Which Video Games Should Streamers Adapt? New Study Proposes Netflix ‘Fortnite’ Series, ‘God of War’ at Apple Over Amazon and More (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comJennifer Maas TV Business Writer Universal’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” Paramount’s “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves,” HBO’s “The Last of Us” and Netflix’s “Arcane” are just the start of a new wave of movies and TV series based on popular video games and table-top gaming IP.
From “God of War” and “Warhammer 40,000” set up at Amazon Prime Video to “Twisted Metal” for Peacock, everyone wants a piece of gaming IP in the battle to gain new subscribers and reduce churn.
But instead of fighting for whatever is popular and hasn’t already been adapted, a new study conducted by fan-community platform and entertainment company Fandom suggests what titles streamers including Netflix, Amazon and HBO Max should be focusing on based on the gaming fanbases of their respective subscribers.
The study is based on Fandom’s first-party platform, cross-visitation data, which tracks Fandom’s top 10 gaming wikis for fans of each streaming platform.
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