Though Google released the bombshell yesterday that Stadia will say goodbye in 2023, it’s hard to believe that no one imagined such an ending. The streaming platform has lived through really turbulent times, including the hard blow after the departure of Jade Raymond.
Now, we know that the bet on the system was really big, as Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier reveals. His sources suggest that Google, seeking to attract the public to Stadia, paid huge amounts of money to sign flashy video games.
I reported this last year at Bloomberg but the amount of money Google spent to get games on Stadia is so shocking that I still can hardly believe it, even after corroborating with multiple sources. Tens of millions of dollars PER GAME for Red Dead 2, Assassin’s Creed, etc
— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) September 29, 2022
I reported this last year on Bloomberg, but the amount of money Google spent to get games on Stadia is so shocking that I still find it hard to believe, even after checking with multiple sources. Tens of millions of dollars PER GAME for Red Dead 2, Assassin’s Creed, etc.
And it is that the unforgettable work of Rockstar and Assassin’s Creed Origins, for example, were transferred to Stadia having to go through the box. Last year Schreier pointed to this situation indicating that Google contacted publishers of great caliber to attract your titles to the platform.
However, these games have not been reason enough to prevent the fall of Stadia. The developers have run into the situation that they have not been communicated about it, so the future of their games is still uncertain. Meanwhile, we do have several questions resolved about what awaits our library of games.