Netflix announces five new games: The Queen’s Gambit Chess, Lego Legacy, and more<\/span><\/p>\nThis summer, Netflix is adding new games to its platform, including The Queen’s Gambit: Chess, LEGO Legacy: Heroes Unboxed, Cut the Rope Daily, Paper Trail, and OxenFree II: Lost Signals. The latter game will be available for mobile, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, PC, and Mac on July 12. The Queen’s<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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the number of hours viewed divided by the total run time),” the company said.
The company further claimed that this proved to be a more relatable metric for many people, so starting today (June 21), while we will continue to show hours viewed per title, our Top10 lists will now be ranked by views. We will also extend the qualifying time for our most popular lists from around one month (28 days) to three months (91 days) given that many of our shows and films grow significantly over time.
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Netflix added, “…we have always said there is no one perfect streaming metric. But we believe that views combined with total hours viewed is a good evolution because it\u2019s: Anchored in engagement \u2014 our best measure of member satisfaction and a key driver of retention (which in turn drives our business); Ensures longer titles don\u2019t get an advantage; and enables third parties to compare the relative impact of movies and series \u2014 despite their different run times.” <\/p>\nThe company concluded that it hopes that by being consistent and transparent about what people are watching, it can give everyone \u2014 consumers, creators, analysts and press \u2014 better insights into what success in streaming looks like more generally. <\/div>\n