Stadia was doomed from the start because Google knows next to nothing about gaming and no one wants to invest in services they don't trust Google to keep around
There's a lot of chatter right now about the “surprise” shutdown of Stadia, Google's game-streaming service.
Inside Google Stadia's failure as sources say it missed targets for controller sales and MAUs by hundreds of thousands after spending tens of millions on games
from the gaudy reveal event to its implosion in a year when the gaming industry was doing record business—was ridiculous. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Zach Laidlaw / @ztlaidlaw : “All the buildup had...
Indie game developers and publishers say Stadia's library is sparse because Google wasn't offering devs enough money and may abandon the platform in the future
that Google might just give up [...] was repeatedly brought up, unprompted, by every person we spoke with for this piece.” https://twitter.com/... Mcc / @mcclure111 : “This concern — that Google might...