Google Stadia has an expiration date: it will be January 18, 2023, when the game service for streaming internet giant to close its doors after three years of trying and failing. And while most of the world cares almost nothing about the result, there are many users who are horrified by what will happen to the money they invested there.

Not just the money they have since invested in paying subscriptions Although it seems amortized what was played for what was paidThat hasn’t been the case in all cases, and one of the bloodiest examples has made headlines in the tech press these days: the guy begging Rockstar to save his 6,000+ hours of gameplay. Red Dead Redemption 2 while he was a Google Stadia user.

The previous one is a really painful example of what it means to let yourself lie in such a way, or rather an inevitable example of what it means to leave your money on a content-on-demand platform like Google Stadia, but also like Netflix, Spotify or the same Steam. Take note: if the weather can level the mountains, what can’t be done with the online service.

What worries many Google Stadia users what they will do with their controllers, the one memorable piece of hardware which leaves behind the platform of those of Mountain Views. And it is these controls that many have adopted in order to enjoy the service with all the comfort, and why not say it, because they look good, are on the way to obsolescence, unless something happens to it.

Official Google Stadia controllers — the “gender-biased” ones, yes — can work wired and over Wi-Fi, but only to connect to the Google servers that keep Stadia running. What happens when the final closure occurs? Will the device have to be wasted so that the experience doesn’t come back decades? According to the latest information in this regard, it seems not.

According to media outlets like Chrome Unboxed, Google would be working on it bring Bluetooth support to Stadia controllers and that their owners can enjoy them in the future. The statement is based on the company’s own responses to users who raise the issue, so it will be a matter of time before a solution arrives. And everyone happy.