No, it was a bunch of failed experiments 30 years ago and is now an operating commercial market which keeps growing year by year. I've already concluded that you're not capable or reasonable discussion so I'll remember to avoid any future discourse with you :)

You're full of bad takes. It's not me. It's you. VR had success in the mid-90s with VR Cafes. All that has changed with VR is it became more accessible. It's affordable and accessible yet still niche because it has niche appeal. There is only so much developers can think with VR. It has the same issue Wii and Kinect do. It's a good novelty and the experiences that truly take advantage of it are few are far between.

Not a good comparison with VR. VR has now grown to provide a tech which can be used by devs to deliver unique experiences. Have you played VR games yourself? Because VR requires a different approach to game design. Traditional games don't work too well in VR. They are like the worst version of the game possible. Examples Fallout 4 VR, Skyrim VR. Even Doom VFR which is a separate game, still is a lazy effort not much different from traditional console/PC games. On the other hand, there are games like Superhot VR, Beat Saber which are built specifically for VR and that's what makes them great. They provide unique experience. So, why am I bringing this up? VR is a supplementary thing to traditional gaming. It doesn't replace anything and never will. Stadia claims that it will replace consoles because of how technologically advanced it is. But it doesn't actually provide anything new in terms of game design. You claim that VR is an operating commercial market (in bold). Yes it is. But Stadia is not a new market, it's a different approach to already existing market, and not a good one. I would say, more inferior than what we already have.

if google paid for the whole cost of making plus expected profit, well why wouldn't they?

VR is a fine comparison. The whole point is you cannot define a markets future potential based on current/past technical limitations which will be overcome in said future. If so we would never be at this point we are today where 5m PSVRs have been sold to consumers. It's taken decades to reach here and the market will grow further when improvements like wireless/smaller headsets, better tracking, higher fidelity and lower entry prices make it even more attractive.

It's like someone in the 90s saying streaming films will not be the future of film consumption because video takes up too much bandwidth or you dont have ownership. We're now in a stage where streaming movies/music is the default. Digital downloads and physical still exist but streaming is simply more convenient and often more cost effective.

This is the exact same promise of cloud gaming. How long it will take to deliver on this is the question. 

Nah streaming film was pretty clear to be in the future when I saw Moxi in 2002. Mid 2000s stuff like Movie Beam and Tivo and in the 90s with WebTV planted the seeds. It pretty much felt things would go that way. A cable PPV was not that dissimilar. Netflix knew it in 1998 and why they named themselves Netflix in 1998. Movies don't require people to do inputs for something to happen. They don't need to be frame perfect. Games do. So when you said streaming as good as local hardware. That was a joke. That's not possible unless you plan to somehow change the speed of light.

5 Studios that I will be skipping.

Imagine lets say Google killed Stadia one day... How will you access your games? Your saves? Anything that you purchased? You won't. If Sony killed PSN, if MS killed Xbox Store, if Valve killed Steam, you would still have access to your games and progress and etc that you have downloaded. With Stadia? Gone. Fuck that.

Well if XCloud or PSNow dies you were paying a sub for a library so it is ok to lose all, but if you pay for a purchase that shall be yours forever.

Sadly its the direction we are going in. Fast consumption of media and at the publishers terms and disposal. We have many streaming services like; Spotify, Tidal, Amazon music, Youtube Music on music side and Nexflix, Amazon Prime, HBO, Disney, Apple TV for TV which are pretty much the standard for consumers. CD's, Blurays/UHD and even MP3 market has shrunk dramatically over the years. Consumers are embracing all digital over physical media, particularly in streaming services.

We aren't there yet with video games but we are at a stage where the pendulum is swinging and heavily tilting towards all digital. People are are putting more money in subscription services. And will most likely end up eventually moving to cloud streaming. Which is a publishers wet dream.

I will never support subscription models, as I like to collect and own my stuff. Not buy or essentially rent stuff on some rando server that could be pulled at any moment. Like I bought some tracks from Google Music and that's going down the pan by the end of the year lol

Yea pretty much. Plus games do come in and out with those services and they let you play offline so if they do go down... Well maybe the games you downloaded, you may still be able to keep assuming you have the consoles that is.