“Running a game studio is a high-risk, high-reward operation.

“Also like Hollywood, [the games] are not going to all be hits.”

The best technology in the world would struggle to convince gamers if there are no games to play.

The new Google Stadia gaming system controller is displayed during a Google launch event on October 15, 2019 in New York City.

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Take, for example, itssuccessful rollout of Cyberpunk 2077late last year.

“These are incredibly powerful technologies that threaten the console business entirely.”

Even from its early beginnings, there have beenconcerns about Stadias connection issues, because of the services infrastructure.

Jade Raymond, head of Google’s Stadia, speaks during the GDC Game Developers Conference on March 19, 2019 in San Francisco, California.

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Google vice president and general manager Phil Harrison shows the new Stadia controller as he speaks during the GDC 2019

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