide you with some quality gaming to rival anything you get on a modern console. If you don't have a solid connection, well, then your game can be a lot worse ജthan a modern console.

We've also learned that while Stadia advertised itself as being able to play games in 4K, basically none of them actually did. Doom 3, Destiny 2, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Cyberpunk 2077, and other high-end t♊itles all fell short of the 4K promise even♛ when Stadia was playing on a fast connection.

Which is why Google, alon🃏g with several other developers, are being named in a class-action lawsuit that alleges false claims regarding Stadia's performance. The suit, filed originally in Queens County Superior Court last year but recently transferred to New York Federal Court, takes aim at Google, Id Software, and Bungie for claims of 4K gameplay on Stadia.

“Google made false and misleading claims concerning the streaming quality of Stadia’s service in order to generate increased revenue for the Google Stadia division,” the complaint alleges, specifically pointing at Doom Eternal and Destiny 2. Both games claimed 4K gameplay, according to the suit, but neither were actually playing in true 4K. Instead, they were played at lower resolutions and🍬 then upscaled to display on🍒 a 4K screen.

Google has since removed much of the 4K⛎ language from its Stadia pages, but that wasn't until after the games had already launched. The suit alleges this "locked-in" Stadia subscribers and generated pr꧟e-orders for its games based on false information.