Fans Seethe as Google Stadia Keeps Them in the Dark

The announcement last year by Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google regarding its new Stadia cloud gaming platform was met with plenty of hype and anticipation. The actual release of Stadia, by contrast, was relatively subdued -- and was accompanied by a misstep or two, including delayed shipments and an anemic game lineup that was improved in the eleventh hour.

Still, Stadia seemed to have some promise. Google's Stadia launch looked a bit like a beta test in disguise, but the future was allegedly bright. Google promised huge numbers of games (though the company didn't say much about which ones), along with updates and expanded features for the platform itself.

And Google's most excited customers were enjoying three months of Stadia Pro for free, giving Google some time to operate before its customer base would have to decide whether Stadia's offerings were worth real cash. Our own Keith Noon argued that Stadia could still make it big, provided that Google took the right steps.

Source Fool.com