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Re:When will Google shut down Stadia? by lonelappde on Thursday November 21, 2019 @01:38PM (#21597676)
If that MS approach works, why hasn't Netflix or Gog or someone already done it for any games?
Re:When will Google shut down Stadia? by Jasper_ on Thursday November 21, 2019 @08:35PM (#21601683)
Netflix has been trying to introduce interactive content to their platform for years. The latest attempt is Minecraft: Story Mode [0]. Netflix's architecture is designed around streaming static video files, on platforms without great latency guarantees. There can be gaps of up to a second when loading the next video file. Interactive UI and choicepoints are quite limited.

Streaming live and streaming offline media require very different infrastructure.

[0] https://www.netflix.com/title/80227995

Re:When will Google shut down Stadia? by sincerely on Friday November 22, 2019 @05:44AM (#21604461)
There was also that choose-your-own-adventure Black Mirror thing.
Re:When will Google shut down Stadia? by EpicEng on Thursday November 21, 2019 @01:51PM (#21597861)
They don't have the game dev experience or the library. Seems obvious. They can stream the games for the same reason Netflix can't buy a single DVD and stream that movie to everyone on the planet.