After last fall signaling its intentions to expand into cloud gaming, Netflix today launched a new app that will soon allow subscribers to play games on their TV. The app, dubbed “Netflix Game Controller,” lets you use your phone as a controller after pairing it with your TV in order to play the games available […]
Reached for comment, Netflix declined to share additional details about its plans or timeline.
While other cloud gaming services have failed, like Google’s Stadia, Netflix believes the issues were around the business models, not the technology.
Verdu remarked that Stadia’s games were fun to play, but the business itself was not sustainable.
Our overall vision is that our members can play games on any Netflix device they have,” — a statement that would clearly include users’ TVs.
But that also means there are more potential gamers for Netflix’s cloud gaming service, whenever it may arrive.
Because it’s so new to arrive, market intelligence firm data.ai doesn’t yet have it listed under Netflix’s apps and games on its service or have information on rankings.
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Reached for comment, Netflix declined to share additional details about its plans or timeline.
While other cloud gaming services have failed, like Google’s Stadia, Netflix believes the issues were around the business models, not the technology.
Verdu remarked that Stadia’s games were fun to play, but the business itself was not sustainable.
Our overall vision is that our members can play games on any Netflix device they have,” — a statement that would clearly include users’ TVs.
But that also means there are more potential gamers for Netflix’s cloud gaming service, whenever it may arrive.
Because it’s so new to arrive, market intelligence firm data.ai doesn’t yet have it listed under Netflix’s apps and games on its service or have information on rankings.
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