Four years later, still giving blind sticks

Netflix will stop offering some of its most notorious games to the subscribers of the service: a total of 20 titles among which are some of those of which more fame had won the catalogjust those who had made many who were facing an entry operation in the video game industry comparable to that with which Netflix broke into the film and series business. The fall of these titles, however, puts the entire plan in question.

They leave. The quality of the games that Netflix has offered its subscribers as part of its plans always has been on the rise. Began with a few Very modestbut soon included undoubted packaging titles And that they had already had an important and very awarded career on traditional platforms, such as ‘Hades’, ‘Katana Zero’ or ‘Braid’. Now many of them leave the platform from next July 14. This is the complete list of those who disappear.

• Battleship
• Braid, Anniversary Edition
• Carmen Sandiego
• Cocomelon: Play With JJ
• Death’s Door
• DID OUT: MERGE CAFE
• Dumb Ways To Survive
• Ghost Detective
• Hades
• Katana Zero
• Lego Legacy: Heroes Unboxed
• Ludo King
• Monument Valley
• Monument Valley 2
• Monument Valley 3
• Rainbow Six: Smol
• Raji: An ancient epic
• Sponebob: Bubble Pop Fun
• Ted Tumblewords
• The Case of The Golden Idol
• The Rise of The Golden Idol
• Vineyard Valley

Down in ambition. This movement enters into what has been Netflix’s recent relationship with video games: officially sold a commitment to the very important environment, and was indisputable with catalog games such as ‘Hades’, ‘Monument Valley’, ‘Sonic Mania Plus’, ‘Oxenfree’, ‘Reigns’ or ‘The Almost Gone’. To this certain steps were added to go beyond mobile phones, with games on televisions using A smartphone like command. However, in October of last year this ambition He received the first stick: Netflix announced that it closed its only AAA study, Team Blue.

Looking for a voice. At this time, Netflix has been playing all the sticks: he has entered known franchises as ‘gta’ (which withdrew almost entirely a few months ago of its catalog) or ‘Street Fighter’, has published modern milestones and classics of the indie, mobile entertainments for all audiences and adaptations of their own series. In March, Alain Tascan entered as president of this area of ​​the platform and was clear: “We need to find our voice“. They have not yet made it clear if they are doing well with being a (remarkable) Publisher of indie prestige games or want something else. Because that more, with the closed AAA study … What would it be?

The netflix of video games. On paper, that is the logical aspiration of the platform: differentiate from giants such as Xbox or Sony without specific associated hardware, and settle as a platform without platform. A huge catalog of titles that can be played on any device. Tascan declared The Verge A couple of days ago That the key to the success of monsters such as ‘Fortnite’ is in the cross-play that makes the same profile and departure can be continued on different devices. But technically that is not quite simple … And above all, who needs to do that with ‘World of Peppa Pig’ or the ‘Buscaminas’?

Cheaper technology. A loss of access to exclusive titles can give rise to possible changes in the perception of service valueso that is what Netflix may need to work below. But Tascan points in his statements that in the next five years the technology of streaming It will improve enough to set their ideas: a first step they have taken it with the aforementioned launch of titles that are played only on television with the mobile as command, but its impact has been very limited. Will you continue trying to new Netflix options or will you wait for technology to live up to your ambitious ideas?

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