I think the real reason is nobody plays Netflix games. Vast majority of people don’t even know they exist; and those who do often don’t have a device that can run them.
Comment on Netflix to shut down two game studios: Night School and Moonloot
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 5 days ago
Just six weeks ago, Night School had released Unhinged, a novel 30-minute first-person horror game, streamable on TVs to Netflix users.
Prior to its Netflix tenure, Night School had developed the award-winning supernatural thriller Oxenfree.
Netflix attributed the studio closures to a prioritization around kids gaming, party games, story-driven fare and games with mainstream hooks, such as a recently released FIFA game.
Ah yes from their history I can see how it would be impossible for them to pivot from story based ges to party, fits, and uh, story based games.
RamRabbit@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Carighan@piefed.world 5 days ago
They are competent, so that naturally just failed to align with Netflix’s business principles.