Netflix’s major problem is canceling amazing shows in the first season because they didn’t do enough press to get good numbers on the release day. So once the show is actually discovered and everyone loves it, it will have already been canceled
So, my personal issues with Netflix are: - there's no way to see what the latest releases are, just a selection of newish releases and trending shows - it feels like it's 95% cheap filler movies - show/film descriptions often say nothing about what it's about - show/film trailers are mostly a clip that tells you nothing about the show and are mostly boring and unengaging - it doesn't show you what you've already watched - the price is way more than other services, and those services offer shows and films that aren't mostly filler... and the price keeps increasing - it does a very poor job with shows it thinks I will like
Your 1st and 5th points are wrong, on my TV and phone I can see the newest released shows and there's a category for "watch again" you just have to scroll a bit
@@zoinksrodan7644 Today, there was a show called "Life in Colour" added to Netflix, which I know about through a site that tracks new releases. This doesn't appear anywhere in the new releases list on Netflix, but content that is nearly a week old appears there. I get the same with many other films and shows. Going to a specific list to see what I've watched is not very helpful. If I'm browsing the list, and I see a film that I'm not sure I've watched previously, it won't tell me. It will display it like any other film. I would want it to have a red underline, or border, or an icon showing that it's been watched previously. I don't want to navigate away to search for it in a list of things I've watched. That's next to useless as I wouldn't waste all that time to find out.
Here is the problem: You used to be able to buy Netflix and have access to most films and movies, now you have to pay for 5 streaming services and still don't have access to everything.
This is why I have a library card. Who needs to pay $15 bucks for HBO Max when all it takes is a round trip to my public library to binge the entirety of Game of Thrones. And before you ask…no, it was not worth it.
I’d also like to point out that Netflix is probably getting known for cancelling series’. It affects how much people want to invest into their product.
im still angry about prodigal son getting canned, dont know if it was netflix or what but I was going hard for that show before I learned it was cancelled at season 2
i also think netflix is focusing too much on “shock value” shows. shows like their awful reality shows (ex. too hot to handle) and movies like 365 days and tall girl. yes, they give you a momentary check when it blows up on tiktok and everyone hate watches it, but it doesn’t build fans. people talk about it for a week after it comes out, make fun of it, and go on with their day. meanwhile, stranger things (a show that’s actually well written and planned out) is still incredibly relevant years after it’s first season. shows like i’m not okay with this got cancelled, but are still highly praised online with a core fanbase begging for a revival. that’s what netflix is forgetting. they want to make a quick dollar off of a terrible movie or show, but forget that clout fades in a month or so.
@@elizacarrie7433 I saw the Alex Meyers recap of that movie and the only shock about that movie is that it exists... barf. AM is much more entertaining lol
This actually backfires at them so much as well. If a particular show/series they release with shock factor actually was received negatively (i.e. Cuties), then the backlash will stick longer.
One thing I never see brought up enough about password sharing is that they already charge you extra for 1, 2, or 4 simultaneous streams. If I'm paying for 4 streams, what does it matter if they're under the same roof or not?
100%. Also it's 2022. I have a Japanese penpal and we like to watch shows together online. Why is this different from having a friend over to watch with me? Obviously public restreaming is a problem, but at the end of the day these online services need to start understanding that by virtue of being online, there are going to a lot of grey areas that people feel are not in any way infringements but obviously legally would be. This is the same problem as video game piracy, in a way. In attempting to crack down on leeches you end up pissing off legitimate customers and will inevitably end up hurting your userbase long term when the value proposition of the service becomes less attractive.
Hopefully Neflix is going to watch this and take this free business advice from MatPat. He's more than just some theorist after all, but a business advisor as well.
One prime example is Arcane. This masterpiece of a show released 3 episodes each week for 3 weeks. The show exploded and maintained popularity throughout those 3 weeks because of its release style. In my opinion, releasing 1 episode a week for a show on Netflix would be weird because binge watching has become a central part of Netflix culture. I would suggest them maybe releasing 2 or 3 episodes a week for a show like what they have been doing with their reality TV shows. It will keep the binge aspect that Netflix is associated with while extending it over a few weeks.
Agreed. I cant comprehend how they dump whole season of Stranger Things and then make month breaks in new episodes when it comes to Better Call Saul. 3 episodes a week seems nice
I’m actually fine with the 1 episode/week, it’s fun to have this thing to do every week in your schedule and have time to talk with your friends about it
@@TekkenMasterPL I agree. Literally the second half of Stranger Things is 2 episodes with each episodes running for about 1 hour and 30 minutes, the same as a movie nowadays
@@TekkenMasterPL Also cable shows like Better Call Saul, they usually don't record all the episodes at once, they usually make them in batches which is why they can't just dump all the episodes at once and their are usual breaks in between (holidays/breaks. With this model, actors also have time to work on multiple projects at once without having to be stuck on one for a prolonged period of time). With streamers, they make all their episodes at once so they can do whatever they want with the release schedule and not have to deal with it. Netflix chooses to dump everything while streamers like Hulu and Disney+ like doing weekly drops. Also, Netflix doesn't own Better Call Saul. It's licensed to them and when the show is finished releasing all of it's episodes on cable, it's usually takes a few weeks for it to be put on Netflix (depending on the licensing agreement, it can vary when the show drops on Netflix ofc).
I'm actually surprised you didn't talk about their pattern of cancelling shows after 3 seasons in order to not have to pay more to their actors and crew. Can't build a fandom if you cancel shows so quickly
And then theres the whole sunk cost fallacy in shows. If youve watched enough people will want to keep watching until its done. I dont know anybody who still watches Gray's Anatomy and still enjoys it lol
The whole “space out the release” thing is perfectly displayed by arcane. Released in three acts over three weeks, great pace and kept everyone talking
though Arcane, as Mat pointed out, was also a showing in the "buried under constant new content." I watched a lot of animes when they show up on Netflix, but until I started seeing the Arc 3 theories and discussions about Arcane on TH-cam did I even find out it existed, and not only that, was ON Netflix. I had to see a random af recommended youtube vid of reactors I occasionally watch and then manually search the Netflix database to know it existed. which also meant I was able to just binge it. but Mat was right, if I had been there when it was coming out in it's chunks oh boy I would have better understood all the hype around the show hmhmhm
My issues with Netflix are: - They only advertise things that are already popular, so the only thing I see when I open the app is just Stranger Things and Breaking bad. - The app's algorithm is like it was made in 5 minutes. It recommends me the show Lost In Space when I watch stuff like Naruto and HxH. - the descriptions don't tell much about the show/movie's plot. - A lot of the Movies are just there to make it look like there is a whole lot more to watch, they are poorly made.
