Netflix Officially Adding Games at No Added Cost - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 05 September 2021 / 2,888 Views
There was a recent report Netflix, the TV and movies streaming platform, would be moving into the video games business with the hire of former Electronic Arts and Facebook executive Mike Verdu.
Netflix in a letter to investors has confirmed the streaming platform will be adding games to its service at no additional cost. The first games coming to Netflix will be focused on mobile games.
"We’re also in the early stages of further expanding into games, building on our earlier efforts around interactivity (eg, Black Mirror Bandersnatch) and our Stranger Things games," reads the letter from Netflix.
"We view gaming as another new content category for us, similar to our expansion into original films, animation and unscripted TV. Games will be included in members’ Netflix subscription at no additional cost similar to films and series. Initially, we’ll be primarily focused on games for mobile devices.
"We’re excited as ever about our movies and TV series offering and we expect a long runway of increasing investment and growth across all of our existing content categories, but since we are nearly a decade into our push into original programming, we think the time is right to learn more about how our members value games."
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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" Initially, we’ll be primarily focused on games for mobile devices ". Welp, there's go any interest I had in it. Although they do say "initially" so maybe they'll expand to other devices later.
Black Mirror Bandersnatch was something I'd wanted to see for a long time (the concept of a branching story in video format). I was always a fan of "choose your own adventure or Which Way books as a kid and always thought it would be great to take control of your movie experience in a similar fashion. Not so sure about the games but I would love to see more of that.
If the games are at no additional cost though ... who cares if they are mehhh
mobile games.. no thanks
Wow let's go Netflix!
This is wawesome!
I don't think VGChartz picked up on the news of Netflix working with Sony, with Sony game images found by data-miner, etc.... ???
so they decided to go for the half-assed approach. Kinda expected.
