Stadia’s Exhibit Of Historic Gaming Blunders Is Now On eBay - Kotaku Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps September 30, 2022 It was never quite clear what message Google intended to send with the odd display. Atari helped crash the gaming industry in the early 1980s and E.T. was so bad it became the stuff of legend for getting buried in the desert by the truckload. The Power Glove was a classic (and literal) case of reach exceeding grasp: a neat idea ahead of its time with no real application other than as a cool moment in 1989 movie The Wizard. And then there was the Sega Dreamcast, an over-designed but wonderful system with some amazing games that only sold 10 million units and unfortunately ended the Sonic maker's console manufacturing business."[The exhibit] went through what felt like several committees and decision-makers who all disagreed with each other, they changed direction completely with like a week left before the show, and by the end it was a mish-mash of two entirely different concepts, 'a timeline of video game console innovation' and 'collectibles people will take a selfie next to,' Cifaldi explains in the eBay auction's description. "The details don't really matter, what really matters here at the end of the day is that it was not my fault."Read More: Game Devs And Stadia Employees Alike Were Blindsided By The Sudden ShutdownWhile that process was one of many bad omens, the exhibit certainly grabbed people's attention. "No clue where this is going but I'm intrigued #GoogleGDC19," gaming insider Nibel tweeted when the exhibit was revealed at the time. In the years since, pictures of the display have occasionally resurfaced as an evergreen gaming meme, especially as it became clearer that the only thing matching Google's ambition was its hubris."When they finally unveiled [Stadia] at GDC (I wasn't briefed as part of helping with this exhibit) it seemed to me like a solution in search of a problem," Cifaldi said. "Like, their customer is a hardcore gamer who will buy a $60 AAA game that requires significant time investment to complete, and they pay for high-speed internet, but they won't buy a Switch or a Series S? Who is that person?"But the gaming historian was quick to point out that while Stadia remains the butt of a lot of jokes, his heart goes out to all of the game developers now reeling from the platform's abrupt shuttering. "I have a friend whose entire business is in danger because he made financial plans around the income that Stadia promised him for when his game was supposed to launch," Cifaldi said. "He invested time and money into the game with that in mind, and now it's just not going to happen."He continued, "I hope that they take care of the partners they're burning but, if not, I hope the industry remembers how this went down when Google inevitably tries to enter the games business again in three or four years." Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps Comments
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