Netflix’s VP of Content for the APAC (Asia Pacific) Region, Minyoung Kim, recently sat down for an interview with Patrick Brzeski from The Hollywood Reporter. During this discussion, Kim explained that Netflix’s interest in gaming has resulted in the company considering the idea of making a Squid Game video game.
“We’ve been getting an overwhelming but happy volume of requests from the organization — from the consumer product department, from the gaming group, from our other international teams,” Kim said. “My team’s role is to really look at all of those opportunities together, to create that roadmap for the Squid Game IP. We are looking at multiple different areas — from games, consumer product, and others — to really figure out what we can bring to our audiences to increase their affinity towards our content and give them more joy while staying true to the world that our creator has built.”
Since Netflix has only recently begun to make its way into the gaming space, very little is known about this Squid Game project. At this time, it is unclear what devices the game will be compatible with, what the release date of the game will be, or what the game will even look like.
The Profit‘s Take:
This is obviously genius. How can you not love this? Netflix is at its best when it ties things together. It shows gaming as the other anchor of entertainment. This hits all the buttons of things I am consistently a fan of. The problem is, this game can’t take two years to make. Otherwise, they will miss the boat. They need to get this game out as soon as possible.
(All information was provided by Forbes and The Hollywood Reporter)
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