Netflix wants to make money from its games, and it may be at your expense

Despite the price hikes over the years, you have to give Netflix props for not being super apt about monetizing its content. It took the company years to even consider adding an ad-supported payment tier, and you’re able to play all of the Netflix games without any sort of monetization whatsoever. However, this might change as the economic climate continues to suffer. According to sources, Netflix could be looking to monetize its games.

At this point, it’s really tough to tell what the company is planning on doing. There’s no telling how Netflix plans to monetize its games, so, you’ll want to take this news with a grain of salt. We’ll need to wait for Netflix to make some official announcements.

Netflix could be looking to monetize its games

So far, if you want to play games through Netflix, all you have to do is have an active subscription. When subscribed, you will be able to freely play the games without any ads or in-app purchases. It’s just like playing a regular video game from before the whole monetization boom.

However, a new report from The Wall Street Journal states that it could possibly change in the near future. People close to the matter told the Wall Street Journal that the company is discussing ways to bring money in for its games.

We can’t deny that Netflix spent multiple millions of dollars on its gaming endeavors. However, games are not exactly bringing in a ton of subscriptions. So, the games have been a massive money-losing endeavor, and Netflix knows this. The folks people in the company are starting to brainstorm on how to minimize the losses and bring some more Revenue in.

There were discussions among executives at Netflix, and in-app purchases were brought up. All we know is that they were brought up, so there’s no saying if the company greenlit this plan. Also, offering full-price games that you buy outright and having ads were also presented. The ads were proposed for the $7.99/month ad-supported tier only.

These could be problematic

These are viable options, but that’s not to say that they won’t bring some controversy. For example, the option of offering full price games will rub some people the wrong way. Why what a person pay for a monthly subscription just to be able to then pay for a game?  It seems unlikely that the company will do this.

As for adding the advertisements, this could rub people the wrong way because people on the cheapest plan can already play games ad-free. So, introducing ads to a platform that was already at free will definitely frustrate some users.

At this point, we don’t know what Netflix plans to do. We’re going to have to wait for more information on this subject. Whatever the company chooses, you can bet that some people will be upset.