> Google and Meta both tried an failed miserably. Did Google really try? The only way they could have convinced me it actually might be around 18 months after

> Google and Meta both tried an failed miserably. Did Google really try? The only way they could have convinced me it actually might be around 18 months after launch is if Alphabet spun out an entirely new company for it. Launching it as Google Stadia was basically a self-fulfilling prophecy of cancellation. Few wanted to pay good money for product that was going to dissolve in a year or two.