Netflix can be a television program, a platform for movies and games in the near future. According to Bloomberg, the company has hired Mike Verdu, a former Oculus and Ea Exec, as vice president of the development of the game. Verdu was the vice president of reality and virtual reality content on Facebook, where he worked with developers for the Oculus Rift, Quest and GO. From 2017 to 2018, he was also the head of EA Mobile and supervised the studies that worked on Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, Simcity Beedit, Plants vs. Zombies and Sims Free Play, among others.

According to reports, the company will develop your game team in the coming months to start offering games to transmit in the next year. Netflix is ​​not exactly inexperienced in the area and the games developed previously depending on their popular shows. However, he threw these titles into mobile devices and consoles: Bloomberg says that the company will not be making a separate platform for its upcoming video games and, on the other hand, it will make them available along with its shows and movies under its own category. In addition, the transmission giant, according to reports, has no plans to charge extra for access to the game, although it is not clear if the additional content will lead to a rise in future prices.

With competitors that appear on the left and right, Netflix has been looking for ways to grow and make sure it stays ahead, especially in saturated markets such as the US. UU. Add video games to your repertoire seems to be the answer that occurred recently . The information reported for the first time that the company sought to hire an executive who had supervised its expansion in videogames in May. Apparently, Netflix approached several veterans executives in the industry with respect to position.