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• @adrianhon@mastodon.social Adrian Hon on mastodon

  We're back, baby!  —  https://www.theringer.com/...  [image]

• @jnavok Jacob Navok on x

  @lewis_gordon ... And was supported by Yoshida-san's comments as well. Also we don't even get into the conundrum of how you make the numbers work outside of the west. For example how do you make GPU costs work in India where the potential revenue is a fraction but the cost of the…

• @lewis_gordon @lewis_gordon on x

  @LLoombe ... Another reason for thinking about Netflix and games on this kind of time frame: Cloud gaming, according to @JNavok, is simply not up to the task yet. His prognosis caught me off guard, and cuts through a lot of the hype surrounding the technology. ☁️ https://www.ther…

• @lewis_gordon @lewis_gordon on x

  @LLoombe ... Netflix is not approaching video games like Google. This is a long-term process, not least because “big” games now take ~ five years to make. @ballmatthew compares the company's games push to its streaming drive which took the best part of a decade. 💿 https://www.the…

• @soi @soi on x

  I have been extremely underwhelmed by #Netflix's gaming offerings. But perhaps it was by design after all? Seems they are playing a long game and it just might be a great idea. I'd never count Netflix out. https://www.theringer.com/... #gaming #videogames

• @ringer @ringer on x

  First came DVDs. Then came streaming movies and TV. Now, Netflix is betting big on video games—and new release ‘Oxenfree II’ may be just the beginning of a long-term plan. @lewis_gordon: https://www.theringer.com/...

• @ballmatthew Matthew Ball on x

  Good piece in Netflix's needs for, challenges in, and opportunities with gaming

• @lewis_gordon @lewis_gordon on x

  Streaming, strikes, and video games. It's an interesting time to write about Netflix, to say the least. For @ringer, I dug into the company's burgeoning gaming effort — where it's at, where it intends to go, and what the fallout could be. https://www.theringer.com/...