My issues with your comment - Issue 3 is retarded, why would someone want to spoil the plot of some show/movie that's for retards, I want the description to be obscure, especially for a movie since it's a one and done kind of deal - 3 of your 4 issues sentences start with T, also why does the third reason start with a lowercase T when the other 4 points you made started with capitals - About the 4th issue, that is entirely subjective, yes I think some movies are bad, but usually that is because I don't like an actor/s, or I don't like the plot or something else, very rarely is a movie bad because of the writing/production quality, yes there are bad ones, but I am pretty sure they exist on any platform, if you dig deep enough.
Oh yeah, those descriptions. The one from Power of the dog was just utterly awful. It even made the movie it bit less good cus it was so not what I was expecting after reading those two or three lines...
Netflix isnt full of Wokeness but does heavily support it. They did laughably-shows and went with it, doubling-down, then tripling-down, never stopping. The Money-Losing is not just some small decision here and there, it's an Entire Ideology.
My main issue with Netflix right now is that I can’t commit to anything, one day you start a new show and a few days later they decide to cancel it, at this point I just skip everything because I’m not interested on getting burned by shows getting cancelled, they may make the most incredible show ever but I’m just not going to watch it, to be honest the only reason why I haven’t cancelled is that my parents watch a few shows on my account and those shows are not even Netflix originals…
Same! I had watched Archive 81 a couple months back and then when I was watching it with my cousin I decided to look and see when season 2 was coming out only to find it canceled
My issue is that I like a show, but they didn’t add season nine. Then I learned it was on a different site that doesn’t let you skip the intro. Now, they had cut seasons out of the show and it only goes up to season 4 instead of season 8!
Right! I was going to start Archive 81 because of the excellent word of mouth, but then heard it was cancelled. I don't even want to bother now! If it's really good I'm gonna be pissed that there's no new seasons.
MatPat really does have a point about the bingeing and release schedule thing. As someone who watches dramas that release episodes on a weekly basis, there’s time for us to react and anticipate each episode. It gives us something to look forward to. If people want to binge a drama, they will simply wait until the week or day of the final episode to do so. Following a weekly release schedule will still give people the opportunity to binge a show, while also letting it last longer.
My boyfriend prefers to binge every show until he's either watched it all or just all that's released. His mom and dad do that too. None of them understand why I like to take breaks every few episodes. Sometimes even if it isn't strictly a drama it's nice to take bit and digest what you've watched.
I think it's highly individual. A show has to be exceptional for me to bother with watching weekly, and even then I would prefer to binge it. The only two shows I have bothered watching weekly were ones I got into by binging first, Succession and Better Call Saul. In both cases, I waited for multiple seasons to come out before committing, and only once I was hooked would I have bothered coming back weekly. In both cases too, I enjoyed the era where I could binge quite a bit more, but I was in deep enough I would watch weekly. Also in both cases, I haven't watched a weekly show since, and the only way to get me to commit to that is have a body of work for me to actually get into. For example, Better Call Saul is still my fav show... but it's a slow starter, it worked in it's advantage to string that together a little bit more, whereas I may have gotten lost over the course of 5 seasons before it hit me I was enjoying it even more than Breaking Bad. This isn't one size fits all... but every weekly show I ever watch anymore is only a result that I binged several seasons of it already.
I think that they should also add a function for the community to vote for which shows they want to have more seasons, including cancelled netflix ones
Netflix do see which shows are doing great and which are not through their database or watchtime history.Thats why the ceo told Squid Game may become world largest streamed show before hand. This method is reliable than voting.
@@growthhacking9126 it could be a combo though. Just because you finished a season of something, doesn't mean you want more of those seasons (people hate watch, or keep watching a show thinking it will get better and it doesn't for example)
The real issue with Netflix is that whenever they release a show, it's overwhelming because you have to watch all of it (if you like the show) to avoid being spoiled online or with friends. Like you said, a big reason why Disney Plus works in that regard is because they release episodes on a weekly basis. It gives time for fans to discuss and theorise and ultimately bring new people to the platform. The binging method for Netflix was cool for a few years, now it's just hurting them.
Yes but we don’t talk about Disney’s relationship with their animated shows because they seem to underestimate their value to the platform *cries in Owl House Season 3*
Mattpatt is correct! It is the reason why netflix kdramas actually do well. Two days or one day a week releases because they follow the production schedules of asian media.
The "realease episodes every week" is the simplest idea that they should do Arcane dropped 3 episodes every week In those weeks I learned to know the characters through my friends and through TH-cam, this made me count down to the next episodes. I loved the show btw
This "release episodes every week"-thing is the reason i stopped watching on prime. If they do this on Netflix, i am happy to save a few bucks a month and cancel them too. I mean: It's called "Video on demand", not "Wait until we want you to see something".
My major problem with netflix is removing some of the best shows they used to have just to give us a bad netflix original nobody cares about. Its even worse when those shows require you to pay for an entirely other service to access
You literally just said they require you to pay for an entirely other service well thats because they pull themselves from netflix(like the office is removed from netflix and is on some peacock bs site)
The entire 'stretching out your release shedule' thing is a strategy well used by anime studios. The anime fandom is currently a really loud one within it's community: memeing everything, theorizing and so much more. It is the reason why they remain popular.
@@fanndx By releasing all the episodes at one time completely killed the hype when you could binge watch it in one day and not just wait every week (I'm pretty sure it was called Jojo Fridays) for a new episode to release (increased the hype). By doing this they weren't able to keep people attracted to it or keep the hype up as a fresh new batch of Stone Ocean episodes releases sometime in Fall 2022 (I don't remember the exact date), atleast over 6 months from the first batch of episodes. I almost forgot about Stone Ocean cause I watched every episode between 3 days and moved on from it.
something to point out is that a lot of the strategies mentioned in this video can be seen in anime, which is EXTREMELY successful when it comes to audience engagement and consumption: the one-episode-a-week releases for new seasons, heavy emphasis on promotion, and ESPECIALLY the earned media. the amount of merchandisable goods being made from anime (figurines, t-shirts, keychains, cosplays, etc.) is insane and creates strong fanbases. matpat really makes some great points in this video!
I've always felt like Netflix's release schedule was overwhelming. Like I rarely look at Netflix now because I know that there's going to be a billion new things being released but like I haven't seen any advertising for any of it and so it just seems like this obscure show that may or may not be good
omg I'm so glad you put this into words. I feel so overwhelmed with how much stuff comes out nowadays and I never feel like I have any time to process what it's about and if it's even something I want to watch before everyone else is already raving about it and saying how I "HAVE to watch it it's so good!" and like it's exhausting trying to keep up with so much media that I may only feel lukewarm about to begin with
All my friends saw it and most other people who'd be interested saw it too on release and it was heavily talked about on social media, it's anecdotal evidence but in my area it was clearly advertised enough
@@freezalo7521 I mean you don't need anecdotal evidence. It was their highest watched show ever. I honestly don't get what he means by it wasn't promoted.
