In a letter to shareholders earlier this year, Netflix acknowledged what might have seemed at the time like a surprising fact: “We compete with (and lose to) Fortnite more than HBO,” the streaming video giant admitted.
So much of the commentary around Netflix tends to pit it against the obvious rivals — HBO, other streamers, TV in general, and so on. But not only does a game like Fortnite eat away at a growing share of users’ time that might otherwise be spent on something like bingeing Netflix content. It seems that the massively successful battle royale video game is about to encroach for the first time directly onto Netflix’s turf.
BGR Top Deals:
- The most futuristic new Philips Hue light is still down to its Prime Day price
- The insanely popular new Marvel game for Nintendo Switch is somehow already discounted on Amazon
Trending Right Now:
- FDA warns that ‘Big Penis’ supplement works a little too well
- This is the first big news about ‘Stranger Things’ season 4’s release timing
- New leaked photos show Google’s Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL from every angle
‘Fortnite’ is branching out into original video programming originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 19 Jul 2019 at 21:35:32 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read more here:: Boy Genius Report