While Stadia continues to run on track and we will see more game streaming by Microsoft and perhaps Amazon in the future, cloud gaming has yet to shake things up significantly. Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick is among those who have not marveled at the technology so far, and thinks Google may have over-hyped it.

"Stadia's launch has been slow," he told the audience at the Bernstein Annual Strategic Decisions Conference (cheers, Gamespot)." I think there has been some over-promising that the technology can deliver and some consumer disappointment as a result."

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In November, Joanna was impressed with how well Stadia performed on games designed specifically for Stadia, such as Gylt, but was less convinced of its performance on games like Destiny 2, where pixelation and stuttering were serious problems It was not.

"Stadia is just like any other cloud gaming platform I've tried. It's great for single player games, but sucks for multiplayer games unless you have a good internet connection.

Six months later, this remains the case. In some cases, the barriers to entry may be even higher than the alternatives. New consoles are not cheap, but it is easier to buy one than to wait for the necessary infrastructure to be in place in your area to enjoy cloud gaming without problems.

Zelnick also questioned the size of the audience: while Take-Two released three games for Stadia at launch and hoped for an increase in players, Zelnick now believes that there are enough people who want to play console games but do not yet own a console Zelnick is not convinced that there are enough people who want to play console games but don't yet own a console.

"The belief that streaming would be transformative was based on the view that there are a lot of people who are really interested in interactive entertainment and want to pay for it, but don't own a console. I don't know if that was true or not."

This does not mean that the publisher has parted ways with the platform. Zelnick has stated that it will "continue to support high-quality streaming services," but only if the business model makes sense.