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• Pure Xbox Pure Xbox on x

  Netflix Reportedly Bringing Gaming To Its Streaming Service ‘Within The Next Year’

• @markgurman Mark Gurman on x

  New story with @Lucas_Shaw: Netflix is planning to add video games to its service in the next year and has hired Facebook's VR games content head, and former head of mobile games at EA, to run its new gaming division. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @sayssmithy Paul Smith on x

  Netflix is apparently planning to start offering video games within the next year. Interesting move; it would certainly be likely to attract non-gamers to give it a go, but I'm not sure what it would do to the business models of game makers though. https://www.afr.com/...

• @schmmuck That Goan Guy on x

  They know the real competition is not sleep, but Video Games. https://twitter.com/...

• @kurtwagner8 Kurt Wagner on x

  it's like Netflix, but for video games https://twitter.com/...

• @kyleneubeck Kyle Neubeck on x

  was pretty excited at the first half of this tweet and the prospect of a company with this kind of money getting into video games, and then I had to read the words “Facebook” and “mobile games at EA” https://twitter.com/...

• @genepark Gene Park on x

  Netflix said 2 years ago Fortnite, not HBO or anyone else, is the biggest competition and now they're acting on it https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...

• @jordoritos Jordan on x

  They're gonna make an episodic game like Life is Strange then cancel it before the final chapter is out https://twitter.com/...

• @tomwarren Tom Warren on x

  Bloomberg reports that Netflix is going to add video games to its streaming service next year. I guess that means Apple will have to ban Netflix on iOS ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @s_m_i Stacy-Marie Ishmael on x

  Just gonna repeat myself that the people who spend money on video games aren't the people most folks think. Will Netflix be the one to crack that? Will be watching who they hire for this. https://twitter.com/...

• @henereyg Henry Gilbert on x

  It's funny that after years of Google & Amazon having billion dollar flops trying to enter a market they don't understand, now Netflix are making games. Hope some nice people I know in game dev can get salaried jobs out of Netflix before it's shuttered w/o a single game released …

• @glassbottommeg Megan Fox on x

  While “hey let's see where it goes!” is def the take, it's worth noting who they hired. That probably gives you hints of what to expect here. I'd guess very much not Game Pass or (etc), more like, “let do Apple Arcade on Android!” Which has failed a ton of times. So, hrm. Maybe? …

• @davidwildgoose David Wildgoose on x

  Mike Verdu worked on a whole bunch of text and graphic adventures during the '90s (Gateway! Mission Critical! Callahan's Crosstime Saloon!) so hopefully this heralds a Netflix-driven point & click FMV revival. https://twitter.com/...

• @lucas_shaw Lucas Shaw on x

  Full story: Netflix will start testing games on its service in the next 12 months. If it works, they'll add more in the years to come. Exact details of styles of games, and how much they do in house is TBD. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @dylanbyers Dylan Byers on x

  Netflix is officially getting into video games, as expected. And now Bloomberg reports they've poached EA & Facebook alum Mike Verdu >> https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @faris @faris on x

  Much interesting Now Amazon/Google has shown has money isn't enough - games is hard, really hard - but maybe Netflix has tech + creator friendly? https://twitter.com/...

• @patstaresat @patstaresat on x

  Oh man they're going to lose so much money holy shit https://twitter.com/...

• @imranzomg Imran Khan on x

  A lot of companies come into video games assuming it will be another pillar, but they end up folding up their video game initiative within two years. Some commit, most leave. I wonder which one Netfilx will be. https://twitter.com/...

• @anonymousyeti @anonymousyeti on x

  @markgurman @Lucas_Shaw I hear EA and Facebook and think: so it will be a heavily monetized, socially intrusive experience. Neither has a good reputation.

• @jamesthomson James Thomson on x

  Will be interesting to see how Apple responds to Netflix adding a streaming games service to their app, considering how much they've welcomed others in that space... https://twitter.com/...

• @iansherr Ian Sherr on x

  PlayFlix? NetGame? FlixBox? FlixPlay? https://twitter.com/...

• @stephentotilo Stephen Totilo on x

  Netflix has hired Oculus/EA/Zynga vet Mike Verdu to run their gaming operation, as first reported by Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/... Netflix wants to offer games as an incentive for subscribers. Last I heard, think downloadable games, not game-streaming https://www.axios.…

• @chrismlacy Chris Lacy on x

  I shudder to think how much time lawyers/executives has spent parsing the recent testimony of Apple Executives and ensuring their plans can be defined as “experiences” and not “games”. https://twitter.com/...