Netflix is ​​diversifying its business and is already showcasing its long-term video game strategy | TV | entertainment

In the first quarter of 2023, Netflix It has lost more than 450,000 subscribers in Latin America. Due to last year’s fall and the emergence of more platforms flow. Company “N” is beginning to diversify its business. platform flow I started a pilot project so that video games could be played through TV and computer.

according to to explain Mike Verdue, Vice President of Netflix Games, right now it comes Beta (beta) limited to a small number of users in Canada and the United Kingdom. In principle, there will be only two games from Netflix that will be available in the cloud: oxenfree And Molieu’s mining adventure.

The titles will appear in a new section called games on tv Users will have to use their mobile phones as a remote control. In the case of Android, the controls will appear within an app Netflix. Meanwhile, those using an iPhone will have to download a new app called Netflix Game Controller.

Since 2021, Giant flow, Netflix incorporated into the catalog games of its users, These are free, as they are included in the monthly subscription payment for the platform.

Netflix It has action, adventure, classic, card, music, party, puzzle, racing, role playing, simulation, sports, strategy and board games.

The platform also announced that the project is still in a very early stage of development and that once it is made available to the general public, the games will work on TV media player devices such as Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast with GoogleTV, LG TVs, among other devices, and through its PC website.

In March 2023, the platform stated that 40 more games were due to be released by the end of this year, that it had another 70 games in development with its partners, and that 16 internal games were being developed in its studios.

So far, Netflix It has more than 50 mobile games available, including “Cut the Rope Daily” (ZeptoLab), “The Queen’s Gambit Chess” (Ripstone Ltd), or “Sonic Prime Dash” (SEGA HARDlight), released this year. (And the)