There’s another game-oriented lawsuit going on, these could run against Google Stadiums or Stadiums games with 4K resolution. The case was originally filed in October, but had a development earlier this month when co-defendants filed for litigation, id Software a removal notice with the federal court.
As noted by PC player, the lawsuit alleges that Google, Bungie and id Software misrepresent the capabilities of Stadia by saying that games such as Destiny 2 and Doom Eternal can reach 4K resolution at 60 frames per second. Seems, neither game was playable in true 4K. The basis of the case is that anyone who purchased the Google Stadia Founder Edition, the Google Stadia Premier Edition or a monthly Google Stadia Pro subscription did so with the goal of playing games with true 4K resolution , rather than playing upgraded versions of said games. .
The case was initially filed in the New York Supreme Court, but the attorneys of id Software filed to move to the eastern district of New York, a federal court. Most civil cases – especially class actions – take many years, often years, to work their way through the courts. Beyond that, the vast majority take classes, either as a class or on an individual basis.
Class actions are also currently pending in federal courts against Sony for PlayStation 5 controllers that ‘DualSense power, “En CD Projekt Red, for those who have lost money to invest in CDPR before and after the difficult launch of Cyberpunk 2077.
It’s been a difficult month for Google Stadiums: February 1st Stages closed all internal development studios, instead focuses on offering Stadia technology to video publishers. Last week, Kotaku report that Stadia leadership praised those teams, which consist of about 150 developers, just a week before they were fired. And then there is still Terraria: Andrew Spinks, a developer of the popular world game, cancelled his Stadia port after he was allegedly locked out of his Google accounts.
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