Netflix is beginning to test its cloud gaming service in the U.S. after initially launching limited trials in Canada and the U.K. The service, an

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Netflix is beginning to test its cloud gaming service in the U.S. after initially launching limited trials in Canada and the U.K. The service, an

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    Netflix is beginning to test its cloud gaming service in the U.S. after initially launching limited trials in Canada and the U.K.

    The company has also been fairly acquisitive in ramping up its gaming business, snapping up studios like  Boss Fight Entertainment, Night School Studio, and Finland’s Next Games, in addition to establishing its own internal games studios, like the one in Helsinki led by a former Zynga GM and another in Southern California headed by a former Blizzard Entertainment exec, Chacko Sonny, the executive producer on “Overwatch.”

    Critics, however, question whether or not gaming makes sense for the streamer as its nearest competitors outside other media companies for users’ time spent are apps like TikTok and YouTube.

    In fact, YouTube just surpassed Netflix as a top video source for U.S. teens, according to investment bank Piper Sandler in a report by CNBC.

    To play the games on TVs, members use their mobile phone and a dedicated app.

    TechCrunch had spotted the launch of Netflix’s iPhone game controller app before the first official tests went live this August.

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