Netflix has posted a job ad indirectly revealing that it is working to build a proprietary cloud gaming service. This is a very interesting detail and which confirms the company’s interest in expanding concretely in the videogame market.
The job posting in question is for the senior rendering engineer, in which Netflix says it is “rapidly expanding new gaming-related offerings” and that it wants to create a ” Netflix cloud gaming ecosystem .”
“We are looking for a rendering engineer to support our cloud gaming service. In this role, you will help optimize game rendering so that we can reder more games on our cloud gaming devices. You will also assist with SDK development to enable developers to build high-quality titles for Netflix’s cloud gaming ecosystem, “reads the announcement.
Obviously from these few lines, it is impossible to guess the characteristics of Netflix’s cloud gaming service and the company’s plans for its ecosystem, which could very well rival Google Stadia or xCloud, or point in a different direction. To find out, we just have to wait for official details directly from Netflix.