Netflix is moving ahead with its gaming ambitions and its latest move is a new app to control games. Simply named the Netflix Game Controller app, it was released on the App Store for iPhone and iPad with the following description:

Coming soon to Netflix. Play games on your TV with the Netflix Game Controller. This Game Controller app pairs with your TV and allows you to play games on Netflix using your phone or mobile device.

While the app is available to download, additional details such as supported games and whether an Android version will be available are lacking. When asked about these questions, a Netflix spokesperson told Engadget that it isn't making comments at this time.

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[Dax_Fame]

Neat, a cloud gaming service. What could go wrong?

 

[Kioku]

a was

Because corporations believe in infinite and constant upward growth, so they are willing to go with any idea, even if it's a failure. Why? Netflix revolutionalized movie streaming, so they DEFINITELY can do the same for gaming, that's the logic.

I don’t know about revolutionized… They saw YouTube and said “let’s do that”.

 

[impeeza]

humm the controller is an app, so when the service go down, they do not have to release a unblocked firmware.

 

[The Catboy]

a was

I don’t know about revolutionized… They saw YouTube and said “let’s do that”.

I am tackling this from the position of an executive who would see Netflix like that.

 

[Kioku]

I am tackling this from the position of an executive who would see Netflix like that.

Fair enough.

 

[gaga941021]

It's a phone app to play games with your phone as a controller, and I think it's pretty obvious coming from Netflix that the next step will be game streaming

You do realise, that the games you can play with Netflix subscription right now, would have no problem to run on any android TV natively, right?

Adding an option to use your phone as a controller for these is a necessity.

Otherwise the app would not have much of a use. Since people who would be interested in gaming, would most likely have their own controllers, which would work without problem on both phone and TV.

 

[K3Nv2]

Netflix's core audience isn't gamers. This is obviously for people who don't have physical controllers.

Yeah they're more of a Tinder audience

 

[Defective1Up]

They'll add games on and then announce each plan being increased by $4 to cover for all the losses of this flopping six months later.

 

[Metoroid0]

The word 'woke' has lost all fucking meaning.

As long as you know what i meant, it's meaning is fine.

 

[impeeza]

As long as you know what i meant, it's meaning is fine.

I am not woke, the blankets are calling me like mermaids, the sun has been high for some time now but I still need to have my eyes closed so returning to Morpheus land