Bottom line: Google shutting downwards first-party Stadia game studios earlier this year was a setback for the game streaming service, and at present a key executive who was the face of many interviews and responsible for getting users excited about Stadia has left the company. While a replacement for John Justice is notwithstanding to be announced, his departure is said to exist function of Google'due south recent internal reorg that has as well afflicted the company's Cloud, Search, Maps, and Ads businesses.

Google's turbulent Stadia launch meant that it had an uphill job of convincing users to go onboard the deject gaming revolution. One and a half years later, uncertainty continues to surround the service, following the closure of outset-party Stadia game studios and class-activeness lawsuits over misleading/overpromised features.

The latest development to fuel speculation about Stadia's future is the departure of VP and Caput of Product, John Justice. News of his exit was officially confirmed to 9to5Google with the following statement: "We tin confirm John is no longer with Google and nosotros wish him well on his side by side step."

While information technology doesn't bode well for Stadia to lose a key executive at this stage, a leadership change might be what'due south needed for Google to put up a better fight against rivals such equally Microsoft's Xbox Cloud Gaming and Nvidia'southward GeForce Now streaming.

It'south likewise a bit early on to say if Stadia is headed for the infamous Google Graveyard. The platform finally gained a search function (Google'southward forte!) and sorting/grouping on Stadia for Web in April, a mere sixteen months after launch, to assistance users navigate effectually Stadia's 170+ game library, with more stuff in the pipeline, including an Activity feed and Android spider web browser support.

Perchance more than reassuring than those features is Google'south program to add over 100 games in 2022, which just might exist enough to proceed the most hardcore Stadia users tied to the service.