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Walmart Is In Talks to Create a Streaming Gaming Service

Published Thu, 21 Mar 2019 17:40:35 -0500

Like a lot of things in life, the last thing you really want to see come around the neighborhood is a Walmart. But that may be what's going to happen to gaming. US Gamer had the exclusive news this morning detailing how the retail giant has been hitting up developers and publishers to create a streaming service, much in the vein of how Gamefly used to operate, giving players a service where they can simply play games through a stream and save their progress on a cloud.

Multiple sources familiar with Walmart's plans, who wish to remain anonymous, confirmed to USG that the retail giant is exploring its own platform to enter in the now-competitive video game streaming race. No other details were revealed other than it will be a streaming service for video games, and that Walmart has been speaking with developers and publishers since earlier this year and throughout this year's Game Developers Conference.

Walmart's discussions with developers for its streaming service have been secretive, and it's unclear how far along the service is in-development. But our sources are confident that this is a space Walmart is trying to move into.

For those of us of a certain age, it basically sounds like a modern-day version of the in-store game rental system, which is often how a lot of kids got to play various games in the '80s and '90s without having to purchase them outright. Only with what we presume would be an online app or website you'd need to play through. We're kinda curious, would you use a streaming gaming service from Walmart?

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