Netflix Officially Drops Out of the Video Game Business
Friday, 27th January 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: cloud gaming, gamefly, neflix, qwikster, rental, video game
Written by: Jeff Nau
In case you hadn’t heard, Netflix had plans to jump on board the video game rental train last year, right alongside the Qwikster plan. Netflix had plans to offer games for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and Wii.
This was all until the Qwikster and PR debacle that all but tanked the company and thus sent the company back to the drawing board. Continue reading “Netflix Officially Drops Out of the Video Game Business” »
That Was Fast: Netflix Kills Off Qwikster, Brings Back DVD’s to Original Site
Monday, 10th October 2011Posted in Blog Archive, Online Video
Tags: account, ceo, company, moving, netflix, news, qwikster
Written by: Paul Nyhart
Before Qwikster even had time to un-box the business cards, Netflix killed off the sister (or younger, ugly, ignored little brother) company that was supposed to be their “DVD division.”
Netflix, which has made more public statements than Oprah, said that the move to divide the company into two seperate affiliates, let alone websites, was a mistake. In related news, water is wet, the sky is (sometimes) blue and Kim Kardashian is still famous for no reason. Continue reading “That Was Fast: Netflix Kills Off Qwikster, Brings Back DVD’s to Original Site” »
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