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Goolge Stadia twitter account is saying the rumour is false: https://twitter.com/GoogleStadia/status/1552989433590214656 https://twitter.com/GoogleStadia/statu

by lenova 4y ago

Goolge Stadia twitter account is saying the rumour is false: https://twitter.com/GoogleStadia/status/1552989433590214656 https://twitter.com/GoogleStadia/status/1552989433590214656

Sakos 4y ago
They'd say that no matter what, even if it were true. They're as believable as the Twitter poster.
rvz 4y ago
Of course they will. They are not 'shutting down soon'. They will be shutting down by the end of autumn. They don't want to scare their users and confirm that it really is shutting down immediately today, or next week. This account is damage control at its finest and Google will release a statement and then wind all of Stadia down, including that Twitter account in denial. Given that Stadia failed in the pandemic, it already failed in general. I mean, I did say that this information was given to me from the future [0] so I've already watched this unfold once. Now it is unfolding for the second time for real. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27039202 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27039202
ineedasername 4y ago
Google's denial takes nothing away from the credibility of this rumor. Google isn't going to deviate from their own preplanned PR campaign on any product's demise just because a rumor leaked. That doesn't mean this rumor is true, only that the denial has no informational content for evaluating the rumor. Yet on the other hand, if Google really wanted to refute the rumor, they'd say "It's not true, we have a firm roadmap for improvements and expansions etc." And actually have a published roadmap they could point to. Instead they claim they're working on getting new games but from what I can piece together we're about 60% through 2022 and Google has only released 37 of the promised 100+ new games that would come to the platform this year. They could make up some ground but they're not on pace for it.
- alphabetting 4y ago
  Regardless of the denial, it's total fiction made up by a troll https://twitter.com/FantiR91/status/1553021127882145793 https://twitter.com/FantiR91/status/1553021127882145793
  - effingwewt 4y ago
    Doesn't matter it's omly believable because this is Google 101. Google's own track record has me more likely to believe in a complete shut down rather than an extended life cycle.
- tmpz22 4y ago
  With Battlefield 5 Dice Stockholm did the roadmap promise thing then just didn’t add the features. In my experience roadmap promises are an acknowledgement you’re already borked.
- CryZe 4y ago
  According to this comment on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/wb4jl6/comment/ii5d607/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/wb4jl6/comment/ii5d...: - Stadia signed multimillion deal with EA for Fifa23 and is taking preorders for this game. - Stadia takes preorders for another game releasing in Autumn. - Stadia announced expansion to Mexico later this year. - they are recruiting new staff.
  - ineedasername 4y ago
    I don't see sources for those claims, but even taking them at face value means very little. Agreements mean nothing if the service goes away, and Google can very well be on the verge of cancelling it but still operating otherwise in case they don't. Ditto for preorders and ditto Google's claim they'll expand to Mexico "later this year". Whatever plans they had aren't going to stop until the decision to kill it is near final, meaning a rumor thay Google is likely to cancel it can be completely consistent with these other activities. It may even depend on these other activities: if there aren't enough preorders for one of the most popular sports games in the world (Fifa) and if attempts to expand to Mexico fail or at lackluster-- those may be the final criteria google is using to decide on Stadia's future.

by lenova 4y ago

Goolge Stadia twitter account is saying the rumour is false: https://twitter.com/GoogleStadia/status/1552989433590214656 https://twitter.com/GoogleStadia/status/1552989433590214656

Sakos 4y ago

They'd say that no matter what, even if it were true. They're as believable as the Twitter poster.

rvz 4y ago

Of course they will. They are not 'shutting down soon'. They will be shutting down by the end of autumn. They don't want to scare their users and confirm that it really is shutting down immediately today, or next week. This account is damage control at its finest and Google will release a statement and then wind all of Stadia down, including that Twitter account in denial. Given that Stadia failed in the pandemic, it already failed in general. I mean, I did say that this information was given to me from the future [0] so I've already watched this unfold once. Now it is unfolding for the second time for real. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27039202 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27039202

ineedasername 4y ago

Google's denial takes nothing away from the credibility of this rumor. Google isn't going to deviate from their own preplanned PR campaign on any product's demise just because a rumor leaked. That doesn't mean this rumor is true, only that the denial has no informational content for evaluating the rumor. Yet on the other hand, if Google really wanted to refute the rumor, they'd say "It's not true, we have a firm roadmap for improvements and expansions etc." And actually have a published roadmap they could point to. Instead they claim they're working on getting new games but from what I can piece together we're about 60% through 2022 and Google has only released 37 of the promised 100+ new games that would come to the platform this year. They could make up some ground but they're not on pace for it.

alphabetting 4y ago
Regardless of the denial, it's total fiction made up by a troll https://twitter.com/FantiR91/status/1553021127882145793 https://twitter.com/FantiR91/status/1553021127882145793
- effingwewt 4y ago
  Doesn't matter it's omly believable because this is Google 101. Google's own track record has me more likely to believe in a complete shut down rather than an extended life cycle.
tmpz22 4y ago
With Battlefield 5 Dice Stockholm did the roadmap promise thing then just didn’t add the features. In my experience roadmap promises are an acknowledgement you’re already borked.
CryZe 4y ago
According to this comment on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/wb4jl6/comment/ii5d607/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/wb4jl6/comment/ii5d...: - Stadia signed multimillion deal with EA for Fifa23 and is taking preorders for this game. - Stadia takes preorders for another game releasing in Autumn. - Stadia announced expansion to Mexico later this year. - they are recruiting new staff.
- ineedasername 4y ago
  I don't see sources for those claims, but even taking them at face value means very little. Agreements mean nothing if the service goes away, and Google can very well be on the verge of cancelling it but still operating otherwise in case they don't. Ditto for preorders and ditto Google's claim they'll expand to Mexico "later this year". Whatever plans they had aren't going to stop until the decision to kill it is near final, meaning a rumor thay Google is likely to cancel it can be completely consistent with these other activities. It may even depend on these other activities: if there aren't enough preorders for one of the most popular sports games in the world (Fifa) and if attempts to expand to Mexico fail or at lackluster-- those may be the final criteria google is using to decide on Stadia's future.