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News Netflix is officially testing cloud game streaming in the UK and Canada

Krvavi Abadas

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two titles are currently available, the indispensable (and Netflix-owned, as they previously bought the developer) Oxenfree and "Molehew’s Mining Adventure", which seems like a test game similar to the Snake clone used for Google Stadia. (they did trademark it back in April though, interestingly enough.)

control options are currently limited to using a smartphone app, easily the worst possible option. though reportedly you can at least use a mouse & keyboard if you're running Netflix on your PC.
 
I have fairly good internet but have zero interest in this.

I think it will not fail like Google's Stadia service in the sense it likely won't fold in a few years, but it won't catch on either.
Streaming is a solution in search of a problem.

Until we get ubiquitous fast wireless internet that just 'works' streaming is a huge PITA and is already extremely limited in terms of who can access it.
 
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Krvavi Abadas said:
control options are currently limited to using a smartphone app, easily the worst possible option. though reportedly you can at least use a mouse & keyboard if you're running Netflix on your PC.
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Wait, so even if you play Netflix on one of the consoles, you can still only play with your smartphone as a controller? Despite...having a literal controller in hand?
 
Brofield said:
Wait, so even if you play Netflix on one of the consoles, you can still only play with your smartphone as a controller? Despite...having a literal controller in hand?
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The streaming is not available on consoles yet (and likely will not be).
 
They did it.

The madmen brought back the oversized green A button from the GameCube controller.

GameCube controller redeemed!
 
I'm not sure the internet connection across the UK can handle cloud gaming at this moment. I think if it was (and this accounts for most markets actually), then we'd be seeing Amazon going much, much harder with it via Prime.
 
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Well, maybe web streaming will be how I eventually play Oxenfree II as neither my older iPad Pro nor my newer Android phone are compatible.
 
em said:
Well, maybe web streaming will be how I eventually play Oxenfree II as neither my older iPad Pro nor my newer Android phone are compatible.
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Play store says my phone is incompatible too but given I'm running latest android on a high end processor released only two years ago I figured that was bullshit so I downloaded and installed the APK and have had no problems at all including working with my Netflix account.
 
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