[p1necone]

Yeah but Google made some stunningly poor decisions and have a very lacking game library compared to pretty much every single other streaming platform/console/steam/epic/gog/whatever.

With their existing tech chops I don't think Netflix would have to try very hard to put out a significantly better service than Google did. "Pay $X a month for this not garbage library of games, play on any device capable of handling the video stream and a gamepad". (Yes I know Stadia have fixed a lot of these issues now, but they didn't for a long time, and it's too far past the initial hype unless they get no new competition for a long time).

They also have a huge existing install base, stick the Gaming thing on the menu, advertise a trial, bam people are hooked.

The crucial thing is to make sure there's some sort of connection quality test that pops up a "hey, your internet doesn't seem so hot - your experience might not be great, but hey have a go anyway it might be okay" message. Otherwise a huge chunk of the market is just going to assume the service is terrible and then talk on social media about how the service is terrible, and tank the product.