Even if we know Netflix mostly for its super productions or the diversity of its documentaries, we can't imagine all the new surprises that the SVOD leader has in store for us! It's still hard to imagine the scene but soon subscribers will be able to experience video games as a bonus to their favorite series, and all at no extra cost! This is the big change that the world press is announcing, sometimes seeing it as an admission of weakness on the part of a giant besieged by the competition, which would try to offer online gambling, and other times to see it as a definite progress.
Netflix is doubling down on Gaming?
From now on, the SVOD giant is going one step further with games "like Stranger Things: 1984" directly incorporated into its platform. For the moment, only Polish subscribers can enjoy it and discover the similarities with the old NES console games. This joins the useful to the pleasant by allowing them to wait in good conditions until the release in 2022 of season 4 of the cult series "Stranger Things" between RPG and SF. The first thing to present new items network gambling clubs in Europe, as well as online casinos Canada and the United States.
On the Twitter account "Netflix Geeked", we could read that there was "still a lot of work to do in the coming months" but that Netflix was preparing the launch of the Gaming offer all over the world. More than competitive games worthy of eSports, it seems that the games that will be offered will be mostly about series. With Netflix, it will probably be "choose your game like a good movie"!
For the moment, it is experimental but Wilmot Reed Hastings at the origin of Netflix is doing everything for Gaming to grow with this new branch! The survival of Netflix depends on the success of this graft in a now saturated market, with Amazon, Facebook or Google also taking large shares of the lion, as well as the promising SkyShowtime of Bloomberg. This promises to be a change!
Cloud Gaming or free download?
The story doesn't tell yet, probably because it still needs to surround itself with advisors and games that are up to the task. With the recruitment of an executive from Electronic Arts (EA), it will now be possible to put a tremendous boost on the videogame aspect. This company founded by Trip Hawkins in 1982 has surely a time ahead on the evolution of the mentalities and the industrial conduct of the games, and Netflix will know how to take inspiration from it. There is no doubt that Gaming will have its place at Netflix in a world in constant search of strong visual sensations!
Since 1997, Netflix favors accessibility and cloud gaming would be a good road option, but for the moment, it remains in the expectation because we must not burn the steps. Anyway, the streaming platform is available on Android, PC and mobile, enough to make gamers forget about its delay, all generations included!
So all bets are off as to the practicality of the future game offer. Moreover, at the dawn of 2022, Netflix is still hesitating between developing more of its own movie productions or leaving the field wide open to Gaming through the "Play Mobile Games" option. It is clear that between movies ("flix" in colloquial language) and games, its heart also swings, and ours too!
The Game seen by Netflix
It's not new, but game fans could already have a look at the famous video platform. We don't count anymore the movies adapted from video games like Final Fantasy, Assassin's Creed, or The Witcher. And the Japanese anime which are full of playful evocations such as the cruel "Gambling School" which shows students eager to dominate the world thanks to their victory in gambling games.
But right now, the number one all-around gaming universe is the Korean series "Squid Game" which explores the human compulsion to gamble at all costs through scathing and no less bloody games. Neflix already offers a wide range of material on casino games including the history of gaming consoles with "High Score" for all you Retrogaming fans.
Similarly, the gambling games that can be found in online casinos such as bingo and lottery are often found in cult series such as Vince Gilligan's "Better Call Saul" for example. The hilarious actor Bob Odenkirk hosts bingo games in old people's homes in a very comical way. Let's not forget the release of the "League of Legends" series on November 6, which is already causing a stir!
So, through its wide range of available programs, Netflix offers winks while paying tribute to the gaming universe. So, grab your remote controls...and your joysticks!