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Google Stadia Shutting Down?

Are the reports true? Is Google Stadia closing it’s doors? 

 

I have been seeing a lot of reports showing that Google is decidedly shutting down Stadia Game Studios with Phil Harrison the VP and general manager of Google Stadia saying increased costs are the reason for the procedure. Whether this is due to Jade Raymond leaving as well is yet to be determined. 

I also saw a YouTube video here reporting Google Stadia Shutting down. - https://youtu.be/oaDR0fI-J_s

 

So what’s the deal? First the question is that Stadia has had a very increased rate of respect and success. I have really been enjoying what it has to offer. Couldn’t this simply be fixed by increasing the cost of memberships to 14.99 a month? Or even 19.99 for exclusive access to new games being developed? 

If costs were the only reason surely a new model could be used to rectify the situation they are facing. 

 

Next the question is what happens to all the purchases? Are the customers being sold off to another platform along with the access to their games? 

Most likely in some form they will remain alive. But without new games there’s no fresh blood being pumped into the platform to keep it “living.”

A lot of news reports suggested that when Stadia was launched they wouldn’t bebt on it as Google has a habit of dropping projects. This was one of the main reasons that kept me away for so long. I decided to jump in because from what I was seeing they were going all in and that this would be different. 

 

Sadly this is not the case. Google have no idea what they are throwing away. This is the next big bubble, and they had an early start and rocky one at that sure; but they have been turning heads and putting optimism in those where there was none. Lately the games they have been bringing over and their execution has been well received. I for one think what they have been doing and how they have gone about it, has been absolutely stellar. They should keep it going. New games being developed is an absolute MUST otherwise it’s just another platform with no exclusives. And we all have seen how well that worked with other systems. It doesn’t work, it creates a sinkhole for the rest of the platform to fall into. 

Who else feels differently or agrees?

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