The binge part is true -- no "water cooler" time when everything is released at once. Many conversations have taken place at work about the Disney+ Marvel series. I have NEVER heard anyone have a conversation like that about the Netflix shows.
I agree, shows like the D+ Marvel shows, Owl House, Amphibia, Our Flag Means Death, and Euphoria all trend each time an ep is released. binge shows maybe trend once, but that's it, having shows release one ep at a time is so much better cause I can still go back to binge it if I wanted, but the anticipation for new eps is there, and each week is a chance to talk about the ep, its easter eggs, etc
It's worse than no water cooler time because you can't even talk about the show at all or you risk spoiling it for people, more so than any other release schedule.
what people forget is water cooler conversations only happen around exceptionally good shows that appeal to a broad demographic. the vast majority of shows do not fall into this bucket. statistically most shows are fairly good/average/fairly bad. for these shows, many viewers become bored or distracted during a week hiatus and progressively drop off. but if the next episode/next season is only an autoplay away, viewers don't have time to get bored/forgetful and keep watching - netflix keeps the eyeballs. think about it like Amazon. sure there are some things I would wait a week for, but I purchase ten times as many things that I prefer to get the same day/next day. netflix is the same. sure there are some viewers who don't care about waiting - but ten times as many viewers will shell out cash to view what they want, when they want it.
@@RK-252 That part is gone forever with an expanding option for viewers. Yes, it will never be like it was when "Little Ricky" was born on I Love Lucy in the 50s, but I have had those conversations about Disney+ Marvel shows which have a narrow demographic.
@@jeet9668Are you sure you aren't? I see you spamming this same comment on every single comment bringing it up regardless of if the OC actually said "shame on matpat for being friends with a groomer" or smth (didn't even see any comment like that, most are just the "didn't age well" meme) and being so defensive towards a youtuber even against people who said nothing bad about him. Are you sure _you're_ not the one chronically online taking internet people too seriously?
i think a major gain for companies when releasing episodes weekly: disney+ marvel shows are typically 6 episodes, with one releasing every week for 6 weeks. this means that if you want to watch them as they come out, you will have to renew your subscription once meaning you have to pay for 2 months as opposed to 1. just a little way they get audiences to spend more money, while having time to theorize and discuss a show, keeping it relevant for far longer.
Exactly, releasing once a week means you need to stay subscribed to tune in. If you dump all 16 episodes at once of a season at once you may only get a few weeks with eyeballs on it and someone may just subscribe that month when the drop happens. Do it every week you get a bare minimum of 4 months of revenue and a lot more interest over a longer period of time.
Paramount has released Star Trek series (usually 10-12 episodes) where there is at least 1 week of overlap between the shows for the same reason. 5 series (which they have) means they have about a years worth of content that stays pretty fresh and changes (every show has a different setting/feel, one 2D, are animated and one 3D). The overlap means more people will check out "that other new Star Trek" because they pay for the week anyways, regardless of when their particular "month" ends. Their still weird in some places with what feels more overlap then is needed, but overall it's been a really successful strategy. After all you don't make 4 spin offs that expensive for a show that's failing
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve scrolled through Netflix and there’s just TOO MUCH! I’d prefer something good quality rather than just having the variety. I honestly end up rewatching things because the variety is overwhelming.
It’s sad because I’m sure there are Netflix shows I’d like that have gotten buried under so much waste of time garbage. Randomly tried Tear Along the Dotted Line and it was fantastic, but it took too much scrolling to find.
I agree about the binging thing. I was really disappointed when Jojo's part 6 dropped 12 episodes in a day because I was pressured to watch it ASAP to avoid spoilers, and because when I finished it in just a week I had to wait months for the next part of it (which still hasn't come out btw -_-)
The 12 episode drop I think also killed the meme-ability and interest longevity of the series. When Golden Wind came out you would have new memes and discussions on reddit and youtube every week. Honestly I haven't found the same cultural impact in Stone Ocean.
In the other hand, MAPPA keeps releasing a final final final 2.0 sub-season of AoT for mysterious reasons xDD they just can't end season 4, it's madness xDD Part 3 of season 4 is due next year an it's sure to get to the end of the anime this time, they sure will!
I sincerely hope Netflix heeds your warnings and advice. I'm not particularly interested in Netflix as a business. But they did give me my Favourite series, possibly ever.
I first found out that Netflix did the whole "releasing a whole season at a time" thing when people in my friend circle were getting excited for season 3 of Kipo, and when I found out that the whole thing had already been released I was like "Sorry, WHAT!? What in the world!? How are the fans supposed to theorize in between episodes? How are they supposed to keep a conversation going? Who's idea was this!?"
Bruh wdym? I hate weekly releases. I just want to watch The 100 dammit, my family and I just want to have a nice The 100 session and these assholes got in the way of that
yeah ikr. The reason I was able to know most of the shows that I watched is because of the discussions or buzz around the show, where I would see people speculating or just simply excited about the show. The intrigue is really powerful tool to get someone into the show whether it is criticism or praise imo. Also, it lets the audience grow more as each episode releases. Binging is great if you're late to the party imo, but if it's newly released some people can decide to watch it later, which scatters the watch time or popularity of the show. Unlike with one episode (two or three epsiode is ideal imo for more discussions) the show can be popular for weeks. In addition, watching something on it's release feels exclusive, where everyone actually gathers around to watch the show simultaneosly, where excitement is high imo.
I think you forgot one huge factor: people have to go off-site to get vibe checks about content. They removed the review system, which means that people are constantly driven _away_ from the site if they want to share their opinion or see what other people think. Sure, die-hard fans will always form communities on Discord or Reddit, and TH-cam videos will get made, but being unable to interact then and there is a really big deal. I observe this in how I interact with TH-cam. If I ever look up clips of "made for children" content, I find myself actively avoiding the official videos because the lack of comments means that there's no one to reminisce with, no conversation, nothing. It's not limited to Netflix either. CollegeHumor's streaming service Dropout also doesn't host comments on their videos. There's a Discord server, and people talk about videos shortly after release, but it makes it challenging to join the conversation later because the moment has passed. To a different extent, Reddit also has this problem because new comments are disabled after a few months, so reposts are actually necessary in order to allow new people to engage. TH-cam, on the other hand, has videos that are over a decade old and still get new comments. Sure, I wish comment threads were better, and you weren't constantly notified as "replied to" when someone else is actually getting a response on the thread, and I miss being able to open comment sections in their own pages and browse that way... Point being that TH-cam has a really good comments section for letting people engage with the content on-platform, long after it was posted, with suggested content in-sight the whole time.
