After DVDs and streaming, Netflix gears up for what appears to be its third and most ambitious act: video games, with 67 in its library and 86 in development
First came DVDs. Then came streaming movies and TV. Now, Netflix is betting big on video games—and new release 'Oxenfree II …
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/...
@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…
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
@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…
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/...
So Netflix started making shows but paid less to writers & actors since they weren't making money from DVDs & reruns like studios did. During this time, the studios got Netflix envy and instead of...