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They need a management shakeup. Pichai is never going to lead that company with breakthroughs. I know it’s not entirely his fault but Google has been a shit sho

by lvl102 4y ago

They need a management shakeup. Pichai is never going to lead that company with breakthroughs. I know it’s not entirely his fault but Google has been a shit show since he took over. Compare that to what Nadella accomplished in Microsoft. It boggles my mind how Nadella is not hailed as the CEO of the past decade (and this is coming from someone with disdain for MS products). Google needs to change right now before they end up as Intel or Yahoo.

Hnaomyiph 4y ago
I think it’s mainly because Pichai has the title of CEO and the real CEO is their CFO, Ruth Porat.
tapoxi 4y ago
I think for me, this was most evident in the Stadia disaster. Bad tech (requires a Linux port), bad and unclear business model (Stadia Pro vs regular, buying games, Founders Edition hardware), required a weird custom Chromecast, and Sundar basically kicked off the GDC presentation with a "I only play one videogame ha ha" which they didn't even support.
- lvl102 4y ago
  Nadella is a true software engineer. Sundar is a management consultant. Google needs a shake up and I am sure big investors are pissed.
- pjmlp 4y ago
  Google has no clue about game development, really none. Compare the tooling in the box for Android with iOS, for example. The AGDK took 10 years to come to life, and is still a kind of basics. If you have a look at game development talks from Google IO, or the few times Google was present at GDC (like that talk), you can watch how the large majority are about PlayStore tooling, all kinds of analytics and player engagement. Technical talks like Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft or even Apple happen to do, are almost inexistent. With such background, their attention span, and then asking everyone to rewrite their games, Stadia was a disaster waiting to happen from the day it was announced.
  - ryloric 4y ago
    Good point, android SDK itself has been a pain in the ass last time I worked with it years ago, don't know if that's improved at all.

by lvl102 4y ago

Hnaomyiph 4y ago

I think it’s mainly because Pichai has the title of CEO and the real CEO is their CFO, Ruth Porat.

tapoxi 4y ago

I think for me, this was most evident in the Stadia disaster. Bad tech (requires a Linux port), bad and unclear business model (Stadia Pro vs regular, buying games, Founders Edition hardware), required a weird custom Chromecast, and Sundar basically kicked off the GDC presentation with a "I only play one videogame ha ha" which they didn't even support.

lvl102 4y ago
Nadella is a true software engineer. Sundar is a management consultant. Google needs a shake up and I am sure big investors are pissed.
pjmlp 4y ago
Google has no clue about game development, really none. Compare the tooling in the box for Android with iOS, for example. The AGDK took 10 years to come to life, and is still a kind of basics. If you have a look at game development talks from Google IO, or the few times Google was present at GDC (like that talk), you can watch how the large majority are about PlayStore tooling, all kinds of analytics and player engagement. Technical talks like Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft or even Apple happen to do, are almost inexistent. With such background, their attention span, and then asking everyone to rewrite their games, Stadia was a disaster waiting to happen from the day it was announced.
- ryloric 4y ago
  Good point, android SDK itself has been a pain in the ass last time I worked with it years ago, don't know if that's improved at all.