Google Stadia shuts down internal studios, changing business focus

Re:Google Stadia shuts down internal studios, changing busin... by TheKarateKid on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @01:12AM (#25997898)

Actually, G+ was full force UNTIL there was an agreement for Google to back off in exchange for Facebook not competing with certain ads products.

All the dirty laundry is coming out in the antitrust suits.

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Re:Google Stadia shuts down internal studios, changing busin... by h0l0cube on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @01:26AM (#25997953)

Is there a source you can point to, or is it hearsay?

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Re:Google Stadia shuts down internal studios, changing busin... by TheKarateKid on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @01:58PM (#26005047)

From the NYT article [1]:

>Facebook was going to compete with Google for some advertising sales but backed away from the plan after the companies cut a preferential deal, according to court documents.

>Facebook executives outlined the company’s options to Mark Zuckerberg...: hire hundreds more engineers and spend billions of dollars to compete against Google; exit the business; or do the deal.

It's one of many things FB and G did together. Even more are listed in the antitrust lawsuit against Google.

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/technology/google-faceboo...

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Re:Google Stadia shuts down internal studios, changing busin... by h0l0cube on Sunday February 07, 2021 @01:52AM (#26053211)

It's not exactly what you were implying. The article seems to be talking purely about the ad auctions. That G+ was a bargaining chip might be a tantalizing speculation, but still speculation.

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Re:Google Stadia shuts down internal studios, changing busin... by catmanjan on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @05:56AM (#25999519)

I want to know this too, I'd love it to be true, very Hollywood

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