The Fall · Decision Forks
Stadia Didn't Die Because the Streaming Failed. It Died Because Google Killed Its Own Reason to Exist.
Google Stadia ran Cyberpunk 2077 smoothly while consoles choked. It launched November 2019 and was dark by January 2023. The tech worked - the strategy never did. Eighteen months in, Google shut its own studio and removed the only thing that could have made anyone stay.
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