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Google Stadia shuts down internal studios, changing business focus

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Re: Google Stadia shuts down internal studios, changing business focus

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Post by hiptobecubic »

BoDlulu wrote: post #782
ocdtrekkie wrote: post #195

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Everyone knew this was a bad idea, and the truly curious thing is, how does anyone who greenlit this on any level still have a job? Stadia had a narrow set of interesting use cases around features deeply integrated with Google products: Zero of them were ready for launch, and I think all but one are still unavailable today. The value for gamers is debateable at best, but exclusive titles would be the only serious way…

> The value for gamers is debateable at best I don't have a PC or a console and I can play Cyberpunk - in fact the Stadia controller+Chromecast came free with it (because of a promotion).

If you didn't previously have a pc or a console, I think most would say you were not a "gamer."

Stadia has huge value to new gamers, but it hasn't done a good job appealing to them.

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Post by asiachick »

ramphastidae wrote: post #615
asiachick wrote: post #608

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Sure, so what evidence is there that youtube does not make a profit?

Google is highly incentivized to show profitability to shareholders. It will drive stock value. If they are purposefully choosing to hide YT financials in quarterly statements, it’s probably not because they are good. Just search for YouTube and profitability on Google. It’s a loss leader.

Did they separate out search profit? My understanding is they don't separate out anything so by following your logic no divisions at google made a profit.

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Post by h0l0cube »

TheKarateKid wrote: post #790
h0l0cube wrote: post #638

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Is there a source you can point to, or is it hearsay?

From the NYT article [1]: > Facebook was going to compete with Google for some advertising sales but backed away from the plan after the companies cut a preferential deal, according to court documents. > Facebook executives outlined the company’s options to Mark Zuckerberg...: hire hundreds more engineers and spend billions of dollars to compete against Google; exit the business; or do the deal. It's one of many thin…

It's not exactly what you were implying. The article seems to be talking purely about the ad auctions. That G+ was a bargaining chip might be a tantalizing speculation, but still speculation.

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Post by pid_0 »

stiltzkin wrote: post #413
pid_0 wrote: post #340

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Have you compared Geforce now to Stadia with the stadia controller? I can't imagine it would match it, it would be pretty much impossible

Stadia is only usable outside Stadia app only with USB cable connected. Stadia controllers are comfortable but DS5 is miles ahead on features.

Stadia controller connects directly to the google datacenter though
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