Netflix shuts down its AAA game studio

[Legend]

SCOOP: Netflix has closed its "AAA" game studio in  California, less than 2 years after opening it and making big hires

Last spring, Halo vet Joseph Staten made headlines for joining

Team's now gone

A shake-up as new gaming bosses at Netflix settle inhttps://t.co/li3Pncqsy0

— Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) October 22, 2024

[kitler53]

AAA never made sense for Netflix.

while I view the mobile games as a nice bonus on occasion,.. even mobile games likely don't make sense for Netflix.   not unless they commit big enough to be able to charge for it separately.

but for me the mobile games mostly don't work.  they all require an active internet connection which doesn't help me for when I want them: vacation travel.  hence they are a zero value add to me.

[darkknightkryta]

Kind of wild when I see these comapnies try to get into gaming, but then balk at the price tag of making games.  "Let's make games and compete!  What do you mean it's gonna cost us 500 million to make one game?"