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by gelert
1800 days ago
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To offer a more pessimistic case this was true for Google, whose Stadia product flopped, and it was true for Amazon, whose video games utterly failed to take off. Currently something like Microsoft gamepass is a far better choice if you want to subscribe and play videogames. On another note, Netflix has experimented with videogames before using Telltale "choose your own adventure" style games and fitting them into their existing product. They also did a similar thing with Bandersnatch a choose your own adventure from the film side. So I think with the demise of telltale netflix might just be bringing that in house rather than trying to offer a wholesale alternative to existing videogame providers. |
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With their existing tech chops I don't think Netflix would have to try very hard to put out a significantly better service than Google did. "Pay $X a month for this not garbage library of games, play on any device capable of handling the video stream and a gamepad". (Yes I know Stadia have fixed a lot of these issues now, but they didn't for a long time, and it's too far past the initial hype unless they get no new competition for a long time).
They also have a huge existing install base, stick the Gaming thing on the menu, advertise a trial, bam people are hooked.
The crucial thing is to make sure there's some sort of connection quality test that pops up a "hey, your internet doesn't seem so hot - your experience might not be great, but hey have a go anyway it might be okay" message. Otherwise a huge chunk of the market is just going to assume the service is terrible and then talk on social media about how the service is terrible, and tank the product.