It isn't even a small factor, Netflix doesn't need written reviews in the app at all, like you said, people who care about that (like you and I) can get the same experience out of theory videos here on TH-cam, or reddit/discord communities. Also most of Netflix's userbase watch it on TV or their phones where going to a comment section or review section would be a waste of time.
I would do so much for Dropout to add a comment section. I watched the 1 season of Fantasy High on TH-cam and I loved going down to the comments and seeing ppl joke and tag their fav moments from the episode. Now I am watching the 2nd season on Dropout and It feels so... lonely? Although I love to support CollegeHumor, If the 2nd season was on TH-cam I would rather prefer to watch there even with the annoying ads.
@@taidko376, they _are_ on youtube, but only for CollegeHumor channel members. From what I understand, TH-cam gives them a much smaller cut of the channel membership than what they get from the Dropout subscription, so for now I choose Dropout to support them. If I could afford both, I'd definitely watch on youtube.
I would like to add that its not like switching to a weekly release schedule for shows stops people who want to binge from binging. I just binged Moon Knight and all I had to do was wait 6 weeks. It really wasn't that hard to do. Some of my family and friends were watching it weekly and I just said I'm waiting for it to be over don't talk about it please. Pretty simple. This also means I don't have to keep the service if you don't want to. You can simply wait for the show to finish, pay for a month and watch it.
Same here. A friend of mine who'd watched the first episode recommended it. And so I said imma wait till it's finished... I didn't even realise it's been 6 weeks already. Good to know that it's finished now though, I'm gonna go watch it, so thank you! 😁👍
Binging a new show is nice, but you feel empty inside sooner, Weekly stuff brings a community together and spoilers don’t screw me over cause joined in on a show a week late.
Arcane was probably one of the biggest show Netflix has had recently especially among gamers. And they followed that episode a week method which got a lot of people looking into it.
I thought they only released one Arc a week. Which is still much better than all at once, but I thought they should've made a bigger deal about Arcane.
I imagine some of Netflix's downward spiral could also be attributed to the loss of third-party licenses. Specifically, all the Marvel shows that recently moved over to Disney+ under the new label of "The Defenders Saga." Sure, they were canceled back in 2018 and 2019, but that was due to a substantial loss in revenue as interest in the individual shows started to wane. I imagine they planned the franchise to be their version of the Avengers but couldn't quite reach that level of popularity. Now, with the IPs no longer on their platform, they have a significant gap between viewers who are superhero fans. I remember hearing back in 2018 that Netflix acquired the rights to do a reboot of "The Chronicles of Narnia." However, they've done nothing with it. They've been sitting on the books for almost five years. Granted, a pandemic has slowed down a lot of their original work, but they have yet to make an update on the franchise.
The Defenders loss was massive. 4x single shows (1-3 seasons each) plus 1 team up season all around 15-20 episodes at ~40min each. Thats surely days worth of content lost.
I really liked how Arcane had episodes which would come out in threes. I think going forward that should be what every Netflix show should do because you can still "binge" three episodes while also waiting for the rest of the series to come out weekly. Maybe shows should even come out in two episodes per week. Both would work well in my opinion.
Or two episodes per week on different days of the week. Monday & Thursday, Tuesday & Friday, Wednesday & Saturday. That way it's more engaging & exciting. Not too long, not too short wait.
I've had this take on binge-watching decreasing the enjoyment for years. Essentially that's what made LOST one of the greatest series in TV history. Literally every single episode had a cliffhanger ending. That doesn't work if you watch the next show in 5 seconds.
Big companies should always have their eye open when MatPat makes a video on them. Time and time again Mat predicts financial problems/wins for them and how they could improve as a platform, but they never listen. Really cheering for them to finally see how important and valuable these videos are. Then we could have better platforms/shows, they'd get more money, and the Theorist Team gets more wins to check off.
Netflix should just choose to release shows on Friday mornings. Put a “New This Weekend” thing at the top whenever you log in, as well as a “New This Month” for everything that came out in the last 4 weeks.
I know every time you give a final date and you put it like right at the top and gives people a sense of urgency to watch it I realize that because even though when I look at the time it’s supposed to be released one might Netflix it’s just alone for a while and rolling the new stuff it says it right at the bottom of the corner and I’m just like whatever
Y'know, I can speak to that last point myself personally. When the second season of Beastars released, my partner and I binged the entirety of the season in one night. Just one! We have lots of friends who wanted to watch the show too, so we felt an urge to watch all of it at once so we can talk to our friends about it as soon as possible, but I really don't remember anything specific from the whole season. It's all a vague, blended up mush. And at the end of watching it all, I felt...hollow, it really wasn't enjoyable. I never recommend that people binge shows any longer unless they've seen it before and are just looking for background noise
Yeah that wasn't a surprise to me. I was never huge on binging but certain shows I'd still end up doing that and I'd later realize that I both remembered very little of what happened over the course of the season and was largely ambivalent to the stuff I was watching. So now three hours is the absolute most I'll watch of any one thing in a sitting and I think it helps.
I also wish they’d stop canceling shows based off of binging analytics. The more times ppl watch and rewatch the more likely a show will stay on. Where as other shows tht are just as good, but aren’t made to be binged or just aren’t feeling the same kind of exposure are canceled after one season.
They really need to make more shows in "batches" like they did with arcane, it's bingable and yet preserve the hype like in shows with weekly episode format
It doesn’t help how there’s so many other streaming services to choose from, the options of what to watch and when to watch them is too overwhelming. Especially now with entertainment in general becoming this ENDLESS OCEAN of content you HAVE to watch in order to keep up with the conversation, it’s easy to cut Netflix loose.
Netflix has this really bad habit of making a new show basically every week, and these shows don’t bring in the numbers. Instead they should focus on popular shows that would highly benefit from a new season. Shows like Stranger Things and The Dragon Prince are the first two to come to mind. They are very popular, using big names and big budgets to produce a high-quality show that is very well received. Dragon Prince uses a lot of the team from ATLA and even some voice actors from ATLA for crying out loud. If they add more seasons and episodes per season to already existing shows, I think they’d benefit greatly. Making a new show every once in a while would still work, as long as they look at how to make a good show and what’s popular
It also sucks that they have cancelled plenty of good and popular series like Altered Carbon. Instead of pumping the new trash constantly they should finish the old popular shows.
