It’s been close to two years now since we first learned that Netflix was working to launch its own gaming service, though in reality his interest in playful proposals comes from before. Let’s remember that, for example, in 2018, he released a virtual reality game based on his “Stranger Things” series. In 2019, it released “Bandersnatch”, an interactive episode of Black Mirror in which we could make decisions that affected the development of the story, and from time to time rumors circulated that the company wanted to formalize this interest with a more specific proposal.
Finally, in 2021 such interest was confirmed, albeit with a limited scope, since the initial offer included only three games available only for Android and iOS. Since then we have seen said catalog grow, although not its scope, although in October of last year we had news that the company was thinking of creating its own platform in the cloud to make access to its games, among which should be including the triple A in which they are working, they can reach more devices.
Thus, as we have been able to see in recent times, it seems that Netflix executives are confident that the inclusion of the game subscription service in the platform’s plans, without this translating into an increase in their price, may be the necessary tool for face a competition that every day is fierceras well as the adverse effects of its policies to end the use of shared accounts, something that has had a very negative impact on its image.
Now, as we can read on Engadget, Netflix has announced plans to add approximately 40 more titles to its mobile game library over the course of this year.. Although the company has not yet revealed which games will be available, it is expected that they will be exclusive titles on the streaming platform and that, among them, you can find some based on its content, something that we have already seen in the past with Stranger Things. and that it would be a very smart move because it would provide a much more complete experience associated with its star titles.
In addition to expanding its mobile game library, Netflix has also confirmed that continues to work on its cloud gaming service. According to a report by The Verge, the company has been working on this new service for a few years now, which, however, is still at an early stage of its development, and there is no information on its expected date of arrival for users. Yes, we can say, yes, that the plan seems to be quite ambitious, since its objective is, according to what they say, to make it reach any device on which it is possible to play Netflix content.
