Netflix Considers Ways to Make Money From Games in Possible Pivot | Ideas include charging extra for some games and incorporating ads, ingame purchase

[Gamernyc78]

WSJ News Exclusive | Netflix Considers Ways to Make Money From Videogames in Possible Pivot

Ideas include charging extra for some games as well as incorporating ads and in-game purchases.

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Some of the ideas that have been discussed include in-app purchases, charging for more sophisticated games it is developing or giving subscribers to its newer ad-supported tier access to games with ads in them, the people said.

Such moves would mark a pivot for Netflix, which has resisted putting ads or in-app purchases in its games.

“We want to have a differentiated gaming experience, and part of that is giving game creators the ability to think about building games purely from the perspective of player enjoyment and not having to worry about other forms of monetization, whether it be ads or in-game payment,” Netflix Co-Chief Executive Greg Peters told investors in April.

Netflix encourages open debate internally on its strategy, which is a key pillar of its culture, and such discussions don’t mean the company will decide to monetize games

 

[ksdixon]

Netflix:
Buy SkyDance Games and remnants of TellTale assets. Cut up the backlog of games into Black Mirror Bandersnatch style games, or just outright throw games onto Netflix servers, and say you'll need a controller to play "Netflix games".

 

[Nhomnhom]

Games with adds has to be something that is coming from people that don't play console games. Games drop in price too fast for it to make sense.

 

[Jim Ryan]

This was always going to fail, gaming is a tough industry.

 

[Gamernyc78]

This was always going to fail, gaming is a tough industry.

Yeah Netflix would do good to leave this alone.

 

[ksdixon]

Sony would do well to cozy up to Netflix, feed them media content, backed-ended by Sony Pictures Core doubling of content. Could they share server space/cost or run PStore backend through Netflix for those games? Give the idea you need a PS5 controller to play Netflix games on etc, and a PS5 for wider games?

 

[Wraith Phantom]

This will be cancelled in Q2/Q3. These the goofys that cancelled their anime initiatives after crazy hiring spree. Another flop idea. Stick to your movies.You ain't a tech hardware/company.