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Has there even been a successful new Google product in the past 5 years?
by 1023bytes 6y ago
Has there even been a successful new Google product in the past 5 years?
- whywhywhywhy 6y agoTheir barrier for success is so high they kill off anything before it even has a chance. Look at Stadia was it even out a year before it was effectively canned? Imagine if Microsoft had taken that approach when they built Xbox, they knew some products are a marathon not a race. Starting to wonder if any of the decision makers there even remember what the early moments of a product can be like.
- 45ure 6y ago>Imagine if Microsoft had taken that approach when they built Xbox, they knew some products are a marathon not a race. Xbox nearly died in development, as Bill Gates was none too pleased with the decision. Fries recalls Microsoft's "Valentine's Day Massacre" in which Bill Gates furiously ripped apart the development team for circumventing his original idea. https://gamerant.com/bill-gates-xbox-story/ https://gamerant.com/bill-gates-xbox-story/
- remir 6y agoStadia wasn't canned. They shut down their first party game studio that was making exclusive title for the platform. But yeah, it doesn't exactly inspire confidence either...
- mdoms 6y agoIt was effectively canned. Without first party exclusive games to bring people onto the system it has no chance of success.
- indy 6y agoGoogle has a magic money fountain so they can afford to fail with new products. Besides a lot of the products were 'successful' for the employees who received pay rises and promotions
- izacus 6y agoConsidering their record financials and stock value, I'd say they had at least some successful products in last 5 years :)
- krige 6y agoGreat! But can you name any?
- foobar33333 6y agoThose are existing products. I can't think of a new thing they have started that has gone well recently. Excluding renames like moving nexus to pixel.
- majewsky 6y agoI bet Kodak also had some of its best financial results right before it was plunged into obscurity.
- kergonath 6y agoBlackberry is an example. They went almost straight from records to collapse.
- mikelward 6y agoDuo and YouTube TV come to mind. Edit: Photos is 2015, so just over 5 years old.
- timothyduong 6y agoSuccessful was the key metric. Out of those 3, I'd vote only Photos is successful. Whilst completely anecdotal, I don't know anyone that uses Duo or YTTV. Located in Australia.
- mikelward 6y agoYTTV isn't available in Australia, so...