Author: Emma Roth
Image: Netflix
Earlier this month, Netflix officially got into gaming by rolling out a mobile game service for Android users. While Netflix says that it's working on an iOS version of the service, Bloomberg tech reporter Mark Gurman says that Apple’s App Store policies will prevent Netflix from making games available from its app.
Apple bars third-party apps from functioning as a hub for games, which has become a point of contention with cloud gaming services like Xbox Cloud Gaming, Nvidia GeForce Now, and Google Stadia. Cloud gaming services can only get around this by offering their games through a web app, just like Facebook has already done.
“Apple will need to change its rules or grant Netflix an exemption”
According to Gurman’s latest Power On...
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Image: Netflix
Earlier this month, Netflix officially got into gaming by rolling out a mobile game service for Android users. While Netflix says that it's working on an iOS version of the service, Bloomberg tech reporter Mark Gurman says that Apple’s App Store policies will prevent Netflix from making games available from its app.
Apple bars third-party apps from functioning as a hub for games, which has become a point of contention with cloud gaming services like Xbox Cloud Gaming, Nvidia GeForce Now, and Google Stadia. Cloud gaming services can only get around this by offering their games through a web app, just like Facebook has already done.
“Apple will need to change its rules or grant Netflix an exemption”
According to Gurman’s latest Power On...
Continue reading…
Continue reading...