Netflix’s new mobile games might just help it reclaim its space as the premiere place for streaming against all its competition.
Scrolling through Netflix the other day, as one does on any given afternoon, I found something entirely new on the Netflix platform: games. This seemed weird to me at first — why would a streaming service go through the trouble of breaking into the already competitive field of mobile gaming? But upon reflection, it seems it could be a genius move.
Since the late ‘90s, Netflix has been a dominant force in entertainment. It’s arguably somewhat of a zeitgeist of the early 2000s. Their beginning as a DVD rental service quickly evolved into a streaming service in line with the growth of Big Tech platforms.
Though Netflix historically had a grip in the world of streaming, there’s been a somewhat recent shift as companies like Amazon, HBO and…
