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Video streaming service Netflix is taking the next step in the gaming business. A cloud service is now being tested in Great Britain and Canada, in which games can be played over the network. The goal is to test the technology for streaming games and the controller, Netflix announced in a blog post on Monday. The test will initially run “with a small number” of users.
Only two games are initially available in the cloud test. They can be used on TVs from Samsung and LG, as well as streaming boxes from Amazon, among others. Windows PCs and Apple Mac computers are also supported. With cloud gaming, games run not on users’ devices, but on network servers, and the data is transmitted over the Internet. The principle requires a fast online connection with fast response times and high speed. Netflix should also help the many years of experience in streaming video.
Netflix got into the video game business a few years ago, but it’s taking its time. The service had already made the first games available to subscribers on smartphones at the end of 2021.
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