Former Sony Director Phil Harrison Allegedly Left Google Stadia Shortly Earlier than Shutdown

Google Stadia closed its servers slightly below three months in the past, and it looks like former Google vp and head of Stadia, Phil Harrison left the corporate on the similar time. Harrison’s departure has not been formally introduced by Google or Harrison himself.

Phil Harrison’s future plans after he left Google

There isn’t any inkling as to what Harrison’s future plans could also be. He was additionally beforehand the pinnacle of SCE Worldwide Studios, company vp at Xbox, and a member of the board for Atari, however he has held loads of positions outdoors of the gaming business too. It’s unknown whether or not he’ll stay within the gaming business now. Harrison’s departure has not been formally introduced however sources instructed Enterprise Insider that he left Google with little fanfare in January, the identical month the Stadia service closed down.

Stadia’s cloud streaming was meant to change into the way forward for gaming by providing gamers the chance to play video games with out buying the {hardware} normally wanted to run them. Beforehand seen as a menace to their share of the market, Microsoft and Sony joined forces to boost their cloud gaming choices and tackle Google Stadia, but it surely looks like they needn’t have bothered. Stadia by no means actually took off and the servers closed completely on January 18, 2023.