JioGames, a part of Jio platforms, has inked a 10-year strategic partnership with French firm Gamestream to push its cloud gaming business. The deal will help Jio to scale its cloud gaming platform that is currently in beta.
Jio quietly launched JioGamesCloud last year and already offers dozens of games that can be streamed across a range of devices. With Gamestream’s technology and Jio’s cloud gaming expertise, this partnership aims to scale Jio’s cloud gaming business at a global scale.
“India is quickly becoming the new hub for the video gaming industry, with the potential to surpass one billion gamers with the rapid rollout of the high-speed low-latency Jio True 5G network across India. Gaming could potentially be one of the digital services that contribute significantly to the economic growth drivers. This partnership between Gamestream & Jio will provide high-quality cloud gaming experience to every Indian” said Mr. Kiran Thomas, CEO, Jio Platforms Limited
Gamestream offers white-labeling cloud gaming solutions to its clients. The French company also unveiled its consumer Cloud Gaming brand Pleio back in 2020. The company also signed a technology partnership with Ubisoft in January 2022.
Mr. Ivan Lebeau, Co-founder and President at Gamestream said, “We are known for our cutting-edge cloud gaming services in Europe, Asia and the Middle East and have been empowering leading companies to introduce cloud gaming for years – the technology is our heartland, and we know the incredible impact it can have. This 10-year collaboration with JioGames combines our end-to-end technological solution and our content licensing expertise to democratise video games around the world. With JioGames, we are shaping the future of gaming.”
India is the 2nd biggest Internet market but the gaming segment is still in its early stage. The country mainly has mobile gamers and very few PC or console games. That’s the reason gaming companies hardly consider launching their products in India in the early phases. India never gets PlayStation and Xbox consoles in first waves. But this is going to change soon considering the growth of gamers in the country.
