Netflix is the largest streaming service in the world, and next year it could add video games to the fold.
Don’t look now (er, do look, actually), but Netflix apparently has aspirations of being the Netflix of games! That is to say, it is reported the company wants to expand into video games (as previously rumored) and has brought on some key talent to help lead the effort. Should Netflix pull this off, it could be a major disrupting force, just as it was (and still is) for streaming movies and TV shows. I have to say, Netflix’s ability to pivot and evolve with the times is impressive (save for that short-lived Qwikster spin-off a decade ago). Navigating the online landscape is not easy, yet Netflix took its popular DVD-by-mail subscription service and adeptly expanded into streaming movies and TV shows, and eventually even created its own content. In doing so, it became a veritable juggernaut in the space. Can it do the same for video games? We may find out, according to what people who are supposedly in the know are saying.
