I think it's a smart move on their part, if they target younger kids, & simply include it for FREE with their existing subs.
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Netflix Considering Move into Gaming With Apple Arcade-Style Bundle
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I am honestly surprised they haven't come out with something yet. If they can get AAA titles, it'll be great competition for Gamepass. And I have faith they can pick up that space that Stadia is leaving open right now.
I mean, it's working with Gamepass. I have a gaming PC and ps4. But I haven't bought a PC game since the beginning of the pandemic because there's so much there. It's a great value (granted I'm still downloading these games, but still).
Apple Arcade is boring luke warm mediocrity.
I can’t imagine Netflix Arcade being any better.
I can’t imagine Netflix Arcade being any better.
I haven't touched it, it's not my cup of tea at all.
I tell you what though if they came out with Commodore64 and Amiga games I'd be all over it.
Apple will never pull social media apps. Especially FB. People would walk away fro the iPhone.Yes, it won’t happen because Facebook Twitter and Netflix are going to be good little boys and girls and follow the rules. If they don’t, yeah, they’ll be yanked and their next quarterly profits will be lower and Apple’s will be mmmmm, bout the same as expected
same with Netflix. Conversation has nothing go to do with profits. You know that. Your just changing topics.
They should partner with LJN to produce yet more awful movie-based games for AVGN to review
Ok but seriously, branding is worth a lot. Even if Netflix's games had nothing to do with the rest of their business, they'd probably do better than other game services. Like Stadia. Who was managing Stadia's marketing?!
Ok but seriously, branding is worth a lot. Even if Netflix's games had nothing to do with the rest of their business, they'd probably do better than other game services. Like Stadia. Who was managing Stadia's marketing?!
I think there’s a reason that the space Stadia is leaving open is being left open.
I’d say it’s successful because there are small game companies that are getting paid by Apple for having customers engage with their apps on Apple Arcade. Some of them have used this influx of cash to then flesh out the game, figure out what folks like to see (on a platform with millions of users) and then release it for other platforms. If Apple Arcade is the reason why I can play Grindstone on Switch, for example, then that’s a success.
Apple will never pull social media apps because those social media apps will never break the rules. Fixed that for ya. Apple pulled Parler, one of the most downloaded apps, due to rule breaking. Apple pulled Fortnite, one of the biggest games today, due to rule breaking. If FaceBook or Netflix breaks Apple’s rules you can BET they’d be pulled.
Guess what? They will NEVER break the rules because Apple’s platform is very important to them.
Yea, because Google starts a project and then abandons them. That's not an indication of the type of service itself.
We’ll see. If no company enters that market, then we’ll know that it was not worth it for anyone else to enter the market.
It’s funny MR compared this potential move to Apple Arcade. Netflix is responding to Microsoft game pass.
It's time DropBox merged with someone and NetFlix, to me, seems like the perfect partner.
Combined cloud storage with streaming media in a single monthly subscription would be a better competitor to Apple.
Apple needs competition. If there was no Android it would be a monopoly and the recent court case a forgone conclusion.
Combined cloud storage with streaming media in a single monthly subscription would be a better competitor to Apple.
Apple needs competition. If there was no Android it would be a monopoly and the recent court case a forgone conclusion.
People who have an XBox or PlayStation already have access to all the games. And I thought Stadia was already dead.
Apple has competition. It’s just themselves.
They usually cannibalize their own stuff before the competition even catches up with their OLD stuff. What everyone knows is what Apple has done is VERY hard. Not impossible, and the benefits are potentially enormous, but they’re afraid to let loose of the Apple coattails and do something new. I thought Magic Leap would be it, maybe Hololens. I mean, I’m glad they’re TRYING, I just wish it was more “trying to win” than “trying to exist”.
Investigation should be made where Netflix is spending customers money after every time, they raise their prices. They did not learn the first time they went this route trying to venture into video games after separating DVD+Streaming $9.99. All I watch on Netflix is Stranger Things and Narcos: Mexico once those are over any plans for more shows in those lines or the Horror Genre it seems it doesn't matter for them.
Whatever, AMC+, HBO Max, Hulu and Amazon Prime have a better selection of movies and TV series.
Whatever, AMC+, HBO Max, Hulu and Amazon Prime have a better selection of movies and TV series.