• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    What’s in it for the developers?

    It works for the streaming tv because they pay for the content but as far as I understand it with the games they want to just give you a cut rather than a straight purchase price.

    If they just buy some 10,000 licences off me for X amount of money that would be fine. But when they’re like, oh you’ll get 70% of the profit your game makes at $0.30 per hour of play, developers are less interested.

    It’s not the technology, it’s the deals.

    • Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Similar system for GeForce now. You buy game and subscribe to GeForce. Both get in on the deal. It’s not cheaper but it’s convenient.

      Maybe if Netflix did a deal to cut game prices to $25 bucks.

      You are right that devs would never go for current Netflix platform. Netflix wins and devs lose.