I loved Dragon Prince, but I haven't really though about it or watched it in a while... which honestly stands as a good point on its own. A show with a massively popular cast and direction team? It should be super successful, but I rarely see anyone talking about it outside Niche fandom sites. Avatar as a series was and still is massively popular, but Dragon Prince seems like it got shafted.
I mean a huge part of Arcane series success was that it got released in chapters. The longer it lasted, the longer the hype was. Especially after what happened in episode 3, it got everyone interested in the rest, and it got everyone talking about it, keeping it relevant for way longer than it would've if it got released all in one day
Nah It came from games and People who used to play League years ago and ditched the game but know champions well The fact it was super Hyped with New Season with Huge Changes and Words made it happen and it wasnt bad so People liked it League community isnt like any other gaming community maby besides Overwatch... that means memorable characters for People that doesnt play the game and greatly built Lore and Universum... its closer to Star Wars, Batman, Spiderman than to WOW or CS That means League Universe is so Rich it could be movie series and then game made based of it The same way Star Wars etc can have Games made of it But you know WoW and CS movies would be trash movies
The problem I have with the “episodes every week” format is that one single episode doesn’t seem like enough. Especially if the show is slightly shorter, as in between 20-40 mins. HBO Max actually solved this by releasing two or three episodes a week. By doing this, it actually feels substantially more rewarding and fills in the sometimes long wait for the next episode.
Arcane show this very well. They have 3 eps each weeks. And that show was netflix's exclusive. They should learn from that and do it more for their series
I think this is also an effect of how some media has adopted the extreme serialised model of story telling that no episode can stand on its own or leaving every single thing in a cliffhanger. It causes fatigue if the right distribution for the show isn't picked. Like look at something like avatar when it was first airing or the owl house now. They're both more episodic that leaves people satisfied. Not saying that's immediately better, just saying that if there's more variety in the kind of storytelling used and each way is picked specially for that story it'll leave better stuff
It's a shame because a huge part of netflix's success is that they they've been so lenient on their greenlights, greenlighting shows that wouldn't be seen as anything special anywhere else only to become big hits. While being more picky may be a good decision financially, we'd miss out on so much gold... it's a shame. Honestly they should just try to capitalize on the "fandom" shows they DO have, or work on greenlighting similar ones. They need another something like... Sigh...... *voltron*
I am agreeing very aggressively. I mean, I could not possibly agree more. Voltron was SO good too. One of my favourite shows. Same with Avatar the Last Airbender.
sadly you are right. i love that netflix has so many shows that don't lend themselves to merchandise cause they are just focused on the shows and so many cool things that might not have ben seen can be. but dang, they need the money
i mean that's whats happening to their animated content. They're greenlighting a bunch of crappy live-action but being very picky with animated content - stuff that often grows the most fandoms AND has merchandiseable content!!! Instead, they want more like the Boss Baby, something that isn't even THEIR IP. Incredibly frustrating as an animator.
I don't think it's a shame, Netflix's downfall is well deserved. The movie Cuties is still on the platform and they've done nothing about it, not to mention Netflix's recent endorsement of bigotry.
They had one about a young girl coming to terms with having supernatural powers, losing her father to suicide, and growing up with severe mental health problems. It was a beautiful show, acted out wonderfully, alot of love and passion was put into it. Set up a very interesting world and mysteries with just a few episodes. Of course canceled
This makes so much sense. I can sooo easily keep up with Disney plus, but Netflix is just PUMPING stuff out. One thing I love about movies and series is talking about it with my friends and family, but saying, "hey, have you seen that new Netflix movie?" just don't work anymore, because if they have, it's proberly antoher one then what you have watched *shrug*
Fans: We want you to not Cancel Good shows and raise the prices for low quality viewing Netflix: You guys want a Sequel to 365 Days and Cuties ( Cuties sequel is a joke)
Its not a "joke" its slanderous and defamatory. To suggest a multi million dollar studio and streaming service is unable to learn from pad negative trends is extremely insulting.
I don’t think greenlighting a high number of shows of a large variety is the problem. In fact that is the hallmark of Netflix, that they’ve got a little bit of everything. There can be experimentation, new things, creativity. But yes the lack of promotion, subsequent cancellation, and all-at-once dumps are just killers.
right, like they can keep up quite a bit of production but maybe more spaced out (projects not overlapping) or maybe just in general making their lives easier by spending more time and energy on projects compared to pumping projects full of money and basically no thought all of the time
I feel the same, what I love about netflix and personally don't really like about disney plus, is that everything Netflix is offering me is different, is new or something I don't now, I can watch korean dramas, african series, german movies or chinese animations and then go back to watch the Witcher, I can see a little bit more about the world and how they live rather than "sitck with star wars and marvel because is the safe bet"
Sarah Z did an entire video essay on how bad mass dropping episodes is for TV. It kills any chance of building an in-the-moment fandom as a show is being released and creates anxiety and stress as people feel required to binge it or be spoiled.
Netflix had the nerve to cancel the adaptation of Jeff Smiths “Bone” who has been trying to get his graphic novel adapted for almost 2 decades. I cannot forgive them after they promised him an adaptation and pulled the rug out from under him before the series was even under way.
Netflix isn't at fault for that in any way. They had correspondence with Jeff electronically submitting and coming to an agreement on a contract when it came time to sign in front of the respective legal teams Jeff pushed for more creative control POST NEGOTIATIONS I can't stress how unprofessional this must have looked to their (Netflix) studios I would have rescinded my offer as well Now I know this isn't the first Jeff had the adaption fall through and I am also aware the previous studios basically did everything short of screwing him entirely out of the his IP (intellectual property) i.e: wasting his time, money, and energy trying to orchestrate an unfair deal. But that doesn't justify disregarding respectful business procedure and etiquette. If he really wanted it he wouldn't have disrespected Netflix the way he did. And don't even get me started on his little victim comic hr made after the fact.
Economists call it "negative elasticity" but the common name is "death spiral." This is when you raise prices to cover your losses, but wind up losing customers to the point where you have less income than before. The cycle continues until you either 1) go out of business or 2) reach a stable point with a very tiny number of rich customers who don't care about price. My local newspaper is in this mode and over the past 8 years has gone from $1.20 per week to $26, a 2,050% increase. That's over $1,200 per year for a newspaper, and they have finally hit my tolerance limit. At the next renewal, I won't and they'll have to distribute my missing income over their ever-dwindling number of remaining subscribers.
