Phil Harrison said that Microsoft buying Bethesda was a factor that made Google choose to close its own Stadia studios

Harrison was also nice enough to praise his staff five days before laying them all off which some of them learned about on Kotakuhttps://t.co/XjBP44GJko pic.twitter.com/hOoq0YbdST

— Nibel (@Nibellion) February 17, 2021

Stadia Leadership Praised Development Studios For 'Great Progress' Just One Week Before Laying Them All Off https://t.co/qucoNMN4rA via @kotaku

— Jade Raymond (@ibjade) February 17, 2021

Phil Harrison

1992-2008: Quit after disaster PS3 launch
2008-2010: Infogrames/Atari, filed for bankruptcy in 2013
2010-2012: Gaikai, bought by Sony
2012-2015: Quit after disaster Xbox One launch
2018-2021: Stadia on life support in 2021https://t.co/M3eciTod7T

— MauroNL (@MauroNL3) February 17, 2021

Source: https://t.co/tdD5jnFuq5

— Jez (@JezCorden) February 17, 2021

I think it would be beyond foolish to trust that *anything* Google builds will be around for the long haul. https://t.co/z97Anof84w

— Ceej is a linear accelerator. (@ceejbot) February 17, 2021

Google Stadia execs praised their development studios for 'great progress' days before firing them all.

Google supposedly got spooked by games dev costs after Microsoft acquired Bethesda:https://t.co/CbjifnfM5y pic.twitter.com/Q3PRgjaZXW

— Ryan Brown ? (@Toadsanime) February 17, 2021

Why, in 2021, any developers would be excited to go work on a new project at Google that doesn't have a clear connection to selling ads is beyond me. This is their only business. Your great new idea needs to sell ads, or they'll kill it. https://t.co/WxG29MpIUk

— Carmen Crincoli, but Fhqwhgads (@CarmenCrincoli) February 17, 2021

Ex-Stadia developers dish on Google’s mismanagement and poor communication https://t.co/EmE5ksoNf5

— Ron Amadeo (@RonAmadeo) February 17, 2021