YouTube Premium subscribers can test more than 30 mini-games — but they might not be here to stay.
    • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldEnglish
      27·
      11 months ago

      Google can’t even stick to a fucking chat client. I absolutely do not trust them to support a game.

      • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        11 months ago

        They should recognize that some products are just utilities that need to be there for their ecosystem, even if they aren’t first class contenders or leaders in the space. How brave do you have to be to believe that having a chat client is better, in the end, than having no chat client?

    • TheHarpyEagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      11 months ago

      It’s self-fulfilling at this point. People don’t buy into Google’s new stuff because they know it won’t be around for long. Then it does poorly and gets the axe, proving everyone right.

  • RGB3x3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    11 months ago

    Been using NewPipe lately and went back to YouTube for the first time in a while.

    I can’t believe how crowded and awful the video lists have gotten. It’s filled with YouTube tips, ads within lists, shorts, suggestions for games, and absolutely garbage video suggestions.

    De-Google your life, it’s so much better

        • INeedMana@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          11 months ago

          Of course. And you know where is the end of this line? When we are allowed to rent (DRM) the games for absurd amount of money or for a sane one but with ads every 5 minutes. Add a microtransaction that blocks ads for 15 minutes in MMOs to the mix and maybe have less ads shown on big streamers’ accounts so it doesn’t look that bad on let’s plays

  • Chozo@kbin.social
    8·
    11 months ago

    It seems like this would be an excellent use of all that Stadia tech they built up. I’m pretty sure full YouTube integration was part of the bigger picture for Stadia. Such a shame to see the whole project just seemingly scrapped.

    But with the selection of what are effectively just mobile games, I have to ask: why? Why not just… play the actual mobile game?

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    5·
    11 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    As noted by Droid-Life, YouTube sent a notification last week to Premium subscribers informing them of Playables and allowing them to try it out.

    YouTube joins a long list of non-gaming tech companies that are trying to expand into games — often with mixed results.

    Just a couple of weeks ago, Amazon cut over 130 jobs in its free games division and announced it would “refocus” its efforts.

    YouTube’s experiments are nothing new; the platform often tests features on its paid subscribers before deciding whether to add them permanently.

    In addition to Playables, Premium members can also sign up to try out YouTube’s conversational AI feature that lets users ask questions about videos they’re viewing.

    While it’s hard to imagine someone explicitly signing up for YouTube Premium solely for the Playables games, they may convince some on-the-fence users to stay for longer.

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  • LCP@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    11 months ago

    Is this just diversifying for the sake of diversifying – to convince people to maintain their subscriptions, or is there something larger at play?

    Like the article said, Netflix has been investing in gaming as well. They have a small but decent lineup.

    What’s in it for Netflix and YouTube? Can’t imagine there’s much info to collect for ad purposes.