• Bob Robertson IX @discuss.tchncs.de
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    7 hours ago

    I went all in on it… I fully drank that Koolaid and was an early backer, got an extra controller and really thought it was going to be amazing. But their whole launch was so bungled that by the time I actually got it I was so disillusioned with the whole company that I couldn’t enjoy it. It sucked to have bought into the kickstarter and financed the project, and then see the product on the shelves at Target while I was still waiting on mine to be delivered. I had mine for a couple of months before reselling it at a loss.

    Several years later when Stadia was announced I felt that little familiar glimmer of hope pop up, but I didn’t let myself get too excited for it. I did eventually get a couple of Stadia controllers and really enjoyed that service (and I still use those controllers today).

    • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 hours ago

      It sucked to have bought into the kickstarter and financed the project, and then see the product on the shelves at Target while I was still waiting on mine to be delivered.

      Shit, I didn’t realize it got that bad. I’m honestly surprised I didn’t hear more rage about that online at the time.

    • P1nkman@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      I went all in on it… I fully drank that Koolaid and was an early backer, got an extra controller and really thought it was going to be amazing.

      Are you me? I was backer 4 🤦‍♂️