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Epic CEO: 'Google Stadia has Been Significantly Scaled Back'

Epic CEO: 'Google Stadia has Been Significantly Scaled Back' - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 June 2021 / 1,623 Views

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney in a comment made during the Epic Games v. Apple court case was asked by Epic's lawyer if he knew Google Stadia was still in existence today. 

"Do you know whether or not Google Stadia is in existence today?" asked the lawyer. The judge objected that it was confidential information, however, Epic's lawyer said there was public reporting Google Stadia was shut down. 

"My understanding is that after a public launch, Google Stadia has been very significantly scaled back," responded Sweeney.

It was reported yesterday that the vice president and head of product at Google Stadia John Justice has left the company, which was confirmed by Google.

Some leaked court documents from the Epic Games v. Apple court case include an internal Xbox review of The Last of Us Part II that was done by the Xbox Portfolio Team, that Dead Island 2 and Saints Row 5 will be exclusive to the Epic Games Store, how much Sony was against adding cross-platform play to multiplatform games on the PlayStation 4, and Epic paying Two-Two Interactive $146 million to have the PC version of Borderlands 3 launch as a timed exclusive on the Epic Game Store. 


A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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8 Comments
Giggity_goo (on 05 May 2021)

i really do hope apple loses this case they are such a greedy company i have never and will never buy any apple product

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LivncA_Dis3 (on 05 May 2021)

what a waste,
it was a disaster before it even began!

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Darwinianevolution (on 05 May 2021)

So why is this relevant for the Epic VS Apple court case? What's the reason to bring this up here of all places?

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G2ThaUNiT (on 05 May 2021)

Epic is unveiling EVERYTHING in this court case! lol any gaming exec that's ever sent Tim an email over the past several years should be sweating bullets

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CheddarPlease G2ThaUNiT (on 05 May 2021)

Good. If there's one good thing that comes out of this trial, its probably better transparency and accountability from the gaming industry, given how much of their dirty laundry is currently being aired out in public

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javi741 G2ThaUNiT (on 05 May 2021)

I like it, really shows the true colors of these companies and what is going on between them.

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Chazore G2ThaUNiT (on 05 May 2021)

Nintendo was clever and redacted their info ahead of time.

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AFattyGamer (on 05 May 2021)

Well Google killed Stadia faster than Sony did for Vita. Pains my heart to say that.

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