Can Netflix reclaim the ‘Netflix for games’ crown from Xbox Game Pass?

Netflix has signaled that it has bold ambitions beyond mobile gaming. | Image: Netflix Netflix wants to try where Google Stadia failed. Just a few weeks ago, Google publicly retreated from cloud gaming with the surprise announcement that it would be shutting down Stadia. By throwing in the towel, it seemed like Microsoft, which has made cloud gaming a perk but not its primary focus for Xbox, has the best chance at popular adoption, as it’s probably the closest thing to a “Netflix for video games” that we have so far. Amazon’s Luna doesn’t seem to be a big hit, and most people don’t seem aware of Nvidia’s GeForce Now. This week, the future of game streaming got a lot more interesting: Netflix, the company that proved that movie streaming was the future, announced that it’s “seriously exploring” a cloud gaming service of its... Continue reading…