I just really hope they select games that have a good story or even better have a great story that and attach it to some IP that has very little storyline. People come for the IP but stay for the story. Unfortunately they’ll probably just pick the game with the largest fan base, attach some well known actors to it and then cram a bunch of nostalgic references into it and call it a day. Especially since the success of sonic means a lot of money will be sunk into it and a lot of suits will try to push dumb shit through.
Seriously though: the dumbest answer that might work is Daytona USA. A live-action anime that’s relentlessly cheerful and energetic. Like the Speed Racer movie, but with less melodrama, less surrealism, and not two hours long. Establish a rivalry with no villains, some stakes low enough that the protagonist might lose, and the sort of heightened realism you get in musicals. If the pit crew do a choreographed spin before changing the tires, you think nothing of it, because it happened in time with the soundtrack.
They still have pretty good value compared to competitors. I don’t like it, but when other streaming services are competing to see who can be more hostile to customers, Netflix is on the better end of the spectrum.
That said, if Netflix is one of the better ones, I’m seriously reconsidering having any streaming apps at all and just buy shows and movies directly.
For games, I honestly don’t see the appeal. I just buy the games I want, and it’s absolutely not something I want a subscription for.
Yeah, here’s the thing. I ain’t paying for Netflix, and I don’t like games-as-a-service in the first place. I barely hold a positive view of xbox gamepass, and thats entirely because it’s a cheap way to (legally) play a lot of one-and-done games. This is with Microsoft having access to decades of successful games, and control of major studios and platforms.
Lmao why. You turn on Netflix when you want to watch movies or TV shows, the battle is already lost in less than a second if you want people to care about your video games.
you don’t think trying to find the thing you want to watch is kinda already a puzzle game if you use the TV embeded client. I was not a sub for a long time and last time at my friend’s place we tried to find something using the TV client it really painful. Maybe making it a arcade game so you have to win to watch a show when they buffer everything at higher quality in background is a win?(oh and throw you some ads if you lose and the buffering is not done yet.)
ps. I basically get the however many month free from a deal and then just cancel it before it ends since I don’t watch/follow tv shows that much, I watched like 4 episodes of stargate and the streaming quality is really not up to par at the time.
Ridiculously poor management of originals, how did they end up with such huge gaps between seasons, they even release them all at once so they know fairly immediately if they are going to renew and can get the ball rolling. How is there more of like every other streamers main shows than Stranger Things
The game catalog is pretty decent. I had an issue where I downloaded a couple games from Netflix and then found they didn't work on my flight because they needed a network connection. Pretty annoying
They could’ve just filmed some "choose your own adventure“ stuff and called it a game. Would’ve attracted more people, especially with their wealth, name, and the amount of books they could use.
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