Google’s Accidentally Refunding Some Customers for Stadia Pro

Google began issuing refunds for video games and in-game purchases earlier this month, and it’s been messy—take a look at a number of the feedback in this 9to5Google article. Over on Reddit, some of us have observed receiving refunds from Google for Stadia Pro, even after the corporate stated it wouldn’t difficulty them.

This screenshot exhibits Google returning ₤8.99 in succession, which is how a lot it value month-to-month for Stadia Pro abroad when it was energetic. It’s complicated, as a result of it goes towards what the corporate says on its support page, which states it received’t refund Pro subscriptions from earlier than Sept. 29, 2022. There aren’t many of us within the thread reporting the identical fluke, and most appear to be from the UK. This isn’t something to plan your funds round. But if this occurs when refunds hit your account, Google received’t ask for the cash again.

I by no means subscribed to Stadia Pro, so there’s no alternative for me to expertise the identical fluke. However, I did obtain my a refund for buying Elder Scrolls Online ($20) and the Blackwood improve pack ($30) earlier this yr. I additionally acquired $20 again on a Pac-Man recreation I purchased with a coupon.

You can search for your Stadia a refund by trying to find Your Google Play Order Cancellation Receipt within the inbox related together with your Play Store account.

It’s good to have the cash again, and I plan to spend it elsewhere. Elder Scrolls Online is offered on Xbox Game Pass, the place I’m now cloud gaming, and I hoped to make use of that money to purchase just a few months of ESO Plus. At least Stadia is making an attempt to die with some dignity on the way in which down, which Google has to do if it’s going to make sure its diehards come again for the subsequent cloud-based experiment.