Not to beat a dead horse, but looking at Microsoft or Sony, when they come up with rare or exclusive mechanisms they'll straight pay the game devs to specifically develop for it, to bridge the financial gap. Not just offer reduced store fees.

And Google was already pouring money into Stadia on the infra side, hell they could have bought a whole studio to make games tailored for Stadia.

Then they didn't.

As a bystander, Stadia looked to me as the most egregious dropping of the ball, in a field where reputation is worth so much.