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Netflix cans Qwikster, service staying whole

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced this morning that Netflix will not be splitting into two separate services as planned. The news comes less than a month after the company's stock went into freefall following its announced split into disc-based and streaming entities named Qwikster and Netflix, respectively.

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BLAKHOODe4579d ago

Stop playing with my emotions, Netflix.

Drekken4579d ago

What an embarrassment. Nextflix stock holders should can this guy.

M-Easy4579d ago

I just want to know if my gamefly account is gonna have some competition. Detail the the games service dammit.

Drekken4579d ago

I read they are "unsure" if they will continue with gaming plans, which probably means - No competition for Gamefly just yet. You can always check out Blockbuster.

Right now Redbox is just not a feasible way to rent games... its just too expensive at $2 a day. How fast a rental turns into 7 days and your $14 in the hole. 8 more bucks and you have a whole month from Gamefly.

archemides5184579d ago

gamefly is just too expensive, if i'm payin 20-30 a month i might as well just buy another game. redbox is the way to go for quick plays and just to test out, but their selection isn't the greatest...but not bad as well.

ReservoirDog3164579d ago

@ Luna

There's smarter ways to use gamefly. If you get recommended by a friend, you cam get 3 months of gamefly for $17. It's a ridiculous deal if you know how to use it right.

On topic though, jeez Netflix. Get your head on straight.

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kma2k4579d ago

So i assume this means they are forgetting the games aspect. I was totally for the idea of putting pressure on gamefly! Dammit!

TBONEJF4579d ago (Edited 4579d ago )

Thank goodness. The name sounds kinda dumb and i dont want to pay 1$ a day like red box does. Im happy with my Nextflix subcription. I got rid of my streaming option because their are not enough movies or tv series you cant stream online. So i wish people can stop complaining bout the price hike. Id u dont like it just change. And Nexflix themselves says its getting expensive for them to stream content.

Asthenos4579d ago

There are actually some decent shows considering they had a deal with AMC so they brought over Breaking Bad and Mad Men and more recently The Walking Dead and they also have Futurama,South Park etc. so that is well worth the money on it's own, but if not there is always just abusing the two-week/one-month trial period over and over

TBONEJF4578d ago

But that's the only good shows they have to stream. I'm talking bout older shows from early 90s and 80s that they don't have in streaming content.

B_Rian894579d ago

i had a strong feeling this would happen especially since we haven't heard anything about Qwikster since the announcement. i hope the still bring video games to Netflix

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The INDIE Live Expo 2024 event is to feature over 100 game titles

INDIE Live Expo, Japan’s premiere online digital showcase series , will debut never-before-seen games & content updates across more than 100 titles on May 25th.

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PlayStation Doesn't Need a Dedicated PC Store Launcher

With all the PlayStation games that are now coming to PC, is it time for Sony to release a dedicated PC launcher?

thorstein3d ago

No, and they already solved any need with the overlay that's coming.

Vits2d ago

Unless they are trying to kill their recently created PC business, I would advise against opening a dedicated PC store. It's an extremely hard endeavor, and people, in general, are very comfortable with Steam. Even Epic, with their billions of dollars invested, is still struggling to find a foothold, and they have Fortnite.

just_looken1d 17h ago (Edited 1d 17h ago )

Money is one thing security is another but again millions have 0 knowledge past 2020.

Epic store for years struggled with a shopping cart/account theft/credit card theft

Rockstar launcher/store to this day over 5 years later still has horrific user interface security flaws lost account's and stolen CC

Then you got that activision need phone number oh we lost it launcher

The crown jewel is the ea launcher/store ea app 3 yrs old still has hundreds of threads were people lost games/accounts/game access or just straight up crashes.

Edit" Oh ubi launcher were you buy a game that may or may not be there again or work and the launcher 5yrs old still has no 4K support if you launch it on a 4k screen there is a high chance it will just crash.

ocelot072d ago

Can tell who ever put this together is not all that clued up on pc gaming.

It's just a known fact. The PC gaming community prefer Steam and Steam alone. They don't like different launchers. I personally don't mind them. But majority just stick with steam. Hence why EA and Ubisoft went back to on releasing on steam and why Microsoft release games on steam as people hated buying from the windows store.

The only other launchers that I imagine are doing ok is GOG due to being drm free and epic games due to the free games every week. Sony shouldn't release any sort of pc launcher n

Nitrowolf22d ago (Edited 2d ago )

It literally says in the OP that PC gamers don't like multiple launchers lol. It even mentions Steam being the go to for gamers

Tacoboto2d ago

Title: "PlayStation Doesn't Need a Dedicated PC Store Launcher"

N4G: "Can tell who ever put this together is not all that clued up on pc gaming"

When you don't even read the headline...

ocelot072d ago

I read it and had a brain fart. As read the title then this "With all the PlayStation games that are now coming to PC, is it time for Sony to release a dedicated PC launcher?"

So I hold my hands up on that mistake. Rest of my comment still stands.

Giblet_Head1d 17h ago (Edited 1d 17h ago )

Steam and GOG are highly preferred because of the rich feature set. Ubisoft, Rockstar, EA, Epic etc have all set a precedent over the years for customers to instinctively expect individual publisher launchers to be so extremely half-assed that the majority simply don't want to bother dealing with what is almost an inevitable disappointment by comparison to Steam or GOG. Those publishers and their inaction or general disinterest to improve have effectively ruined any future adoption to be taken seriously.

Einhander19722d ago (Edited 2d ago )

This is just another ridiculous double standard article.

It's like how Microsoft can spend 20 years of making nothing but gaas and live service style games to sell microtransactions, dlc and subscriptions and get praise for doing it, but if Sony wants to make a single game like that every website under the sun is writing articles saying how Sony is anti-consumer or whatever.

derek2d ago

Yep, huge double standard look at the tortured reaction to the ps5pro, websites hyperventilating like Sony is forcing people to buy it.

just_looken1d 17h ago

Wait my xbox from 2004 has avengers gaas on it? wow your so smart

m$ Gaas started with the other companies like sony

Gamepass yes they are deep into that but its still a huge money saver sense you do not own your games then get a service like that.

Now there pc xbox launcher that is trash for years now

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German Computer Game Awards 2024 has just announced its winners

"The best games of the year and the creative teams behind them were in the spotlight at the grand award ceremony of the German Computer Game Award 2024." - German Computer Game Awards.

anast2d ago

BG3 has won everything possible. It's insane.

TGG_overlord2d ago

That's right, well, BG3 deserved it imo.

anast2d ago

It's definitely a game of the generation if not all time.

InUrFoxHole2d ago

Sure buddy... You're trying to tell me it has a deeper story than goat 🐐 simulator 4000?!?!?. I wanna give bg3 a shot but my brain is burnt out on long games