In a stealthy way, Netflix has increased the value of its subscription by putting together a truly sweet tooth catalog of its own: from Oxenfree to the no less essential TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge, going through gems like Terra Nil or Kentucky Route Zero. Of course, all with a common denominator: they can only be played from mobile phones. At least, until now.
as reported from Bloomberg, The streaming video giant has begun to take small steps so that the same video games can be played on televisions and other screens. Logically, the prerequisite is Be subscribed to any Netflix plan.
It is not that there were no games on the platform, there we have Minecraft Story Mode
In fact, the clue has appeared in the Netflix application code itself, where a really revealing message has been discovered
A game on your TV requires a controller to play. Do you want to use this phone as a game controller?
From here it is time to raise an even more important issue. Or better, a previous barrier to overcome.
Bringing Netflix games to televisions is not as simple as mobile
One of the reasons why Netflix games are played directly from mobile phones (or Tablets) is because the download process is done through the AppStore on iOS or the Google Play Store on Android, each of its titles being content exclusive for subscribers. That is to say, only Netflix viewers can access them.
Although there are televisions such as Samsung, Sony or those that have a Google Play Store integrated through Android that have access to an app store (not games), the same download process as on mobile phones cannot be carried out. cape. Forks there where the true great Netflix plan manifests itself.
As has been reported, and Bloomberg repeats this, Netflix has been working on your own cloud gaming service platform. An alternative to Xbox Cloud Gaming with which to measure itself against Microsoft itself in the race to be “the Netflix of video games
In any case, Netflix has not announced or denied any of these movements. The option of using the controls to play the service’s video games on televisions only reveals the company’s intentions with a view to the future and nothing more and, as we can see, there are elements that must be aligned before this can happen.
And yet, there are three very important factors ahead: technology is no longer a problem, Netflix needs more than ever to revalidate the value of its subscriptions, and the streaming video giant has bet very, very strongly to satisfy those who are passionate about video games. Something that is more than evident both in the series and movies already available and those that are to come.
