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cyberpunk007 , to games in NVIDIA's GeForce Now will cost more in Canada and Europe starting in November

Was already considering switching to team red anyways

kamiheku ,

Huh, what’s AMD’s answer to Geforce Now?

Goodtoknow ,
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Radeon Later

Molecular0079 ,

Gave me a good chuckle this morning.

Viking_Hippie ,

So the Intel one would be Arc Never

Dyskolos , to games in NVIDIA's GeForce Now will cost more in Canada and Europe starting in November

Goodbye then. Was already expensive enough.

ekZepp , (edited ) to games in NVIDIA's GeForce Now will cost more in Canada and Europe starting in November
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    dependencyInjection ,

    at all

    Seems a little hyperbolic.

    VantaBrandon , to technology in Netflix to open branded retail stores for some reason

    Nail in the coffin, RIP Netflix

    KroninJ , to technology in Netflix to open branded retail stores for some reason
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    “Netflix to open branded retail stores for some reason”

    “…to open a number of brick-and-mortar locations to sell items based on hit shows, offer dining and provide live events.”

    There you go. But if you want to go deeper it’s to try and make more money for investors. Yay publicly traded companies!

    Bgugi ,

    The phrase “for some reason” is used here to mean “I think it’s a dumb idea”

    Kolanaki ,
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    I mean, they could have saved money by just selling merch online. This is a dumb idea.

    RagingRobot ,

    But the article says it’s more than just a retail store. They have a restaurant and different experiences you can go to. You can’t do that online

    RagingRobot ,

    To be fair I would rather see them try to make money for investors this way than by cutting costs on labor and the other shady things companies do to make money. This is at least some kind of “innovation” for lack of a better term. Maybe it might be cool

    Cethin ,

    Yeah, increasing profit by actually creating a product is great. Increasing profit by increasing costs to the customer or decreasing expenditures (in particular cutting pay or removing employees) sucks.

    PrincessLeiasCat , to technology in Netflix to open branded retail stores for some reason

    No.

    Pyr_Pressure , to technology in Netflix to open branded retail stores for some reason

    offer dining

    I would actually love to see a restaurant that prepares dishes based on various fantasy / sci-fi worlds

    Like food from the witcher in a tavern theme, or food from Star Trek in the enterprise cafeteria, etc.

    ChaoticEntropy ,
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    What food from the Witcher would you want…?

    June ,

    Bread. ?

    portifornia ,
    • Striga Strudel
    • Fleder Focaccia
    • Bruxa Borscht

    Nom nom nom!

    holemcross ,

    In Tokyo they had a Stranger Things themed restaurant for a while. Pop up culture is pretty big in Japan so it worked out great I suppose. I don’t expect it to work in other places nearly as well. Especially if it’s a permanent structure.

    Pyr_Pressure ,

    One thing you could do would be to build a common “theme” for the structure and then switch out the basis on a monthly basis.

    So build a tavern section and then one month do the witcher, the next game of thrones, then pirates of the Caribbean, etc.

    Space ship theme for Star Trek, Star wars, firefly

    Retro theme for stranger things, and other stuff that I can’t think of right now.

    emeralddawn45 ,

    I mean the spaceships in star trek, star wars and firefly all have pretty different interiors. Of your idea is to draw in fans of specific shows you don’t really want to have a “generic sci fi” setting.

    Pyr_Pressure ,

    Well, yeah you wouldn’t be able to re-use everything but certain things like the building structure and cutlery, flooring, etc probably wouldn’t have to be modified much. Some of the more expensive things to switch out.

    beebarfbadger ,

    Is Hannibal on netflix?

    chuck ,

    Don’t worry dinner will be cancelled midway through the appetizers 😔

    ChickenLadyLovesLife , to technology in Netflix to open branded retail stores for some reason

    offer dining

    Reminds me of the joke: “dinner theater is a great way to ensure that both are mediocre.”

    spuncertv ,

    I mean, most of the content on netflix is already mediocre. Why no get some bar food to go with it?

    Peppycito ,

    Because I’m not going to leave my house for mediocre food and entertainment?

    scrubbles , to moviesandtv in Best Buy may end DVD and Blu-ray sales early next year
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    I mean, I started working there in 2012 and during first day orientation they said they were doing this.

    PlanetOfOrd , to technology in Netflix to open branded retail stores for some reason

    They basically want more data points on people to sell to advertisers.

    It’s big tech. That’s how big tech works.

    Krauerking ,

    No. Merch has direct profit that has a much larger margin than streaming. It’s just a new cash flow for them. Same reason patreon was offering merch and discord too.

    You have an asset in land and physical goods to sell for money. It’s not complicated why they are pivoting to it.

    neptune ,

    It’s probably both

    Fedizen ,

    The lesson of star wars was that merch is both profitable and marketing. It also might get around some of their contracts.

    Subverb ,

    It’s Hard Rock Cafe for Netflix shows. But I can’t imagine going to one. We’ll see.

    beebarfbadger ,

    You’re so cynical. They obviously want to spread joy among their customers. That and launder money.

    LilB0kChoy , to technology in Netflix to open branded retail stores for some reason

    Hmm? The Rise and Fall of Planet Hollywood

    ZeroCool ,

    Planet Hollywood

    Image

    scottywh ,

    I didn’t realize Planet Hollywood barely still existed.

    Very interesting.

    possiblylinux127 , to technology in New York lawmakers are cracking down on kids' exposure to social media algorithms | If passed, anyone under 18 would require permission from a parent or guardian to view content on accounts they do...

    I’m not giving my id. Period

    Nathandee , to technology in Netflix to open branded retail stores for some reason

    They took this advice / business idea from Matpat

    sebinspace ,

    That’s dangerous

    AngryCommieKender ,

    That’s just a theory

    LazaroFilm , to technology in Netflix to open branded retail stores for some reason
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    Makes sense. They have multiple franchises and they can either sell in Walmart and water down the franchise or make an exclusive store where they control the experience and increase the value of the products. Disney also has stores like that. As for the Squid Game experience it’s the local equivalent to Disney parks. Di’s I mention it looks like they’re copying Disney?

    skozzii ,

    I enjoyed the Disney stores, they always were busy, but now they are all closing down it seems.

    Krauerking ,

    Same, but Disney has gotten so big and so loose with it’s cash that they are burning the clothes off their backs to keep the train moving. It was just not profitable enough to keep that arm alive I guess

    thehatfox ,
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    The entire chain of Disney stores in the UK closed years ago. A bunch of other narrowly branded shops have gone too.

    If the likes of Disney didn’t think stores were worth it, I’m not sure how Netflix thinks it could work. There’s can be decent margin on merchandise, but also a lot of cost in running physical retail.

    BlackPenguins , to technology in Netflix to open branded retail stores for some reason

    This is the same thing as the HBO store in NYC. It can work well if the location is right and touristy enough.

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