Streaming giant Netflix has confirmed in a shareholders letter that it’s not only expanding into games but also won’t charge users extra to play them.
Netflix said it plans to build on the company’s earlier efforts around "interactivity." Think Black Mirror: Bandersnatch or the Stranger Things games. In doing so, the offering of games Netflix adds to its library will come at "no additional cost [to users] similar to films and series." However, the company said these titles will only be available on mobile devices for now.
"We’re also in the early stages of further expanding into games, building on our earlier efforts around interactivity (eg. Black Mirror Bandersnatch) and our Stranger Things games," the company said. "We view gaming as another new content category for us, similar to our expansion into original films, animation, and unscripted TV. Games will be included in members’ Netflix subscription at no additional cost similar to films and series. Initially, we’ll be primarily focused on games for mobile devices. We’re excited as ever about our movies and TV series offering and we expect a long runway of increasing investment and growth across all of our existing content categories, but since we are nearly a decade into our push into original programming, we think the time is right to learn more about how our members value games."
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July 20, 2021 at 03:46PM