What They Say
While Google is closing its streaming gaming Stadia (Google Shutting Stadia – Logitech Goes for Cloud Gaming), Netflix has said at a conference that is ‘“seriously exploring” a cloud gaming offering to be able to extend its catalog of games to be playable on TVs and PCs”.
Verdu drew a distinction between Netflix’s cloud gaming approach and services like Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming, Amazon’s Luna and Google Stadia.
“For us, delivering games to your TV or to your PC, it’s value-add — like, we’re not asking you to subscribe as a console replacement, so it’s a completely different business model,”
What We Think
Cloud gaming is still a niche, but one with huge potential, especially if and when 5G becomes ubiquitous. I said many years ago that keeping your data locally will be like storing money in a box under the bed in decades to come and I switched from a dedicated home server backup to Dropbox some years ago.
When i moved into my current house some 25 years ago, I was surprised to find a seriously heavy duty safe in the cupboard under the stairs. It made me wonder what the previous owner had stored there. I have never removed it as it would take a team and a lot of equipment, I think. However, I suspect that within a decade having your own hardware for gaming will be as rare as having a safe under the stairs. (BR)
The safe under my stairs!
