Netflix Games Could Lose One Of Its Best Benefits
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Netflix management is reportedly considering introducing ads and microtransactions to its games.
By Eddie Makuch on
Netflix currently offers its members a variety of video games, and one of the best perks is that none of the games have advertisements or micotransactions. That could change. According to The Wall Street Journal, Netflix executives are discussing how to better monetize its game offerings, and one of the possibilities reportedly under discussion is introducing ads and microtransactions.
The report said Netflix is also considering offering some «sophisticated» games for purchase or giving subscribers to Netflix's ad-based plan the ability to play games featuring ads.
One of the latest additions to the Netflix games catalog is the GTA: The Trilogy — Definitive Edition, which includes GTA 3, Vice City, and San Andreas. Netflix subscribers get all three games free, whereas everyone else on iOS and Android needs to pay $20 for each of them.
Introducing ads and/or microtransactions would be a big shift, as Netflix management previously spoke about how a differentiator for Netflix is that its games do not have ads or microtransactions, and they're all free to members. Of course, things change all the time in business and what a company says one day does not necessarily reflect much of anything for what could happen the next day.
The WSJ report went on to say that Netflix is known to encourage debate internally with regards to future strategic decisions, so there is no guarantee these supposed ideas to monetize will actually happen.
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