Cloud Gaming Editorials
This is the subsection of Cloud Dosage for editorials from our staff and outside contributors. These represent opinion pieces on the current state and future of Cloud Gaming technology, services, games and more.
Retro Game Consoles that Would be Great on Antstream Arcade
Antstream Arcade is a retro gaming focused cloud gaming service that offers video games from several different gaming platforms. With Antstream Arcade’s library always changing and the platform having a mission of video game preservation, I want to go over some game platforms that it would be great to see Antstream add or extend support […]
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Why Antstream Arcade Should Push Further Into Indie and Homebrew Games
Antstream Arcade, the retro gaming cloud gaming service which has a library of 1300+ games, has always prided itself on offering the largest retro game library of any cloud gaming platform. However, in this editorial, I want to discuss why Antstream Arcade could benefit from expanding its homebrew and indie game lineup on the service. […]
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Why Apple Arcade Should Support Cloud Gaming
Apple Arcade represents an interesting story when it comes to video games. In principle, the service can be compared to the likes of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or Netflix Games, but there’s one big difference… Apple Arcade currently lacks cloud gaming support despite being available on multiple Apple devices; so, let’s discuss why Apple should […]
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Crunchyroll Offers Video Games, Just Don’t Expect Cloud Gaming
Crunchyroll, the popular anime streaming service, has offered a couple of video games for a little while as the service has tried to compete with Netflix and other streaming services. However, it doesn’t look like Crunchyroll is going to follow Netflix’s lead into cloud gaming. Let me explain. Crunchyroll Has Some Mobile Games: Crunchyroll currently […]
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Why Netflix’s Cloud Gaming Library Will Differ From Its Mobile Gaming Offerings
Netflix Games has been building out its offerings since late 2021. This has mainly included Netflix buying and building game studios, beta testing cloud video games, and releasing downloadable mobile games. However there are some notable issues Netflix is going to have to face as they move more of their mobile games into the cloud. […]
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Why Antstream Arcade Is Great Value For Retro Gamers
Antstream Arcade is a retro gaming-focused cloud gaming platform. It currently offers 1295 games from many classic game systems. In this editorial, I want to go over why retro gamers should check out Antstream Arcade to scratch their retro games itch. Antstream Arcade Won’t Cost You A Limb There is a saying about some retro […]
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Why Netflix Games Releasing Fewer Games Is A Good Thing
Netflix Games has almost 100 games available to all Netflix subscribers. However, so far in 2024, we’ve only seen six mobile games and one cloud game added to Netflix. That is an average of around two games per month, which is lower than in 2022 and 2023, where most months saw between three and four […]
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Why Netflix Games Is Less Dependent On Triple A Games
Triple AAA video games make up numerous of the video games that get published every year. This includes the likes of EA, Xbox Game Studios, PlayStation Studios, Ubisoft, and Take-Two Interactive to name a few. Cloud Gaming platforms have traditionally struggled to get support from these publishers. However, I want to talk about why Netflix […]
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Why Amazon Luna’s Strategy Shift Makes Sense
Amazon Luna first launched in the US in December 2020 (in “beta”). It left “beta” in 2022, followed by launches in the UK, Canada, Germany, Spain, Italy, and France over the course of 2023. Amazon Luna’s original business model focused on “channels” similar to Amazon Prime Video, where you could subscribe to select channels to […]
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The Big Question Around Amazon Luna’s GOG Partnership
Recently, at the time of writing this article, the news is still quite fresh as Amazon Luna looks to pivot away from its original “channels” method to a model more akin to Nvidia GeForce Now where Amazon Luna subscribers can play the games they own on either Ubisoft Connect or, sometime this year, GOG.com. The […]
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