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If that MS approach works, why hasn't Netflix or Gog or someone already done it for any games?
by lonelappde 7y ago
If that MS approach works, why hasn't Netflix or Gog or someone already done it for any games?
- EpicEng 7y agoThey 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.
- Jasper_ 7y agoNetflix 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 https://www.netflix.com/title/80227995
- sincerely 7y agoThere was also that choose-your-own-adventure Black Mirror thing.