Either they back off after 3~ years of failing to get in, or they flounder around for a decade before managing one good release like Amazon.
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What's everyone's feelings about Netflix's venture into gaming?
- Thread starter Yinyangfooey
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I have former colleagues and friends working on the project, and they're really smart people. I expect great things from them, but I also don't see it being widely accepted amongst current Era visitors / posters. Netflix's game-related acquisitions should tell you the type of experience they're shooting for, and it's not meant to scale to compete with a Microsoft or Sony atm.
They'll release a couple games which won't set the gaming world on fire causing the rest of the games in development to be (even more) horribly interefered with into total P2W fuckery.
This will also very obviously fail causing everything else to be cancelled and the division shuttered before Netflix moves onto chasing the money elsewhere.
Be fast devs because thats the only way to get yourselves properly paid.
This will also very obviously fail causing everything else to be cancelled and the division shuttered before Netflix moves onto chasing the money elsewhere.
Be fast devs because thats the only way to get yourselves properly paid.
My problem with it is that Netflix are all over the place and have been for a while. They start new projects and cancel them so frequently, that I'm reluctant to start watching a new series, because chances are it will end abruptly anyway or move to another service.
If they had a stable stream of quality content, then sure, experiment with games on the side. It's not what I'm looking for on Netflix, though.
If they had a stable stream of quality content, then sure, experiment with games on the side. It's not what I'm looking for on Netflix, though.
Yeah, my view really.
I haven't dived into Netflix's games yet (because I haven't seen anything that's interested me personally yet) but I'm never gonna be mad about more people making or funding video games. If Netflix users find something they like playing then cool!
I assume it's going to end up just like Google. Spend a bunch of money but pull the plug before it even has a chance to succeed or fail.
I applied to product writing role at Netflix a few months back. Based on the JD, would have written the synopses for all the content coming out under their new gaming vertical. Cool gig.
Was bummed when I didn't hear back (not that I expected to -- it's Netflix). In hindsight now, seems like it was for the best. In 12 months I wonder if that position will even still exist...
Was bummed when I didn't hear back (not that I expected to -- it's Netflix). In hindsight now, seems like it was for the best. In 12 months I wonder if that position will even still exist...
Uninterested. The way Netflix operates they'd introduce 60 new games and cancel 59 of them within 6 months.
I'm a lot less interested and concerned not that they're in cost cutting mode. Wouldn't be surprised if they abandon it altogether
I'm more worried about them adding commercials to the service because once that happens, I'm bailing.
It's like their long term strategy only reaches 2 quarters of a fiscal year, is either inmediate profit or bust.
Well, if the quality of their Netflix Originals carries over to their games division, we can expect a lot of absolute garbage, a handful of very mediocre games and a tiny amount of absolute bangers.
Honestly, I hold a grudge against Netflix's gaming efforts because it caused them to end having Stranger Things content in Dead by Daylight. We could've been getting season 4 cosmetics, just sucks.