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Google gave them a large gift by refunding everyone, but even still I can't imagine trust for a new cloud gaming provider being super high. If Google hadn't though, I imagine the concept would be dead in the water outside of offerings like nvideas where it is just normal steam games.

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> I can't imagine trust for a new cloud gaming provider being super high

The target audience for Netflix shouldn't know they're playing a cloud game. Netflix is too big to cater to power users, casual gamers are a much much bigger group.

I think there's some hope. Netflix has good expertise in streaming infrastructure and if they play to cloud gaming's strength like turn-based games, they have a chance to last longer than Stadia (RIP).

That's a very good point

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