Google Stadia closed its servers just below three months in the past, and it looks as if former Google vp and head of Stadia, Phil Harrison left the corporate on the identical time. Harrison’s departure has not been formally introduced by Google or Harrison himself.
Phil Harrison’s future plans after he left Google
There is no such thing as a inkling as to what Harrison’s future plans could also be. He was additionally beforehand the top of SCE Worldwide Studios, company vp at Xbox, and a member of the board for Atari, however he has held loads of positions outdoors of the gaming business too. It’s unknown whether or not he’ll stay within the gaming business now. Harrison’s departure has not been formally introduced however sources instructed Enterprise Insider that he left Google with little fanfare in January, the identical month the Stadia service closed down.
Stadia’s cloud streaming was meant to turn into the way forward for gaming by providing gamers the chance to play video games with out buying the {hardware} often wanted to run them. Beforehand seen as a menace to their share of the market, Microsoft and Sony joined forces to reinforce their cloud gaming choices and tackle Google Stadia, but it surely looks as if they needn’t have bothered. Stadia by no means actually took off and the servers closed completely on January 18, 2023.