Google announces it's closing its Stadia game studio, still committed to cloud gaming

02 February 2021
The company realizes that creating high-scale games takes years and significant investments and it turns out Google wasn’t really committed to all that

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  • Anonymous
  • nm6
  • 09 Feb 2021

Google was incredibly foolish to think they can whip out AAA games if they inject enough money. Wish all stadia related bullcrap to fail with google.

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    • nooralamqureshi347
    • rJR
    • 06 Feb 2021

    Creating best-in-class games from the ground up takes many years and significant investment, and the cost is going up exponentially. Given our focus on building on the proven technology of Stadia as well as deepening our business partnerships, we’ve decided that we will not be investing further in bringing exclusive content from our internal development team SG&E, beyond any near-term planned games.

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      • AnonD-731363
      • Lfw
      • 04 Feb 2021

      Compared to sites and apps like Steam, gog.com, ubisoft, blizzard, rockstar, bethesda and many else also Xbox, PLaystation, Vii this was inevitable since beggining.

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        • STADIA-ALLTHEWAY
        • xVD
        • 04 Feb 2021

        Stadia gaming might be dead but this platform ain't close to dying ppl want to play games like cyberpunk and big tittle games. Would stadia made huge triple a tittles not sure on that one. I am for one a huge fan of this platform and games like Cyberpunk runs has good has most platform and no waiting times no download unlimited storage 4k 60 hell yeah. Google stadia is here to stay will continue to put out amazing games for ppl to love playing.

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          • .alpha
          • q2$
          • 04 Feb 2021

          Another failed Google nonsense

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            • Arif Hossain
            • YW2
            • 03 Feb 2021

            "Cyberpunk 20177" even the name has bugs that even GSMArena can't avoid.

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              • Stadia Player
              • 6j0
              • 03 Feb 2021

              Professional, 02 Feb 2021Anyone tried it on 4k tv with chromecast already?! Problabl... moreI'm a Stadia (Pro) Player too and can confirm that it works good. But that's not the point here, buddy. The thing is: if Google doesn't provide the games we want, it doesn't matter if the service itself works perfectly, ppl will still have to buy other platforms to play the games they want. Why do you think Nintendo is so successful although their platform is not the cutting edge in performance? Because they (exclusively) have Mario; they have Zelda, Donkey Kong etc.
              So, if they manage to bring excelent games from other platforms to Stadia, they will (maybe) live. If not, I don't think so, bc ppl won't make the switch to Stadia and since they kill all products which are not being lucrative, we'll all know where this is heading to...

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                • AJM
                • NiJ
                • 03 Feb 2021

                Any tech company from silicone valley that fails, is a huge dose of karma being dished out for their role in big tech's attack on democracy in America. Your demise is well earned, although it's not totally for the time being, but experiencing it pain stakinly slow, is also very gratifying.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 7vb
                  • 03 Feb 2021

                  JIJOK, 02 Feb 2021google milked "start-up" people buying stadia sub... moreToo easy to swindle people these days.

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                    • Lol
                    • 63x
                    • 03 Feb 2021

                    Anonymous, 02 Feb 2021Its not the platform "lol" just the game Developm... more" What are you 12 ? "

                    The commenter did say after " 10 years " right? So how did you get 12 as the age?

                    Do 2 year old's automatically use tech only to later say they've been a veteran for a decade?

                    🤡

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                      • 63x
                      • 03 Feb 2021

                      Anonymous, 02 Feb 2021Almost all Google products failed, but that's fine. Th... more" They can afford to explore. "

                      You're forgetting 1 key bit; at the end users' expense...

                      So definitely not fine...

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                        • Lol
                        • 63x
                        • 03 Feb 2021

                        Anonymous, 02 Feb 2021I am actually someone who buys DVDs and Blu-ray discs, rips... moreDo I hear h4x to the rescue? 😎

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                          • pete
                          • inE
                          • 03 Feb 2021

                          I'm surprised Google has not also shut down their gmail service.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 7X2
                            • 02 Feb 2021

                            I knew this would eventually happen but not this early! Tough luck to those who wasted their money on this dying platform.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 8kN
                              • 02 Feb 2021

                              This is why people should never buy any Google products.

                              They just drop product support oute of nowhere. Be it a tablet, watch, smartphone, laptop, software. Googles graveyard of failures is bigger than most big tech companies combined. Just devaluing their company reputation day by day.

                                Stadia will be abandoned too within 12 months. Why do people even bother investment in Google's projects? They have never had one good original idea. They improved upon search engines but they didn't start them, and they improved upon android but again they didn't start it

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                                  • JIJOK
                                  • CfB
                                  • 02 Feb 2021

                                  google milked "start-up" people buying stadia subs, other cloud services were better and people started to realize google cloud was crap. I guess that google can only make business when they dominate the market

                                    Google should have bought Sega

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                                      • AnonD-973296
                                      • GYi
                                      • 02 Feb 2021

                                      i hope PSNow does not die either, i am still streaming gran turismo 4 on it lol

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 70d
                                        • 02 Feb 2021

                                        NethWortless, 02 Feb 2021Google is like a growing up child: one day they want to be ... moreAlmost all Google products failed, but that's fine. They can afford to explore.