Netflix is wide view as a streaming pioneer so the idea that you have to download its games , in an epoch where cloud streaming is flourishing , always matte up a little odd .
Right now , you need to download game from the App Store or Google Play entrepot and then lumber into your Netflix account in ordination to roleplay them . Clunky , proper ?
Well now Netflix looks to be moving nigher to a cloud - based model that could open up the entourage of games to all machine in the direction Microsoft , Nvidia and more have enjoyed winner with .
“ We are very early in that side of our journey . We do believe that cloud gambling will enable us to provide that easy access to games on any screen and be frictionless and offer the accessibility into gaming experience , ” Leanne Loombe , Netflix ’s VP of external game toldThe Vergeand other reporter during a briefing .
Netflix ’s policy thus far has been part dependent on have to offer the games as separate entities because of App Store rules . However , there are luck that will deepen this class as Apple and Google face up to legislating that could finally end the walled garden of who can arrange up shop class on their platform and why .
Microsoft is alsoplanning a nomadic game shop next class , in anticipation of EU digital markets legislation that would potentially it to offer a shop on iPhone and Android .
Elsewhere , Netflix enunciate it is run short to foretell 40 more games this year , while the pop Monument Valley will launch on the platform next year .
In ablog Wiley Post , Netflix said : “ This year we ’re going to proceed building our portfolio — and that means raw games every month . Members will discover indie darlings , award - win hits , RPGs , tale dangerous undertaking , teaser games and everything in between , and we ’re working with the populace ’s lead studio apartment to bring you these secret plan . ”
