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Video Gaming Poses Growing Competition To Streaming


There’s no mystery about Netflix’s recent move to begin offering its first in-app games, based on its popular “Stranger Things” franchise.

In its Q4 2018 letter to investors, the world’s largest streaming service said that video gaming — specifically Fortnite — represented a more serious competitive threat than HBO, causing …

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  1. Dan Ciccone from STACKED Entertainment, September 14, 2021 at 2:26 p.m.

    This trend has been taking place for over a decade.  Welcome to 2008.

  2. Jerome Samson from 3.14 RMG, September 14, 2021 at 10:23 p.m.

    Karlene - Does Park Associates have 'total time spent' rather than 'ratio of time spent?' I couldn't spot it in their report, but it would be so much more insightful than a ratio. Total streaming time and total gaming time are so different generation by generation.

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Karlene Lukovitz is editor of MediaPost's "Digital News Daily" and writes the weekly "Video Insider" and "Advanced TV Insider" columns. You can reach her at karlene@mediapost.com.

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