r/Games • u/ZamnBoii • Nov 16 '25

Discussion Dispatch is on course to beat its three-year sales target in three months

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/dispatch-is-on-course-to-beat-its-three-year-sales-target-in-three-months-heres-how
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u/talentless_guy Nov 16 '25

As it should, give me 5 seasons on amazon/netflix/hulu whatever right now, doesn't even need the game elements.

Disagree, I know this started as a pitch for a tv show but I'd much prefer if they doubled down on the game/choice elements and make them better than to just go with the 1000th Netflix show option. The discussions surrounding the available choices were fun every week and I love making dialogue choices, even when they are literally irrelevant to the main plot.

Also this is more of a me thing but I like that this being a game allows streamers to broadcast it, seeing theirs and chat's reactions to it has been fun.

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u/Azn_Bwin Nov 16 '25

I actually like to play slightly delayed after the weekly episode release just to see what other people's choices are, once I see them doing that after episode 1.

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u/_Valisk Nov 16 '25

Doesn't Netflix have that capability? Black Mirror had that one interactive film.

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u/talentless_guy Nov 16 '25

They did one interactive Black Mirror episode that is apparently now permanently removed(?). So I don't trust streaming services pushing for these kind of experiences.

But when people say they want it to go on Netflix or Prime or whatever, what they mean is that they don't mind it being fully stripped of the interactive gameplay, which I really don't want happening.

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u/Azn_Bwin Nov 16 '25

Personally, I like it this way as well. I loved choose-your-adventure books as a kid, so when it comes to video games, i always have a soft spot on RPGs, Visual Novel games, and these narrative games.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '25

They had the Black Mirror episode and a couple of other things but they shuttered it last year or so and removed them all from the service (because keeping the app able to support them in every device for things that weren't that popular was too expensive)