Netflix Shuts Down AAA Game Studio Team Blue Before Launch: What Went Wrong?

A Netflix Blue team, as mentioned by Game Filehis AAA video game studio, two years after its creation. Located in Southern California, the studio aimed to produce games on a large scale for different platforms, an ambitious bet by the company for the sector.

Blue Team hired industry veterans, including Chako Sonny, former executive producer of Overwatch, Joseph Staten, former creative director of the Halo franchise, and Rafael Grassetti, art director of the God of War series.

Despite the efforts involved, the shutdown happened before any game was released. This decision takes into account the problems that Netflix encounters in the competitive market of AAA games, which require long production cycles and large investments.

Although Netflix has had some successes in the mobile games sector, such as Poinpy, it was not so effective when it entered the production of a large game, with the closure of Team Blue a clear indication of this problem.

This decision comes at a time when Netflix is ​​trying to balance expansion into new areas, while at the same time there are difficulties in ensuring that its investments bring a- find out the expected results in the field of video games.