You’d imagine a streaming service like Netflix would be worried about rival streaming services like HBO, Amazon Prime, and Hulu. Not so. As it turns out, Netflix is most worried about… Fortnite.
Yep, it transpires that the competition the streaming giant dreads more than any other is from Epic’s uber popular free to play battle royale, which just proves that Fortnite is getting stronger every day.
Netflix wrote in a recent letter to shareholders:
We compete with (and lose to) Fortnite more than HBO. When YouTube went down globally for a few minutes in Oct, our viewing and signups spiked for that time…There are thousands of competitors in this highly-fragmented market vying to entertain consumers and low barriers to entry for those with great experiences.
It seems that Netflix’s main concern regarding Fortnite is that the battle royale is taking up a hell of a lot of screen time for younger audiences – time I imagine Netflix would rather people spent watching The Good Place, or Daredevil.
Except of course Daredevil has been cancelled in what can only be described as one of the greatest tragedies of the modern age. I mean, did you see season three? It was incredible. I realise I’m getting off track, it just… it still hurts.
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