Stadia: Players are already reporting issues with refunds from Google

While Google has just begun to compensate players for spending money on its cloud gaming platform, some users were quickly disappointed. Of course, you shouldn’t expect the entire refund process to go smoothly and The problems have already been noted.

Indeed, many players on social networks claimed to receive refunds, but they would not reach for the original payment methods. Google announced that all refunds would be made separately to the payment methods used for purchases, but this was not the case for all players.

Some players get their refunds as Google Play credits

If you’ve made a Stadia-related purchase, whether it’s a game or a controller, you’ll normally need a credit card refund directly to your bank account. Original bank cards are no longer active for many playerssince the platform was launched in November 2019. automatically refunds you on your new cardprovided it is currently active in your Google Account.

Some players used Google Play to purchase content on Stadia and that’s why they were offered Google Play credits. The problem is that other users used Google Play, but also credit cards for other items, but Google sent them the full refund on Google Play.

That’s why players end up with a few hundred or thousands of euros in Google Play credit.. Google will not be able to transfer money to a bank account, which will force users to use the money to buy other Google products, games in the Play Store, and even platform subscriptions.

Worst of all Google announced that their scale will expire in a few weeks, or even a few months for other players. Therefore, they face a real headache to spend the entire amount before it expires.