Google Stadia blev langt om længe lanceret i går, og dermed er det muligt for nogle at få tilgå streamingplatformen via deres Founder's Editions. Det er dog langt fra alle de interesserede der kan tilgå tjenesten, og det lader til at tilgængeligheden forøges lidt efter lidt. Dog siger én indflydelsrig journalist at selve lanceringen har været en fiasko.
Kotaku-journalist Jason Schreier har nemlig slået fast via Twitter, at han har hørt fra en kilde at antallet af egentlige forudbestillinger er under hvad Google forventede.
"Google Stadia is out today, and it already looks like a monumental flop. (I heard from one person involved that preorders were below expectations.) Question is, will they eventually stop trying to sell games and switch to an all-you-can-eat subscription model? Or just let it die?"
Han slår efterfølgende fast at han ikke tror at Google giver op lige med det samme, men at lancere tjenesten nu var ret dumt.
"I don't think Google is going to give up on Stadia that quickly — they're building multiple game studios as we speak — but it was always asinine to think they could sell games at full price on this thing. Need to pivot, even if it means losing some of the biggest AAA games"