Former Microsoft executive Phil Harrison, head of the now-defunct cloud gaming service Stadia, has secretly left his job at Google. It has been reported business insider with reference to sources.
“Stadia was officially shut down in January, and Harrison left the company at roughly the same time. Harrison’s quiet departure marks the end of his tenure at the search giant.
Harrison joined the company in January 2018. He initially did not specify what he was working on at Google, but later it turned out that the gaming division of the IT giant was entrusted to him.
Harrison has previously worked in the games division of Sony Computer Entertainment and the European division of Microsoft Xbox. The transfer of the manager from one company to another caused a negative reaction among some game console fans, as there was a “console war” between Sony and Microsoft in the late 2000s and early 2010s – each of the companies tried to dominate the international market. Sunday.
Stadia was made available in a beta-like state. The project never gained much popularity. After just 14 months, the company closed its own development studios, and in September Google announced that it would shut down Stadia entirely.
It was previously reported that Google Stadia did not warn its employees about shutting down the service until the last moment. Harrison allegedly told them about the decision only 45 minutes before the official announcement to reporters.