Netflix finally rolled out its gaming feature to smart TVs. So now, subscribers are able to play games on their TV screens. Also, it should be mentioned that their smartphones can act as game controllers. In brief, this simply changes Netflix to an all-in-one entertainment platform.
Smart TV users will find a Games tab. This appears inside the Netflix application. You can select and launch games directly. The option is free of charge as to the current subscription.
As for the first games, there are five of them, and they are quite well-known. Among them are Lego Party and Pictionary: Game Night. Besides, one can play Boggle Party and Tetris Time Warp. Party Crashers: Fool Your Friends forms the completion of the collection.
Boggle Party allows players to compete in a maximum of eight. The game is to discover words in a letter grid. Lego Party offers mini-games and gold collection. Pictionary is a digital drawing game.
Tetris Time Warp is a time travel-themed game. The players are trying to achieve the highest score that is why they travel through different time periods. To play Party Crashers, the player needs to find the fake players among the others. The main focus of all these games is social interaction.
Netflix has created a particular controller application for this purpose. At present, it is an iOS app. It will be available for Android users very soon. The phone connects to the TV wirelessly.
This is a step that symbolizes Netflix’s planned extension beyond streaming. The company made its first foray into the gaming sector four years ago. It was then only offering mobile games, Now, however, it appears to be going after the living room experience.
First, open Netflix on your smart TV. Head over to the new Games section. Pick out a game to play. Then just link your phone which has the controller app running to your TV.
It is free of cost to the existing and new users with regular subscription fee. The way users are billed is as part of the whole plan. Netflix has a goal of bringing in more users to its platform as a result of the move, and in this way, the company will be facing competition from other gaming platforms instead of just the streaming services only.
It is very conceivable that there will be a great number of games added by Netflix in the not-so-distant future. New versions of the controller app will come out with upgrades over time. There will be more devices that are permitted to use the controller app. The whole process of Netflix gaming is just getting started.