Still remember a few years ago Netflix Diving into the world of video games by creating interactive, choose-your-own-adventure movies and TV shows? Well, almost all of these weird experiments will be removed from the service next month with little to no warning.
In 2017, Netflix launched its first interactive short film, cat in book. But most people didn’t really start paying attention to the interactive output of anchors until 2018 severe criticism black mirror Special: bandersnatch. The techniques behind these early adventure-like works were later used to create About 20 different shows and moviesincluding based on Jurassic World, Carmen Santiago, and Boss Baby. Nearly all of these interactive films will be removed from Netflix on December 2.
November 5, edge Confirmed Netflix said that of the 24 previously produced interactive specials and programs, 20 will be unavailable after December 1. Black Mirror: Bandersnatchalso Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. Priest, Bear Grylls vs. Ranveer vs. Wildand You and wild.
“The technology served its purpose but is now limited as we focus our technical efforts in other areas,” a Netflix spokesperson told The Verge.
It’s no surprise that Netflix removed these interactive specials from the service. In January, it was confirmed Netflix games boss Mike Verdu said the company will no longer make interactive games. Also, that cat in book The 2017 interactive special is It seems to have been removed a few months ago and not many people noticed.
Netflix, meanwhile, is exiting video game production after spending a lot of money and time trying to break into the industry. late October, Netflix quietly shuts down its massive AAA game studioThe blue team, after just two years, has nothing to show for it. After firing those developers, Netflix is now — just days later —Promote its plans to use artificial intelligence to generate Create a game. I can’t wait for Netflix to drop this plan in a year or two, lay off more people, and try to pivot to gaming again.
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