Cyberpunk 2077 dev rescues Stadia players from losing their saves

polygon.com:

When Cyberpunk 2077 launched turbulently in December 2020, Google Stadia was arguably the best place to play. Now, as Google gears up to shutter its cloud gaming platform for good, developer CD Projekt Red is supporting those players: The studio announced one of the first official methods for players to rescue any Cyberpunk 2077 save files from the sinking Stadia ship.

Stadia will close permanently on Jan. 18, 2023 (though not without offering refunds). For games that already allow for cross-progression, like Destiny 2, there are built-in solutions for moving save data to a non-defunct platform. For others, though, Google more or less threw its hands up. In the wake of the news, video game publishers from Ubisoft to IO Interactive sketched intentions to figure out solutions for players.

CD Projekt Red’s method hinges on Google Takeout, a program that allows Google users to download archived versions of their data. Here are the full steps from the dev, lightly edited for clarity:

You can also use this method to move Google Stadia save data for Cyberpunk 2077 to consoles, too, by using a GOG account. If you’ve turned on cross-platform saves in the game’s settings and are logged in via the Red Launcher, load your Stadia save on PC, then save again. This should automatically sync your data with the cloud, at which point you’ll be able to continue playing on Xbox or PlayStation.