Netflix considers adding in-app purchases and ads to games, report says

According to The Wall Street Journal, the company has had discussions about how to make money from its games for months now, including in-app purchases, putting a price tag on more premium titles and placing ads on games that subscribers to its ad tier have access to. These methods are common (and effective) in the mobile gaming world, with consumers expected to spend $111.4 billion on mobile games in 2024

The only reason Netflix games library is decent, its are not laid with ads or in-app purchases. If that was changed it would no longer make the experience enjoyable. Hopefully, they don’t.

notenoughbutter,

this was the obvious next step

why won’t someone think of the shareholders?

BearOfaTime,

Meh, just canceled Netflix anyway. Their lineup is shit.

Going back to the seven seas.

net00,

The fuck is the point then? you get to pay to have the privilege of paying more for a mobile game?

All the netflix games I see are just shitty mobile games, nothing of value will be lost.

TwilightVulpine,

There are some pretty cool games that were ported to mobile by Netflix, like Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon, but if they are going to inject ads and in-app purchases into them (you know, on top of the subscription), they are going to ruin them

MonkderZweite,

Shareholder value more important than a sustainable service. 🙄

Croquette,

Alternative headline :Netflix waiting to see how Prime Video ads pans out before pulling the trigger.

Volume,
@Volume@lemmy.world avatar

This isn’t news, Netflix Games is a mobile game developer, they will follow the trends of mobile gaming to generate profits.

mriormro,
@mriormro@lemmy.world avatar

Netflix has games?

limerod,

They do. One example

drbluefall,
@drbluefall@toast.ooo avatar

I believe they offer BTD6.

Snapz,

They don’t consider shit, they have a long tern plan that includes publicly flying out test balloons like this to see how pissed off the public get. If it’s benign enough, they’ll do it. If not, they’ll wait a while and try again.

umbrella,
@umbrella@lemmy.ml avatar

told ya

Nastybutler,

I didn’t play Netflix games when I had Netflix. Now they want to make that even worse? Good fuckin luck

Pika,

Didn’t they just post about how they acknowledge that their game ecosystem sucks is almost nobody uses it but they intend to change that… now they want to add Advertisements? 10/10 company planning

casual_turtle_stew_enjoyer,

This is truly absurd.

Netflix basically bought the rights to republish versions of established mobile games as “Netflix Edition” titles with ads and in-app purchases removed as a value add to subscribers to get them into their games ecosystem. And now they want… to put ads and micro transactions back? I understand the reasoning behind it obviously-- they need a return on their investment-- but that is a clean about-face from their initial strategy

blindsight,

I completely forgot about Netflix adding games. I assume it’s crap, but is it worth checking out? Has anyone actually used it?

MoonlitSanguine,

If you already pay for Netflix then there are a few decent games like Into the Breach. Most of it is garbage though.

limerod,

The experience is decent. Asphalt extreme, dead cells, and many more. Premium gaming experience without ads or micro transactions. Some are also Netflix exclusive.

Nath,
@Nath@aussie.zone avatar

I’ve only used the Asphalt Xtreme game, and it’s awesome. It’s like the old asphalt 6 days where you raced cars and didn’t need to worry about fuel or in-app micro transactions to progress.

The only selling point to Netflix gaming is that there are no in-app purchases or ads. I can’t see any scenario where adding adds/micro transactions doesn’t immediately kill Netflix gaming.

Frankly, I think this whole thing is a beat up for clicks.

SomeGuy69,

Into the breach is a good Netflix game. I found an APK online, it even works without my Netflix account, which is nice.

Suburbanl3g3nd,

Where did you happen to find that APK?

SomeGuy69,

I got it from gameDVA

Suburbanl3g3nd,

Thanks!

GoodEye8,

It’s good because it’s not a mobile game. It was developed for PC and later ported to mobile.

cmnybo,

I didn’t even know netflix had games, oh well. Meanwhile, the games I bought from GoG are DRM free and mine forever.

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