Android users in faraway Poland are now testing Netflix games, the company made the announcement recently. The streaming firm is trying out these games, for now, Stranger Things 1984 and Stranger Things 3.
The games are not streamed but downloaded, and you won’t be able to play them in the Netflix application. When you open any of the two games, you will be asked for your Netflix sign-in details.
Netflix has followed up on its intention to launch games on its platform after it confirmed the hiring of Mike Verdu.
Coming in with loads of experience in the gaming sector, Mike Verdu has worked previously in Electronic Arts, Oculus, Zynga, and Atari. Netflix confirmed his appointment yesterday, He will be leading the gaming team of the video streaming platform.
The California-based company chief operating Greg Peters mentioned during a recent earnings call of the company’s gaming intent. “No doubt that games are going to be an important form of entertainment and an important sort of modality to deepen that fan experience.”
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So, yeah if you watch movies from Netflix on your big screen or mobile screens, there is a high chance you are into gaming of some sort. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman might know a thing or two about Netflix gaming intent. He mentioned the streaming service aims to offer games to Netflix subscribers “within next year.”
Adding games makes Netflix a compelling watch, amidst its many competitors such as Hulu, Apple TV+, and HBO Max.
Poland users testing should gauge Netflix’s readiness for its proposed 2022 global games launch. Since the pandemic, users have been glued to their screens for content. Adding games to the deal also sweetens the deal for its subscribers.
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