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Re:Google's ambitious push into gaming is floundering by ansq on Monday March 02, 2020 @01:49AM (#22462244)
A few possible reasons:

1. You can't foresee competition, why give up early.

2. It's a big market, worth a shot even if it fails.

3. Someone thought the project would be good for their promotion. This happens more frequently than you might think :)

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Re:Google's ambitious push into gaming is floundering by simonh on Monday March 02, 2020 @02:30AM (#22462407)
You’re probably right, but worth a shot even if it fails is a terrible reason. Not only will they screw over their customers, but they’ll get even more of a reputation for doing so than they have already.

If you keep on moving fast and breaking things, people who don’t like it when you break their stuff are going to think twice about trusting you.

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Re:Google's ambitious push into gaming is floundering by htrp on Monday March 02, 2020 @09:14AM (#22464586)
Item 3.... Google's promotion process is heavily biased towards launching of new products
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