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Netflix sounds serious about Gaming
- Thread starter jbug617
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They are. This leaked last year.
www.ign.com
Imagine a streaming Spartacus service on Netflix. All you need is a controller.
Netflix Datamine Could Suggest a Partnership With PlayStation - IGN
A dataminer has suggested Ghost of Tsushima content could be coming to Netflix via a potential partnership with Sony.
Imagine a streaming Spartacus service on Netflix. All you need is a controller.
Going by the internet recently, the industry is in big risk of collapsing and needs more competitors.
If they become the Netflix of gaming, who will be the Game Pass of streaming video?
Right now it's a bunch of streamed mobile games.
the goal needs to be something like Stadia, but with AAA exclusive SP content, or social games / mmos where they can leverage a massive concurrent userbase. Imagine 1v1000.
Imagine Netflix acquires TakeTwo and the next GTA and Red Dead are streaming only via Netflix, with tie ins to the respective TV series.
the goal needs to be something like Stadia, but with AAA exclusive SP content, or social games / mmos where they can leverage a massive concurrent userbase. Imagine 1v1000.
Imagine Netflix acquires TakeTwo and the next GTA and Red Dead are streaming only via Netflix, with tie ins to the respective TV series.
Netflix isn't really a new player. They've been involved in games for awhile, they are just in the midst of expanding that. This is also a really weird and counterproductive mindset to have.
Presumably they want to be the biggest game streaming platform. Guaranteed to be bigger that Stadia or whatever if they roll it into existing Netflix subscriptions.
It would be a huge shift in the current landscape for there to be a service so good it competes with Game Pass. I can't even really fathom how that's possible. Only thing I'd really want Netflix doing is opening a development house and dumping a lot of money into fresh ideas
Wonder if we're going to see a Google Stadia white-label partnership with Netflix. Rolling that in with Netflix alongside a big catalog of games, could be huge.
Honestly there is too much content for everything. My sister keeps recommending me shit to watch that I will NEVER get to.
I saw this posted in the ms' buyout thread. The first thing I thought of was how insane would it be in a world of perfect game streaming tech, to just pull up netflix on your tv and stream the newest xbox(or sony) first party game. That could be an insane way for MS to boost gamepass even more.
Highly unlikely (and in reality it would probably suck ass, at least in a lot of the USA where the internet is fuckshit at best)
Highly unlikely (and in reality it would probably suck ass, at least in a lot of the USA where the internet is fuckshit at best)
Gaming is a much more finicky market than streaming video. If your platform doesn't launch perfectly then it'll be dead in the water just like Google Stadia. I hope they're prepared.
EA would make zero sense. Their IPs are terrible for streaming.
Netflix's gaming ambitions clash with Sony. Netflix doesn't want Playstation - they want their own gaming network or "metaverse". Nor does Sony want to give PSN revenue to Netflix.
They will buy a publisher.
Not necessarily. They need studios to create new experiences only possible with Netflix's ecosystem.
I don't see how they would be able to compete without borrowing an incredible amount or a very direct partnership. Financially they can't make the kind of acquisitions Microsoft are, they could leverage lots of short term deals but when you consider what they're competing against (Microsoft and gamepass) I don't think that will pay off in the long-term. They'll spend a lot and still lose to their competitor.
Other publishers, like Sony I think could compete, because they could run content-lead services. If Microsoft and Game pass becomes the Netflix of games, then Sony's service could become the Disney+ wherein they leverage their long history of legacy content while pushing their service to a new audience with high quality (but fewer) titles.
I just can't really see where Netflix can fit with any of this. Without some crazy acquisition, which they can't afford. Didn't they say they're done borrowing? They'd need to borrow a lot more than they had already to get their cinema content going.
Other publishers, like Sony I think could compete, because they could run content-lead services. If Microsoft and Game pass becomes the Netflix of games, then Sony's service could become the Disney+ wherein they leverage their long history of legacy content while pushing their service to a new audience with high quality (but fewer) titles.
