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Can Netflix unseat Xbox Game Pass as the "Netflix for games" king?

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A few weeks ago, Google abruptly announced that Stadia will be shutting down, signaling a public retreat from cloud gaming.  Since cloud gaming is now the most similar thing to a "Netflix for video games" that we have, it felt like Microsoft, which has made it a perk but not its main focus for Xbox, would throw up the towel, and has the best shot at gaining widespread acceptance.  Nvidia's GeForce Now isn't widely known, and Amazon's Luna doesn't seem to be a great hit either. The future of game streaming got a lot more fascinating this week with the announcement that Netflix, the company that made movie streaming the future, is "seriously exploring" launching a cloud gaming service of its own. It has its job cut out for it. Can Netflix unseat Xbox Game Pass as the With hundreds of millions of subscribers, Netflix has already shown that it is capable of successfully managing a content streaming business for movies and TV series. Lewis Ward, the research director of gaming, esports, and VR/AR at IDC, says it will be a "long, arduous, danger-filled road" to transition from the small number of mobile games it presently offers to a full-fledged cloud gaming service. Cloud gaming would significantly expand Netflix's gaming approach right now, giving the business the opportunity to theoretically provide games on every screen where Netflix is available.  This makes the risk potentially worthwhile. You've certainly heard a similar pitch a few times by this point, but Netflix doesn't appear to be considering a stand-alone service.  According to Mike Verdu, the business's head of gaming, the company appears to be leaning more toward Xbox's truly successful form of cloud gaming.  Can Netflix unseat Xbox Game Pass as the He stated on Tuesday that "delivering games to your TV or to your PC [is] value add." We're not asking you to subscribe to replace your console. Consequently, it's a totally different business model. However, you could argue that because Netflix started from scratch, it has already demonstrated that it is willing to put in the time to learn the ins and outs of producing its own content.  According to Brandon Sheffield, creative director of Microsoft Games, if Netflix has the time and patience to locate their audience for cloud gaming, "they could build out something quite huge."

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