2y ago

Netflix might add in-app purchases and ads to its games no one plays

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Oh wow, I had no interest at all in trying these previously. Reducing the quality of the games by adding ads and in app purchases is exactly the thing that will push me to give it a try.
- Eh, Poinpy is actually a lot of fun.
  
  I take it that the word you wrote, is in fact a game on Netflix, and not just some word you made up?
- I've never even heard of netflix having games on their platform.
  
  GTA 3, GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas, Into The Breach, Dead Cells, Kentucky Route Zero, Oxenfree, Bloons TD 6, World of Goo, ...
  It's a pretty decent selection
Of course.
I mean the CEO probably noticed they can only but two yachts this year after firing 20% of the workforce, so they need to increase their bonuses somehow.
After the latest Dave Chappelle, I made Netflix walk the plank.
- That's a shame, just before they were gonna release the Dave Chapelle's Transphobia Simulator
  
  Netflix Presents : Dog Whistle 3: Can't Be Bigoted If It's Dave
- Someone else in my household pays for it so I have it for now... but I haven't touched it in months.
I already canceled Netflix when they stopped allowing me to use my account in multiple locations.
Not at all surprised their games got microtransactioms.
The only benefit to Netflix games is that these games have no ads or IAP.
- I mean some are exclusive if you wanted them on the phone.
wasn't lack of microtransactions and ads the whole point of these?
Yes, just what I wanted.
I don't even want interactive titles, why did Netflix clutter the interface with games? I just want to how some noise in the background, so I don't have to listen to my thoughts.
Why do these services add stuff nobody asks for?
- There's a lot of reward for experimenting with what you think your customers want if you're correct. Mobile games probably aren't the right avenue for them to go down, but things like Cyberpunk, The Witcher, and Arcane have proven extremely lucrative for not just Netflix but in generating interest in the properties they're attached to, so it would stand to reason that having a gaming arm would mean they could attain that success and not have to share it with a business partner. Again, I don't think mobile games will accomplish this, but I get the line of reasoning.
  
  Mobile games makes no sense for Netflix. They might as well sell donuts.
  The only gaming service that would make sense for Netflix is game streaming. Like Luna or Xbox Cloud gaming.
- Steve Jobs is a great example. Before the 90s, most lay-people didn't know what computers could even do, let alone what design would lead to the most effective user experience. Jobs was able to have a vision for what the platform needed to be before any of his target demographic was capable of asking for it.
  But Jobs is in the 1% here, the other 99% are people trying to make it seem like they do work. As long as they can put it on their yearly review and get a raise, they don't care if it gets removed and replaced with someone else' shitty idea in 6mo.
I'm not playing Netflix games unless they bring back the good ol' cable TV games from the late 90s to dick around with your remote on the TV for 10 minutes.
Netflix has games?
- On mobile, yes. You can even play GTA 3, VC and SA
  
  they can be easily patched to bypass Netflix account requirements btw, you only miss out on cloud saves
I recently canceled my Netflix subscription just because I use Youtube and Paramount about 150% more often, and then finding out they had ... games lol I don't believe you
Well, whatever...
EDIT: Sorry, it's just frustration.
told ya
This abusive business model is the dominant strategy.
If we allow this to continue, there will be nothing else.
Only legislation will fix this.
- Unsubscribing from Netflix fixes this.
  
  As if it's just Netflix.
- And that fixes the rest of the industry somehow.

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