Cyberpunk 2077 Players Can Move Saves from Stadia to Other Platforms
Cyberpunk 2077 players can now move saves from Stadia to other platforms. As a result, Stadia players will not be abandoned if they have been playing Cyberpunk 2077 when Google’s Cloud gaming service shuts down. The continuation of Night City adventures can now be accessed regardless of the platform.
Google shutting down Stadia surprised developers, as they found out at the same time as the public. The frustration of the developers was not the only issue of this recent decision by Google, as players will now have to find ways to continue their games on other platforms, or unfortunately have to purchase those games again and start all over in their progress. In the case of Cyberpunk 2077, the developers have come forth with answers that have eased these concerns.
RELATED: Cyberpunk 2077 Mod Lets Players Play as Lucy From Edgerunners
Google is offering refunds to players, but depending on what game it is, the time players put in may be lost. However, on the CD Projekt RED support page, the developers of Cyberpunk 2077 explain how a program called “Google Takeout” is used to move game data off the Cloud and onto the user’s PC, and it's broken down into a step-by-step process.
To summarize, this program allows users to download archived versions of data to be extracted to separate folders, those files can then be copied and pasted into dedicated paths for Cyberpunk 2077. This method is mostly used for PC players, meaning that a PC version of the game must be purchased first. This method can also be used for Xbox and PlayStation via cross-progression through player GOG accounts, assuming players also have a copy of the game on console and the cross-platform setting is turned on.
Although Stadia will allow users to take their saved
Read more on gamerant.com
