Streaming-service CEO says GameStop is wrong — consumers want cloud gaming

GameStop doesn’t want to run its own cloud-gaming service. It says consumers don’t want that, but at least one company in the field disagrees.

Playcast already has game streaming in France, Portugal, and South Korea. Customers in those countries can subscribe to the service through their cable box to get unlimited Netflix-style access to the same games that publishers like Ubisoft and Electronic Arts release on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The company is now eyeing the U.S., and it thinks the market here is ready. That’s why Playcast chief executive Guy de Beer was surprised to hear GameSpot’s reasoning for closing its Spawn Labs cloud-gaming business.