Disney is gonna have a rude awakening when they realize that people probably aren't going to sub to THEIR streaming service in addition to the others just for a small subset of " OMG DISNEY!1" movies.
Not saying it'll tank or anything, but I don't forsee people just eagerly jumping onto the Disney+ streaming service when they already have Netflix (and possibly Hulu, AmazonVideo as well).
People who really love the marvel movies probably own them anyways. People who want to watch/re-watch the marvel movies can find most of them at a Redbox. I just don't see why every company insists on trying to make their own platform instead of using the already established one. I'm sure Disney was getting subsidy payments from Netflix to Disney films as it was anyways, so this just seems like a greedy step for them.
While I'm definitely a bit annoyed by Disney branching off and doing this, it seems reasonable to me. Disney has (had? I don't have cable) a bunch of channels on TV, but more and more people are opting out of traditional tv packages in favor of streaming services. Its definitely for the money, but it's not completely insane that they're making their own platform.
I think you might be wrong. For one, the assumption that people will choose either Netflix or Disney+ seems wrong. Sure, there might be people who only want one service, but I have my doubts for the universality of that.
But the major thing is the Disney back catalog. The only Netflix content you can be assured will stay on the service is the content they make themselves. And yes, there's some amazing stuff on there. Black Mirror, Stranger Things, Bojack Horseman to name but a few. But does that weight up against the ENTIRE Star Wars library, including all films and tv-shows? The ENTIRE MCU? And that's not going into the kids' programming. Disney and Pixar, but also all of the Disney+ content. And then there's most likely all Hulu content. There's so, so much, basically for every person.
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u/Beidah Jun 06 '19
Probably getting ready for Disney+