Jesus Christ. TWENTY-SIX DOLLARS? A WEEK? The regular price for Mon-Sat (no Sunday paper anymore) of my local newspaper is $10.80/week (including taxes). And that's CANADIAN dollars (works out to $8.30/week in USD). Moreover, they're always offering 50% off deals, so if you get on one of those (they usually last 5 months), once you let your subscription lapse (instead of paying full price when the deal expires), they'll call you within a couple weeks to offer you the 50% off deal again. I've been doing this for years, and while the price has slowly crept up (about 10% over the past 5 years), it's still a pretty reasonable price to pay for the newspaper...if you even want a physical copy of the newspaper. Because they also offer some pretty insane online-only rates, including one right now that is just insanely cheap - 5 months of unlimited online access for $1.50. THIRTY CENTS A MONTH (plus tax, but c'mon, that's like ~3 or 4 cents, not even a nickel). And that gives you all of the articles, puzzles and comics that a physical paper would. Your local newspaper must serve a pretty small metropolitan area, because with a cost like that, the potential subscriber base has to be TINY. Either that or it's a trash newspaper and nobody wants to buy it, but that seems less likely.
"Netflix, you've been sloppy about this" This is the most boss thing Mat has ever said. A collage nerd that thought too hard about video games is structurely, analytically, and now probably financially superior than a million maybe billion dollar company. I'm sorry to say but if in another timeline, something traumatic happened during Mats childhood, we've have a Batman estc genius running around. Again, never would want that because, and anyone can agree, we more than appreciate the Mat we have here.
_"financially superior"_ LOL he is making insane money with his planned yourube scheme, but he is definitely not making more than Netflix. He also has no clue how to "save" netflix.
@@Vunomic Okay from that point of view you have to say very clearly: No, MatPat is definitely not superior from the financial advice point of view. A company like Netflix has a lot of competent financial advisors from different professional fields. Just because someone here comes up with a halfway sensible theory doesn't mean it's the right way for Netflix to make more money in the future.
A thing about Netflix that always bothered me is that I really have to look for something new but I'm not even sure what I'm looking for. Theres a lot that I dont like and small hidden gems I absolutely fall in love with. But theres no recommendations. the Percentage is something I have to check manually everytime. Plus the short descriptions are so boring, I'm never really taken over by em
Early on Netflix got a lot of praise for releasing their shows all at once, with the backing argument that it was based on binge watching behavior they observed with shows like The Office, etc. That was praise in comparison to traditional TV show releases. But in hindsight I think people were misattributing positive feelings stemming from the on-demand nature (watch it exactly when your schedule allows) onto the more visible aspect of “X episodes all at once.” It’s not that the binge release model was ever good, but that the novelty of an immediately available TV show you can watch whenever you had time for it had no true comparison yet. Which is wild, because I’m pretty sure 10 years ago the Netflix model of releases was considered the best and only valid choice for streaming content.
"The Novelty of an immediately available TV show." I totally agree with you. I can share my recent experience. I watched a Serial on a TH-cam channel, it has 306-(20 min) episodes. I watched the whole serial as a set of 5 episodes in 1.25× speed over a span of 3 weeks. I totally enjoyed the show. I also had time to speculate the twists and turns. It was not a bad binge experience like Mat mentioned for me.
Yep. I agree with this. It happened with JBA: Stone Ocean on Netflix. Everyone was super angry because we could binge in like 1-2 days and then have to wait months to hear anything and after that probably wait another 6 months to get part 2. It also got rid of a classic day in Jojo communities, Jojo Fridays were obliterated and everyone disliked it.
I hated every episode being released, there's so much enjoyment from episodes being released weekly that does not exist nowadays, so much speculation, theorizing, even just general chat with friends. Everyone would talk about one tv show for months on end as each episode is released. That does not exist with netflix shows, especially since everyone is afraid to talk about it because one guy in the group is only on episode 4, another is on episode 7, and the other binged watched it all. So what is there to talk about? "Ya that show is good...". Remember the finale of Breaking Bad or GoT? People went to bars just to watch the finale with 50 other strangers. That socializing aspect will never exist with any Netflix show.
@@chroprs It was good back in the day when internet wasn't as popular for discussion and you kinda just watching it on your own time no spoilers or anything discussing it with friends and family who were watching at roughly the same pace. But it doesn't work now because if it releases in massive amounts you HAVE to binge watch all of it asap or else it'll all be spoiled to you (see jojo stone ocean for example, 12 episodes released and people had to watch it all in a day or 2 just to avoid the spoilers and memes that'd be coming).
I just wish they'd stop canceling everything they make. Every time they have a good show that gets traction they can it after one or two seasons. There's a bunch of originals or animated adaptions that I'm waiting for season 2 on, but I know that probably like half of those have just been canceled and I just don't know. :(
Still salty that Bojack Horseman ended when the writers said they’d make it forever if they could... but I’m also glad they gave them a heads up (a season or so before telling them they’ll cancel it) since it was a beloved show...
@@CrypticCobra true, but animes adapt the source material, which may be manga or light novels. For that reason, animes act more like a promotion for their source material. In general, they expect you to watch an anime, like it and then go buy the manga or light novel that it adapts in order to see how it continues.
I've kind of been expecting this for a while. Ever since they canceled The Dark Crystal, I've been suspicious of their business tactics. I mean, the cancellation on its own might not have been too suspicious, except not only had it just won an Emmy, this is also when Netflix was fighting tooth and nail against calls to remove Cuties from its platform. So, Netflix, at least IMO, has been out of touch for a while, it's just starting to finally spill over.
The "release schedule" point is a HUGE issue for Jojo Part 6: Stone Ocean. Having so many episodes out in one day people can't enjoy each of the episodes. I remember when Parts 4 and 5 were being released weekly and every episode created new memes in the community. Part 6 doesn't have that because there's just too much to process and it just feels overwhelming.
Bro, the fact that they decided to release jojo part 6/2 in September just destroyed their subscriber count. (Its not all jojo fans that unsubscribed buts its most-likey half or even most)
Wait how does a mass release of episodes mean that each one is less enjoyable? It doesn't change the show at all. What is does change is the theories about what happens next.
@@lordvika2526 each one doesn't go around the community or in your mind as much. And they can blend together. With 1 episode per week you can all but guarantee people will be talking, making memes, ect... all through however many months. With the "all episodes at once" all you get is like a big burst that lasts maybe 1 week or month tops.
As much as I hate to admit it, I LOOOOVE the once a week release schedule. Talking with everyone during the week and feeling the hype on the wait for the next episode is the best... I feel like a kid waiting for the next episode of Seinfeld all over again
@Xeno And Netflix has already implemented weekly release schedules for other shows (mostly Kdramas I believe), so they can obviously do it for shows they promote more.
