Netflix released today the Netflix Game Controller app, which has been designed to allow users to play games on their televisions. The App Store description states that the Game Controller app will be paired with a TV for playing Netflix games using an iPhone.
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For now, its games are limited to iPhone and iPad, with no ability to play them on Apple TV or other TV platforms. The app isn't doing anything right now, but it says that games available for TV will "come to Netflix soon."
The app features a directional pad on the left side of the iPhone, as well as A, X, Y, and B action buttons on the right side of the screen.
Netflix started offering games for the first time in 2021 and now there are more than 50 titles available. Access is included in the subscription to the streaming platform, without additional charges or in‑app purchases. Some of the platform's games include Tomb Raider, Stranger Things, Bloons TD 6, World of Goo, Exploding Kittens, Heads Up and Cut the Rope.
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Last October, Netflix's vice president of game development, Mike Verdu, said that the company “is seriously exploring a cloud gaming offering”, and it could mean that the platform is ready to launch a gaming service that would make its content playable on TVs.
The focus on Netflix gaming has decreased in recent months, as the market is more concerned about how the company's plans to limit password sharing will affect its bottom line. In the latest recent quarter, the network added 5,9 million global subscribers, raising the total to 238,4 million – an indication that the crackdown has taken hold. But this also means there are more potential players for Netflix's cloud gaming service, whenever it reaches.
Currently, the new Netflix Gaming Controller app is available only on iOS.
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source of information: macrumors.com
