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Netflix's real value is in binge-watching TV shows. I wouldn't be surprised if movies just don't get the viewers to justify their cost. As a non-stop Netflix s
by larrik 10y ago
Netflix's real value is in binge-watching TV shows. I wouldn't be surprised if movies just don't get the viewers to justify their cost.
As a non-stop Netflix subscriber since 2004, I've only streamed 1 or 2 movies in that entire time (although my kids have).
- ghaff 10y agoYou and others would presumably watch more if there were more better (especially recent) movies to watch. Personally, I keep my minimal Netflix DVD rental subscription mostly to trickle in the previous year's Oscar nominations etc. >I wouldn't be surprised if movies just don't get the viewers to justify their cost. Presumably that is also true. Whatever deal the content providers are offering, Netflix doesn't see the ROI. To your broader point about TV vs. movies though. A former senior technical Netflix guy once told me that "People come for the movies and stay for the TV shows." (And this was before they had nearly as much original content.) The danger to the studios here seems to be if people just get out of the habit of watching movies as a format. But that's probably a pretty big leap from where we are today.