Netflix may have cracked the TV gaming problem, and the answer is Boggle.
The Stepback column by Andrew Webster at The Verge uses one household's experience with Netflix's TV games to argue that the platform has found a workable formula: simple, familiar titles that pull people into the same room and hand off controllers. The article is worth reading in full because the argument is built from specific observations about how Netflix games actually get played, not just whether they exist.
The larger question here is whether Netflix can turn casual couch gaming into a retention tool the way it has with reality TV. Webster's answer, and the reasoning behind it, is in the full piece.
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