Google signs 5 studios to make exclusive Stadia games, including Supermassive and Harmonix

[DonFerrari]

DPsx7 said:

Darwinianevolution said:

Because Google is notorious for killing projects that don't immediately bring results.

This. M$ has money too and watching them bring their exclusives to PC under the guise of being 'consumer friendly' tells me they kinda want out of the hardware business. Why waste the money if they can just let people build their own PC and sell games alone? Hardware isn't where the money is made anyhow. Then like I said before first impressions matter. After a couple years of 'meh' you're probably not going to get much attention when the established platforms are moving into a new gen. There's a lot of brand loyalty, people don't want to start over on their friends list, trops/achievements, libraries. Mobile and the Wii captured the casual crowd. Hardcore players will be willing to spend for the new toys. What niche does Stadia hope to find?

For Nintendo perhaps it would make sense since they are big seller of their own sw and low for 3rd parties. But for MS sales of the platform, GP or similars brings a lot of royalties so even though MS may not care about how many consoles they sell they still care about how many sw is bought within their stores or platforms because of the royalty.