Without some serious way to draw in players, you're never going to acquire, and more importantly, keep them. Google should have kept leaning into the idea that

Without some serious way to draw in players, you're never going to acquire, and more importantly, keep them. Google should have kept leaning into the idea that Stadia could support the highest settings on any game at any resolution the user wants (bandwidth notwithstanding), and made it work reliably for any game on the platform. It's really the only thing I can find attractive about this or any other game streaming service. We definitely shouldn't be seeing a class-action lawsuit because you don't know how to communicate resolution limitations to your customers: https://9to5google.com/2021/02/18/stadia-4k-lawsuit-class-action/ https://9to5google.com/2021/02/18/stadia-4k-lawsuit-class-ac... They should also have performed some customer goodwill beforehand. Maybe support a product or two for longer. I remember as soon as Stadia came out, nearly every mention included the phrase "but how long until Google cancels it?" Why would you think launching a product everybody is sure is going to be killed simply because that's what you always do is a good idea? I was a daily user of many of the products they killed, and I definitely don't want my game purchases to evaporate the same way. The biggest problem I see now is that Stadia is still Google. Andrew Spinks' (Terraria developer) experience with being locked out of his personal Gmail, YouTube, Docs, and Play Purchases (which include movies, books, and games) should demonstrate why this should be a frightening prospect for someone using any of these services. If you're reported by some players online, you could lose access to all Google services. Or, in Spinks' case, simply doing nothing at all to warrant a platform-wide ban and never being able to appeal the process. No thanks; that sounds like a nightmare waiting to happen. As for other platforms, Microsoft knows how to keep players, and they already have hardware in lots of homes. They can leverage a lot of existing goodwill. Amazon might have a chance since they seem to be playing the long game, but they also have their own platform that hasn't quite pissed everyone off yet. Certainly, killing off their own internal development team doesn't really do them any favors if they're trying to fool people into thinking this is an actual long-term strategy.