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Are the other streaming services going to swoop in like vultures?
by scollet 4y ago
Are the other streaming services going to swoop in like vultures?
- scarface74 4y agoFor what reason? Their original content is worse than all of their competitors.
- redisman 4y agoThey have a few modern evergreen licenses like the great British baking show. Apart from those few the portfolio feels very metrics-driven/soulless
- baby 4y agoThat feels very subjective. IMO Netflix produces more, so they produce more bad content, but they also produce more good content.
- scarface74 4y agoAs far as content people care about. Disney has Marvel, Pixar, Star Wars and cartoons that kids have been watching for decades.
- baby 4y agoSure but that’s it. Disney really doesn’t have anything in terms of content, more in terms of IP
- scarface74 4y agoThe average consumer cares a lot more about Disney content based on their IP than Netflix’s. Could Netflix release any of its originals in theaters and gross over a billion? There is much more excitement about Disney series based on their IP than Netflix’s Not to mention that parents will get Disney just for their kids to have access to the Disney library.
- baby 4y agoThat remains to be proven over the years. Netflix is building some strong IPs and could eat Disney lunch by acquiring Japanese studios like Ghibli
- scarface74 4y agoNetflix has been offering originals since 2013. Since then, Disney has had 13 1 billion dollar grossing movies and has five studios that are proven capable of making sustainable hits. Small studios like Ghibli aren’t going to compete with that. Besides, for Disney, streaming is “a feature not a product”. They can afford to put more money into content because they have more ways to monetize.
- baby 4y agoCreating IPs take time. I think one of Netflix mistake is that they don’t make sequels easily.
- scarface74 4y agoNetflix doesn’t have that kind of time. Just from the Disney stable. Pixar has been making blockbusters since 1995. Buzz Lightyear is hitting theaters this year based on a character that was introduced almost 30 years ago. LucasFilms has been making Blockbusters since 1977. Marvel based blockbuster movies have been successful since 1998. Disney itself has a stream of evergreen animation that goes back to 1937 (Snow White). Little girls still dream about being “Disney princesses”. Making hit movies is expensive. Disney isn’t solely dependent on its streaming revenue to make money, unlike Netflix.
- baby 4y agoSo you’re saying if you haven’t been in this game since the 90’s you can’t win? Netflix has been winning so far no?
- scollet 4y agoMaybe from a finance perspective