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Re:Google's ambitious push into gaming is floundering by Animats on Monday March 02, 2020 @04:16AM (#22462872)
You are absolutely right, that is a horrible reputation to have, especially if you are a TECH company.

It's been worse. Google bought all those robotics companies a few years ago. Some, such as Bot and Dolly, had real customers, and the customers were cut off. All the companies they bought were silenced - no papers, no demos, nothing. People in robotics outside Google land thought Google must be doing something spectacular. No. Just a total botch with no plan. Google ended up dumping all those companies. Some just folded. Google basically trashed the advanced robotics industry.

At least Google isn't buying game companies and trashing them.

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Re:Google's ambitious push into gaming is floundering by daemin on Monday March 02, 2020 @04:29AM (#22462931)
Didn't Google buy a game company recently to work entirely in-house? So not sure how long until they get shut down.

Though I think the game industry is kind of used to that by now. Big giants like EA, Activision, Microsoft, etc keep buying smaller studios and shutting them down after a few years and a few projects.

I kind of hope that isn't the case with the studios that Microsoft has purchased recently.

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Re:Google's ambitious push into gaming is floundering by Mindwipe on Monday March 02, 2020 @06:14AM (#22463414)
More assembled a game studio themselves.

Although one suspects talent will start to flee very shortly.

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Re:Google's ambitious push into gaming is floundering by ulfw on Monday March 02, 2020 @07:51AM (#22463921)
Most of them where bought so Andy Rubin has something other than Android to play with.
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