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Google’s recent decision to close its dedicated game studios — opened to much fanfare just two years ago — has been seen by some as an admission of failure; another big tech brand that doesn’t quite “get” gaming.
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It can’t have been an easy decision, and thoughts naturally turn to the 150 developers now looking for new jobs in a challenging market. But the existing strategy was trying to be all things to all people. This pivot could see Stadia become a proper games-as-a-service business, rather than a console that happens to be in the cloud.
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Google may have only been aping the approach of platform holders by using exclusives as a way to tie gamers in for several years, but do we really need more of the same?
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The quad-opoly of Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, and PC games is already fragmented enough. One of the big benefits of cloud gaming is that the hardware becomes less of an issue, with the focus instead on consumer convenience and recurring subscription revenues for the providers. By closing its studios, Google can now focus on growing its subscriber base without the expensive distraction of making its own triple-A games.
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Watch On DemandPart of estimating your needs in retirement and also in buying life insurance is to know your likely life expectancy. Although kind of morbid, one calculator to help you do this is The Longevity Game by Northwestern Mutual. You just answer a few questions about your lifestyle and family history, and it gives you a number based on their actuarial tables. Fun animations too!
It turns out my median life expectancy is 85, while my wife’s is 95. Not sure how she plans on enjoying a decade without me, but I have been working out more this week as a result. ? This site was found inside one of the 18 books I am trying to read simultaneously, Worry-Free Investing. The books uses it to show that for couples, there is a very good chance at least one of you will reach 95 or 100. So if you want to retire early, you basically need a portfolio that you can live off the income essentially forever while also having the principal keep up with inflation.