I like binging sometimes, but it kills the social aspect of viewing. I can't tell you how many conversations that went something like "Oh, you're watching X show? So am I-great show. What episode are you on? Oh, well maybe we'll talk about it when you or I catch up" and then never speak of it again.
I signed up for streaming because I could watch as much or as little as I want. going back to weekly just for buzz is basically cable all over again and …. thats one of the reason i stopped watching regular tv. if you can’t generate buzz without a weekly release then your promo dept isnt doing its job or the material just isnt up to par
I wonder if Netflix will actually watch this or at least use the same advice/strategy instead of slowly bleeding out, like how cool would it be if MatPat comes in clutch and saves us all XD
I think first seasons (that they tend to cancel so often) should be dropped all at once, released daily, or in 2 parts like ST s4 is gonna be, and properly advertised. Then second seasons and onwards that now have an established fanbase garnered from the first season should be released weekly. That way you can still rely on good shows, instead of gimmicks like "cute yoda" pictures seen on twitter to pull someone to a show.
Netflix' recent decision on firing the head of their animation department and axing many of their animated series that were in production pisses me off to no end, the shows they were making sounded INCREDIBLE and I would've loved to see them, I hope that they all get picked up by other companies and show Netflix what a stupid decision they made, specifically Boons and Curses and Dino Daycare sounded incredible and the Bone adaptation was an IP that could've brought in a lot of fans from an existing series!
The good thing about spreading episodes out is that when those episodes are our you can go get a head start on a new show rather than quickly making it so people don't get bored waiting. Also you get more suspense waiting for the next episode next week.
Ironically, that’s how I got into the show “Severance” through fan theory videos and my sister watching one of the episodes. Plus the title sequence was very well animated that I must know what this show was about. I may have binged watch it because the finale already aired; but it was fun watching the journey how it got to that point. So when are we going to have a Film Theory on Severance? This show is LITERALLY up your alley and you can do good theories like the is it even possible to split yourself into two different people, why are comedians making good horror/thriller shows, and (spoiler alert) she’s alive but is she really alive when she’s not her innie? Can watch this all in Apple TV, and yes there will be a season 2.
the biggest thing I find with netflix is that they dump an entire season (or part) at once, immediately tease the next bit but either delay that second part way past reasonable or they just never release it. a great example is part 6 of jojos bizarre adventure. on Crunchyroll we had an episode a week, and at almost 50 episodes per part that keeps things going for a while. netflix? they adopted part 6, dumped 12 episodes at once, then didnt drop the next chunk for like a year. it's completely ruined the flow of the show when there was nothing wrong with it to start with. theres a reason I've been really struggling to click with this part when I was so hyped for it to start initially. I've even tried to artificially slow it down for myself - me and my brother only watch one episode a night, we dont binge. but it doesnt fix the problem when you get through the whole chunk in a little under 2 weeks then have to wait a year for the cliffhanger to get resolved. especially with having adhd it gets real easy to just stop caring, even when I'm so excited for it in the beginning in my opinion netflix has always been better suited for movies. the formula they have for releasing tv shows has never worked well
Great advice but sadly the Powers that be seem to think they know more than you. I do think you missed one point of why they are losing subs. They create a lot of content that does not appeal to the masses. They create shows for a select few and that group is not big enough to make money off of. In the process they ignore the masses and people start cancelling their subscriptions.
I don't speak for anyone but myself: I personally do not like watching woke stuff that makes my eyes roll. I just want a good story without forcing "the message" down my throat.
Hey MatPat, from one parent to another. My child is obsessed with paw patrol, while I love watching the show with him I get really annoyed how zuma (the main water pup and my favorite) almost never gets used for missions he can easily do. Even WATER MISSIONS where he is most suited he gets passed up by a water fearing recycling mutt. I was wondering if this is just show writers being lazy, Ryder picking favorites, or some other underlying issue. Can you investigate??
I mean, we all saw it coming. The launches of services like Paramount+, Disney+ and HBO Max was the beginning of the end for Netflix. The amount of licensed content that dropped off was astounding, so they had to try and push the originals, which started the problems we see today. Netflix will continue its decline, and eventually close and be absorbed into another company within five years if they don't turn things around, and fast. I do agree that the contents of this video would help, but even then, it feels like it's delaying the eventual death of Netflix.
The way Netflix has handled the latest season of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is the PERFECT example of how they're failing at release schedules. The first 12 episode were dropped back on December 1st and we still have NO WORD on when the next batch is coming. Plus another 12 episodes possibly won't finish the season, it's been 5 months, which if they went by a weekly schedule, would mean we'd be at more than 12 by now. Any excitement for the next batch is all but gone, such a shame since Jojo is such a beloved manga/show and people were stoked to see Stone Ocean animated.
You're totally right, but here's an additional suggestion: have a static library. Apparently Netflix has deals with Universal and DreamWorks. Is there any reason to not have movies by those companies up all the time? (It's also really, really annoying when you want to, say, watch all the Kung Fu Panda movies, only to -not- have them all in one place.) I hope Netflix takes your advice!
I suspect licensing contracts are part of this problem. Netflix can ask for a perpetual license to show a film, but the copyright owner doesn't have to offer that option. Is Disney going to want Netflix taking a cut of the profits when they can release the shows on their own platform? It might be worth it for some titles, but the new Marvel shows will just be on Disney+ to push traffic to their platform.
@@atk05003 That's why I limited the idea to companies that Netflix seemed to already have deals with. Because, yes, Disney is a moot point now that they have their own service. I'm talking mostly about movies that either don't have a place of their own or are already buddy-buddy with Netflix on some level. (Again, they seem to have some deals with Universal and DreamWorks, but what are the details?) I suspect some fine print, too. You're definitely right about Disney.
The issue of Netflix dropping seasons all at once has been an issue for a while now, especially with anime. It even has a name: "Netflix Jail" whereby English speakers are locked out of anime currently airing in Japan until it's done and then it releases all at once. Which doesn't help everyone except pirates who are able to provide it weekly and for free to boot. Komi-san is a weird exception but they still dropped the ball by not translating text despite the series being text-heavy since that's the primary communication method for Shouko Komi wh-to my understanding-has selective mutism. And don't even get me started with JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6 with it being released in 3 batches despite it being weekly up until this point is an excellent case study as to why weekly releases still make sense. I'm still interested in hearing MatPat's thoughts on the larger issue at hand though: the fragmentation of streaming. These companies thought they were brilliant by not having to pay Netflix to host their content by creating their own streaming service, but all it does is increase piracy. We're in cable 2.0, why pay $150-$200/month for 10 streaming services when piracy is free and arguably more ethical in some cases given the scummy nature of some of these companies such as Funimation/Crunchyroll which help maintain a system that keeps animators poor and overworked? Along with the even bigger debate over IP law as a whole and whether it's beneficial or detrimental to society? While by no means the most important questions, they still deserve conclusive answers
I remember when Netflix first popularized streaming everyone that usually pirated switched to subbing to streaming services because it was just more convenient And now that there's like 10 different major streaming services each with different pricing and shows everyone is going back to pirating because it's just more convenient
even after the japan side uploaded weekly on time, netflix's komi san is still slow to upload and requires to wait till a certain date for the 1 episode to be up so by then i would rather just go watch it from somewhere else lol.
