Streaming Giant Netflix Acquires Cozy Grove Dev Its quot Sixth In House Games Studio quot
Streaming Giant Netflix Acquires Cozy Grove Dev, Its "Sixth In-House Games Studio" Nintendo Life Spry Fox released the first game on Switch last year by Share: Image: Spry Fox Spry Fox, the Seattle developer behind the games, has revealed it's joined Netflix to become the streaming giant's sixth "in-house games studio". Cozy Grove was an -inspired title released on the Nintendo Switch in April last year, and will be followed by a second game, possibly "by the end of 2023". For Spry Fox, this new partnership means it can "continue making the games" it already was, but with "more support and resources" to make them better and release them to more people around the globe. "We are a studio that builds original, world-class cozy games. Especially games that bring people together. And we are confident that Netflix is going to help us do that." It also takes the pressure off having to "generate profit" and will supposedly allow the team to make its games as enjoyable and fulfilling to players as possible. The developer says it will be able to tap "creative people" within Netflix, too. Spry Fox has reassured fans all of its existing games would remain "downloadable and available in their current forms on their current platforms". As for its future games like - there is "no change" in the company's development efforts. Netflix already has games studios like Next Games, Night School Studio and Boss Fight Entertainment. Animal Crossing over to the other side What are your thoughts about Netflix's latest gaming acquisition? Comment below. [source ] Related Games Share: About When he’s not paying off a loan to Tom Nook, Liam likes to report on the latest Nintendo news and admire his library of video games. His favourite Nintendo character used to be a guitar-playing dog, but nowadays he prefers to hang out with Judd the cat. Comments ) Netflix buying devs and attempting to get into the games industry just makes me think of Stadia. I just don’t understand why these company’s keep trying to get to into gaming, do it in the weirdest way, they just gather up a bunch of game studios, have them make small 14 dollar games and then insist that they are also a game studio. But I never played cozy cove, I haven’t heard good stuff about it, so anyone that has played it, i will gladly like to know your opinion.So if they are good at making a game then, nice. Not sure what's more confusing to me, the fact that Netflix keeps acquiring indie developers or the fact that the indie developers keep accepting their offers. Do we really expect Netflix's gaming initiatives to last? Probably not But I'm sure they'll be around for longer than Stadia as much as I like Apple Arcade, it’s arguable that their gaming impact is negligible. If Apple can’t make a dent, how would Netflix manage? It might be cool to have a complimentary game for a series, but I would think that would be difficult to time as far as development… All I ask is Netflix on Switch not Netflix owned games on Switch. This is a vary good point. Thought that was an inkling That seems kinda crazy to me that this dev team with 1 game on their sleeve just gets bought out by one of the biggest media companies. But I suppose Cozy Grove has proven itself somewhat well as an Apple Arcade game as a living and consistently expanding life sim. Wish the team well as they work for Netflix. Ah okay, bye to these guys too. Netflix is becoming a Tencent situation. Dead devs once acquired. Or just an extreme lack of interest after the fact. I’n sure this will be fine. When has Netflix made anything that is low quality before? @nessisonett- Amazon bought devs too, RIP Killer Instinct developer. They’ve had multiple mobile games. I think one of their games released on ps4 also. Cozy grove is just their latest and it started as an Apple Arcade game. I really like spry fox and hope they can continue making the games they want. Triple town is still one of my go to mobile games. They have a couple of good games on their service (Into the Breach and Oxenfree), but uhh... Why would I want to play games through Netflix? I'd much prefer them focusing on movies and shows 100%. Good to know. Must have confused them for another AA developer. Leave A Comment Hold on there, you need to to post a comment...