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  • interceder270@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    with some exclusive games

    Sweetie, you don’t just get heavy-hitting exclusives right out the gate.

    In what world does Google shell out enough cash for a game that’s so good it pulls people to Stadia when the developers can just sell their good game on already-proven platforms?

    They’d have to make their own studio or contract it out. I never saw Google shelling out $50m for a AAA game, and small-time shit is stuff people can just get on their phones.

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      11 months ago

      That’s the point. They started their own game studio when Stadia was launched and shut it down about a year later.

      They also paid a lot of money for some of the licenses they got in the early days of Stadia. And then someone a pay grade or two above decided to stop this and suffocate the little bit of momentum the platform had gained.