I just can't really see where Netflix can fit with any of this. Without some crazy acquisition, which they can't afford. Didn't they say they're done borrowing? They'd need to borrow a lot more than they had already to get their cinema content going.
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lol... you think Netflix is gonna create 10new studios and make 10 new IPs?
Nope...
If MS has thought anyone anything? Netflix would just go and buy shit up. Though I doubt they have that kinda money. Eventually, IPs s gonna be the bargaining chip that these companies use. Ok, you want COD on your platform? Give us GOW.
Hundreds of millions of people now with access to PS titles...that would be incredible accessibility.They are. This leaked last year.
Netflix Datamine Could Suggest a Partnership With PlayStation - IGN
A dataminer has suggested Ghost of Tsushima content could be coming to Netflix via a potential partnership with Sony.
Imagine a streaming Spartacus service on Netflix. All you need is a controller.
It's not going to be easy for them, but I think the gaming market is dynamic enough that you can succeed even without making huge acquisitions.
On PC and mobile, where the market is way more open than the console space and so moves much faster, small developers can find huge success all the time and become huge over a super short amount of time. Netflix just need to back a few good bets, maybe make some very strategic partnerships and a few strategic acquisitions down the line.
I could see them acquiring CDPR honestly. The Witcher TV series, Cyberpunk anime... Slower pace games that work well with cloud.
Of course they want to diversify right now in the wake of ever increasing competition in there core market, everyone is offering a subscription service now.
But as far as gaming is concerned, I don't see how it's financially viable for them to compete with the big players without eating in to their core business. They'd have to make some pretty significant acquisitions to compete with MS/Sony content output any time soon, and they don't have that kind of cash on hand. Nor do I think they can convince investors they can compete successfully in the market, even factoring in their brand and presence. And setting up a first party development studio from scratch, well we saw how that played out for Google. Then factor in all the platform and social features required for a gaming service. A mountain to climb, good luck Netflix.
But as far as gaming is concerned, I don't see how it's financially viable for them to compete with the big players without eating in to their core business. They'd have to make some pretty significant acquisitions to compete with MS/Sony content output any time soon, and they don't have that kind of cash on hand. Nor do I think they can convince investors they can compete successfully in the market, even factoring in their brand and presence. And setting up a first party development studio from scratch, well we saw how that played out for Google. Then factor in all the platform and social features required for a gaming service. A mountain to climb, good luck Netflix.
They'd want to do it like stadia to be any good- Bluetooth isn't very latency friendly at the best of times , especially if you then have to factor in whatever basic setup a smart TV had for thinsThey are. This leaked last year.
Netflix Datamine Could Suggest a Partnership With PlayStation - IGN
A dataminer has suggested Ghost of Tsushima content could be coming to Netflix via a potential partnership with Sony.
Imagine a streaming Spartacus service on Netflix. All you need is a controller.
Netflix just said they'll no longer borrow money after borrowing $16 billion in less than a decade and they are planing on buying back stock, there's no way they'll able afford a publisher since they barely have money compared to the other big companies, feels like they are 5 years too late on this one. Maybe they are partnering with another company idk.
Edit: Netflix shares are down 20%, they probably just had to say something to keep the investors "confident"
Edit: Netflix shares are down 20%, they probably just had to say something to keep the investors "confident"
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I don't think Netflix has the money to buy publishers. They have a lot of debt just to keep the current service running. We know they're starting with offering some mobile games and they acquired Night School a while back. Whatever they do will probably be a bit different than something like Stadia or Luna
Fuck were going to have exclusives split up over game pass, stadia, Spartacus, Netflix, HBO max Plus, etc in a few years aren't we?
The mobile games they have offered thus far aren't streamed. You download them onto your phone from either the App Store or Google Play like a normal mobile game, and then they authenticate you have a Netflix subscription. Fairly similar to how Apple Arcade works.
