{"id":2745,"date":"2021-02-01T21:46:50","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T21:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1336964"},"modified":"2021-02-01T21:46:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T21:46:50","slug":"google-stadia-shuts-down-first-party-game-studios-which-isnt-a-great-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=2745","title":{"rendered":"Google Stadia shuts down first-party game studios, which isn\u2019t a great sign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Google is shutting down its internal game development studios, the company announced<\/a> today. Google says it has decided to focus on expanding Stadia\u2019s technology and platform rather than creating original content. In Google\u2019s own words:<\/p>\n

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Creating best-in-class games from the ground up takes many years and significant investment, and the cost is going up exponentially. Given our focus on building on the proven technology of Stadia as well as deepening our business partnerships, we\u2019ve decided that we will not be investing further in bringing exclusive content from our internal development team SG&E, beyond any near-term planned games.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The company also noted that Jade Raymond, who was heading up Google\u2019s Stadia Games and Entertainment, has decided to leave the company to pursue other opportunities. Meanwhile, most of the SG&E team will \u201cbe moving on to other roles.\u201d<\/p>\n

To be clear, Stadia is still sticking around, but we won\u2019t be seeing any original titles \u201cbeyond any near-term\u201d planned games; a report by Kotaku<\/a> suggests the company is canceling \u201cbasically any games slated for release beyond a specific 2021 window.\u201d  This doesn\u2019t preclude the possibility of third-party Stadia exclusives arriving down the road, just nothing from Google itself.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a major shift for Stadia, which has portrayed its take on cloud gaming as a potential alternative to consoles and traditional PC gaming \u2014 with titles created specifically for the platform \u2014 rather than just another streaming service. While cloud gaming is sure to be a major part of gaming in the years to come, Stadia\u2019s diminished emphasis on original titles makes the platform harder to differentiate from other streaming services like Nvidia\u2019s GeForce Now.<\/p>\n

Point is, it\u2019s not a great sign for Stadia\u2019s future. The question now is whether Google can maintain sustained interest in Stadia in the years to come. If you ask me, without decent first-party titles, streaming services like Stadia will continue to be seen as second-tier alternatives to more traditional gaming platforms.<\/p>\n

Focusing on Stadia\u2019s future as a platform, and winding down SG&E<\/span> on Google<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n

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