• @Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works
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    622 years ago

    Oh wow, I had no interest at all in trying these previously. Reducing the quality of the games by adding ads and in app purchases is exactly the thing that will push me to give it a try.

  • Carighan Maconar
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    422 years ago

    Of course.

    I mean the CEO probably noticed they can only but two yachts this year after firing 20% of the workforce, so they need to increase their bonuses somehow.

    • muse
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      242 years ago

      That’s a shame, just before they were gonna release the Dave Chapelle’s Transphobia Simulator

  • 𝕽𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖎𝖊𝖘𝖙
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    152 years ago

    I already canceled Netflix when they stopped allowing me to use my account in multiple locations.

    Not at all surprised their games got microtransactioms.

  • voxel
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    122 years ago

    wasn’t lack of microtransactions and ads the whole point of these?

  • @BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works
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    112 years ago

    Yes, just what I wanted.

    I don’t even want interactive titles, why did Netflix clutter the interface with games? I just want to how some noise in the background, so I don’t have to listen to my thoughts.

    • @poppy@lemm.ee
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      32 years ago

      Depending what you’re in to, some mobile versions of good games like Oxenfree and Spiritfarer and Reigns.

    • @HairHeel@programming.dev
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      32 years ago

      they’ve got some decent ones on there. I just started playing Shredder’s Revenge and am having a lot of fun. Into The Breach is fantastic. They also have GTA 3, Vice City, and San Andreas, not that those are exactly new games.

    • ampersandrew
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      112 years ago

      There’s a lot of reward for experimenting with what you think your customers want if you’re correct. Mobile games probably aren’t the right avenue for them to go down, but things like Cyberpunk, The Witcher, and Arcane have proven extremely lucrative for not just Netflix but in generating interest in the properties they’re attached to, so it would stand to reason that having a gaming arm would mean they could attain that success and not have to share it with a business partner. Again, I don’t think mobile games will accomplish this, but I get the line of reasoning.

      • @erwan@lemmy.ml
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        42 years ago

        Mobile games makes no sense for Netflix. They might as well sell donuts.

        The only gaming service that would make sense for Netflix is game streaming. Like Luna or Xbox Cloud gaming.

        • ampersandrew
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          22 years ago

          I’d imagine it would make sense for them to make a publisher or large development studio to make the types of games that their shows have benefited from, like an inverse Warner Bros. WB has always been allergic to making any video game that isn’t based off of DC or one of their big movies, but imagine if they did that in reverse and made a game with a movie in mind that could be made out of the same premise? That’s the crossover that’s worked so well for Netflix shows (and The Last of Us and Mario).

    • @teawrecks@sopuli.xyz
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      -22 years ago

      Steve Jobs is a great example. Before the 90s, most lay-people didn’t know what computers could even do, let alone what design would lead to the most effective user experience. Jobs was able to have a vision for what the platform needed to be before any of his target demographic was capable of asking for it.

      But Jobs is in the 1% here, the other 99% are people trying to make it seem like they do work. As long as they can put it on their yearly review and get a raise, they don’t care if it gets removed and replaced with someone else’ shitty idea in 6mo.

      • voxel
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        12 years ago

        they can be easily patched to bypass Netflix account requirements btw, you only miss out on cloud saves

        • Dalek Thal
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          22 years ago

          Really? How? I’ve been wanting to play World of Goo again but the only version available is the netflix one

            • Dalek Thal
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              12 years ago

              Link doesn’t work in Australia I’m afraid - lots of corporations have a big thing for giving us the shitty end of the stick.

              • voxel
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                2 years ago

                wait what?
                the original port isn’t supposed to be region locked?
                but also it doesn’t work on android 14 anymore, Play Store gives me an error saying it’s not compatible with the device.

                • Dalek Thal
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                  12 years ago

                  Far as I can tell, the original port’s apk isn’t region locked, so much as the play store page is. Either that, or people who didn’t buy it before the netflix port went up can no longer view the page.

  • Max-P
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    82 years ago

    I’m not playing Netflix games unless they bring back the good ol’ cable TV games from the late 90s to dick around with your remote on the TV for 10 minutes.

  • @ErinCrush@lemm.ee
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    82 years ago

    Lol at that title. I just saw some post talking about how “Netflix games was my most used service”. Like, that can’t be true, either that or you don’t really play games lol.

  • Nova Ayashi
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    72 years ago

    I recently canceled my Netflix subscription just because I use Youtube and Paramount about 150% more often, and then finding out they had … games lol I don’t believe you