This was not a startup project. For Stadia to work they needed a lot of ties to the customer and games companies. > Release the mvp, iterate quickly, shut it

This was not a startup project. For Stadia to work they needed a lot of ties to the customer and games companies. > Release the mvp, iterate quickly, shut it down if it isn't working... This means that anyone integrating with your product takes huge gamble that you will be here in X months, why risk it? Google made none thinking that G factor is enough. Its basically Google+ 2.0 Throwing just some money into already occupied and competitive market and expecting things to happen is borderline fraud. Statia was a stillborn project sailing on a sinking ship made purely out of wishful thinking.