What Will Netflix Do if Its Own Franchises Open a Cloud-Streamed Gaming Service? Reconsidering Apple’s App Store Rule Concerns
The company is able to leverage its own franchises, according to Ward. “If this potential cloud-streamed gaming service takes off, I suspect it will ultimately be because a massive streaming video hit is accompanied by an excellent, complimentary game that’s only available on Netflix,” he said.
Internet infrastructure won’t be the only thorn in Netflix’s side, as Apple’s App Store will be a major issue. Apple has complex rules for game streaming apps, barring companies from offering a library of games that you can browse through and launch at the tap of a button in a single app. Given just how much Apple makes off games, I doubt the company is going to change these rules anytime soon, so Netflix is going to have to figure out ways to get around them. Netflix could offer a Progressive Web App like competitors have. Maybe it will reach a deal with Apple so it can offer cloud gaming on its main app.
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Google, on the other hand, couldn’t figure it out (or didn’t want to take the time to), as it shuttered its in-house Stadia studios a little over a year after the service launched. New World and Lost Ark are two of the titles that have been a success for Amazon. And neither New World nor Lost Ark is available on Luna.
It appears that they are committed to getting game development right. It’s acquired gaming developers, established an internal studio in Helsinki, and just announced a California-based studio headed up by former Overwatch executive producer Chacko Sonny. And Verdu seems to be willing to give its studios room to grow. We want to build institutional competence with internal games. We want teams to go through multiple cycles and get good at working together and delivering great products. “Sometimes, the only way you can do that is to give them the space inside an organization.”
Evidence from across the rest of the industry suggests that a hybrid subscription and ad-based model is possible. Antenna reports that 76 percent of Peacock subscribers, 57 percent of Hulu’s, and 44 percent of both Paramount Plus and Discovery Plus’ audiences are subscribed to their respective ad-supported tiers in the US. There is an established player that has been around for a decade and a half, and that is now having to retroactively switch from being a subscription only service to being an advertising service.
“It’s still very early days for our ad-supported tier and we’re pleased with its launch and engagement, as well as the eagerness of advertisers to partner with Netflix,” a Netflix spokesperson said in a statement to The Wall Street Journal. It was said that the figures were based off consumer data from third-parties.
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I believe the biggest hurdle will be a temptation to rush into the perfect experience without the proper foundation in place. I think it’s crucial that we stay committed to getting things right like measurement and delivery.
Early next year,Netflix will start charging an additional fee to use the same account outside of its primary household in order to crack down on password sharing. This has the potential to drive existing subscribers to pay for discounted ad-supported streaming rather than pay the additional fee.
It’s a lofty goal for a service barely a year into launch. The streaming giant is big on iteration; it keeps a “crawl, walk, run” model as one of its guiding principles. It has released 55 mobile games, ranging from licensed games based on popular shows to Too, which is a dating show. To Hot Handle to well-known games such as Tomb Raider and Kentucky Route Zero.
The company has also scooped up developers like Oxenfree creator Night School Studios and established an in-house game development division. One of the most popular forms of entertainment is games. It is a natural extension of what we do in our memberships.
One of the biggest new titles is a game nearly a decade old. Video game success isn’t about quantity but quality. If it is not careful, its platform might end up being over-saturating.
The company has 70 games in development with its partners, and plans to release an additional 40 games this year. There are 16 more games being worked on by the in-house studios. It also continues to pull in already established games, including Uswo’s critically acclaimed Monument Valley and its sequel. The games are expected to launch on the streamer in the years to come.