Xbox slams Google Stadia: “they don’t have the content”

An Xbox exec has slammed Google Stadia, saying that rising opponents within the gaming market “don’t have the content.” In an interview with The Telegraph, the corporate’s chief advertising officer has some helpful instruments at its disposal, however doesn’t have the games to again them up.

Speaking to The Telegraph (that article is behind the web site’s paywall), Xbox CMO Mike Nichols acknowledged that Google can use its cloud expertise for Stadia, and draw from its built-in neighborhood (because of YouTube) to assist promote its service. That’s all nicely and good, however it will appear that Nichols doesn’t suppose the streaming service could have the games it must attraction to a brand new viewers.

Nichols additionally mentioned that Google Stadia would possibly wrestle because it’s not been concerned in games for very lengthy. It’s price noting, nevertheless, that former Microsoft and Sony veteran Phil Harrison is heading up the brand new crew, and that Google’s first-party improvement crew, Stadia Games, is being run by Assassin’s Creed producer Jade Raymond.

It’s additionally clear that Google has the backing of some extra huge names. Bethesda turned as much as showcase Doom Eternal, whereas the entire shebang kicked off with Assassin’s Creed Odyssey last year, thanks to a beta test utilizing Ubisoft’s newest historic journey.

Related: Google Stadia won’t have third-party exclusives

Beyond that, nevertheless, particulars on Stadia are fairly scarce, and we don’t have a full listing of games which are set to function on the brand new service. Come to consider it, we additionally don’t understand how you’ll purchase games, or how much the whole thing will cost, however hopefully we’ll discover out extra at E3 in a couple of months’ time.

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