Bad news for those who thought a streaming version of Choose Your Own Adventure was in the future. The Verge reports that Netflix will remove much of its interactive content.
The platform currently has 24 “interactive specials” listed, but only four of them will remain after December 1st. Fortunately, these are the only four that most people have heard of. “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Vicar,” “Ranveer vs. Wilde with Bear Grylls,” and “You vs. Wilde” are all still available to stream.
The same cannot be said for specials based on Carmen Sandiego, Boss Baby, and Puss in Boots. Incidentally, Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale was the first Netflix special to feature this interactive technology, years before Black Mirror: Bandersnatch took the world by storm.
This is a pretty disappointing ending for a technology that Netflix once promised to “double down.” Company spokesperson Chrissy Kelleher told The Verge that the feature “has served its purpose, but there are limitations as we are currently focused on technology efforts in other areas.” Former Netflix games director Mike Verdu also told Gamefile’s Stephen Totillo that the company will no longer produce these interactive titles.
Despite expectations for streaming content with gamified elements, the platform is still holding back on gaming itself. Netflix has a variety of mobile titles available to its subscribers, and there are some legitimate bangers as well. But the company just shut down its AAA game studio before releasing a single game.
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