The Mad Box console’s future is “questionable” following Google’s Stadia reveal
The Mad Box console’s future is “questionable” following Google’s Stadia reveal
Since then, Google has announced Stadia, their cloud gaming platform, which hopes to bring gaming to anyone with an internet connection, bringing high-end gaming experiences to low-power mobile devices as well as smart TVs, and PCs. In Google’s eyes, the future of gaming is in the cloud, not in a box.
Nathan Bell, Slightly Mad Studio’s online marketing director, has stated to PCGamesInsider that the future of the company’s “Mad Box” console is under threat, with two investors backing away from the project after the reveal of Google’s Stadia platform. Comments regarding the future of gaming being in the cloud, and not in a box, have been particularly harmful.
We had some solid investment lined up, but Google saying ‘the future of gaming isn’t in a box’ hasn’t done us any favours,Two investors pulled out after the announcement of Stadia. All I can say at this stage is the future of the project is questionable.
Slightly Mad Studios have recently been forced to abandon their trademark application for the name “Mad Box”, after being challenged by a French gaming company called Madbox, leaving their console with no official name. Now that the console has lost two investors, it now looks like Slightly Mad’s gaming platform lacks both a name and the funding needed to develop the system.
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