Lol, it feels like every two seconds everyone is trying to end everyone’s career, and here we have matpat literally trying to save Netflix ❤️ I love this
i mean literally one sixth of his income is from netflix and this is a big occurence that will no doubt draw views in. See it how you like but even for someone like me that is a very rose tinted way of looking at it
I wholeheartedly agree with everything said, and I actually am experiencing a real life example of the difference. The Owl House S2B is releasing 1 episode every Saturday, and Heartstopper (which is a TV adaptation of a comic series I love) was just released on Netflix. I have a lot of friends that watch both shows, but here’s the difference: I always look forward to the next episode coming up, especially after a HUGE cliffhanger. I talk about that cliffhanger with my friends throughout the week, sharing fan art and theories to hold up until the next release. One episode in particular, “Hollow Mind”, had me so emotionally damaged that I wrote a 4-5 paragraph essay to make myself feel better. I then proceeded to go on social media to see what others thought. Heartstopper released on I don’t know what date, but I found out it was out from a friend. So I looked it up, and sure enough, there it was. I binged the 8 episodes over two consecutive days, and didn’t even get to talk about it until 3 days later. All that ensued was short conversations about how well done the show was and the amazing actors that look just like the comic. But that was it, because it was already over. There should be a season 2 at some point, but that’s a while away. I would love to talk about it more, but there just isn’t much to talk about. Which is disappointing, because I love the show and I know a lot of other people do too.
The bingeing thing is TRUE. I LOOOOOVE Bingeing shows, but it being able to just be gobbled up in one go leaves me without anything else to enjoy and because I flew through the experience so fast, and for some reason I don't enjoy it as much and I don't remember. Then you have something like severance, Barry, and killing it, where you have to wait every week, I remember way more details and I enjoy it much better. It's agonizing because I'm waiting for the week to be over for when I'm going to get that show next and I think part of the enjoyment and satisfaction is the yearning to see it and the yearning to wait a whole week so you can see what happens next.
I would partially agree with you. Specifically on two points I think u r spot on: Netflix desperately needs more data analysts in their team and the lack of marketing for all of their content is puzzling. In a way they suffer from still not planning competetive. Their strategy worked fine, when they were the big buck, but their biggest competitors are now studios with tons of experience in marketing and with recognisable IPs. Now for my disagreement: I think HBO and Disney are only this competetive cuz they are overfunding their series the same way Netflix did. Sooner or later both will have to start cutting costs and increasing prizes to get into profitability. Moreover the stockmarket tends to overreact when investing in corporations with primarily digital services. The lack of physical components tends to make investors less willing to hold on to their shares. Also Disney has a big weakness in my opinion. They got great movies and big IPs, but they lack variety and rotation. Everytime I open Netflix I can find new movies and series. So as soon as Disney slows down their output they will lose a bunch of users. And on your points on monetizability and spreading out series I disagree strongly. Focussing to create more monetizable IPs is exactly the reason I don't like most of Disneys new content. I hate the feeling of seeing a character and instantly knowing it is in there to be sold as a toy. It makes money, but it limits your creativaty. And while u r absolutely right in saying people like to wait for the next episode people cannot be excited about too many upcoming things. So you would run the risk of losing a lot of viewers mid-season cuz sth else caught their excitement. Moreover adequate marketing gets even harder when you have to advertise every time a new episode is online. Either way I enjoy your content, keep it up. There are only a few channels that suceed in balancing depth and aproachability like u guys do.
Eh? I don't agree that disney overfunding. They bring out less original show in the same amount of time compare to netflix. Plus, like matt said. Disney make money outside of those shows, too. Which mean they can easily recoup the losses. Just look at how much baby yoda stuffs they sell
That’s one of the few videos I COMPLETELY agree with Mat, his analysis of all the flaws in the Netflix business model is on spot and is literally free business advice.
...From the future MatPat is currently calling his Nana... From the future, future Netflix retracted their stupidity...for now...MatPat is still making his call to his Nana, just in case.
I’ve been singing from the rooftops for ages that Netflix needs a weekly release date. Better Call Saul is one of their best series’ specifically because it releases weekly instead of all at once.
I really don't get people saying "but I like to binge". Nobody is stopping them from binging when everything is released. They apparently don't care about all the interactions between episodes anyway. All the disney+ shows with weekly releases are so much more fun than netflix.
The binge watch problem is crucial, because it’s a consequence of how our memory works as well, if you try to cram all information on one night, you’ll forget it next week. If you keep studying each week you’re more likely to strengthen those memories. Plus having the time to reflect on the show and share thoughts with friends is also very much important!
I would also add, on top of this 1episode a week method, they should have different shows throughout the week. For example, stranger things every Monday, squid game every tuesday, a different show each day of the week. To avoid people being bored and waiting so long for the next episode of there favorite show. I have some favorite shows that all come out on Sundays which makes me bored waiting each week.
The Chicago series is like that, too. All three shows are released on Wednesdays. Why not Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday? All three shows are connected, sure, but, they don't always cross. Of course, NBC is a different animal so, it's not really apples to apples.
Hey Matpat or to anyone reading, the Grogru/baby Yoda was spot on how much merchandising can be made. But remember that Disney almost dropped the ball on that. Back in Disneyland (2020) the merch only had the new trilogy but a baby yoda long sleeve was the only thing I could see. I think their marketing was trying to force fans to only buy the movie stuff but the Mandalorian was popular when it started showing. I think they realized when the parks are closed the streaming hit was a cash cow they weren’t milking.
I've worked on several Netflix properties and while I appreciate them giving me a job due to the amount of content they produce, I agree with Matt's analysis of their business model. Netflix also needs to chill with funding terrible content, because instead of seeing it for myself I'd rather watch a TH-cam commentary channel recap and roast it in 10-15 min. I was full time on Sabrina and sadly there was no direct reference to Mephisto... yet
matt clearly didnt do enough research. sabrina had that crossover with riverdale where cheryl is reveald to be a witch. Cheryl goes on to later mentions Mephistopheles in a different episode. Mephisto clearly confirmed.
It sucks. I remember when Netflix was a service that my family and I would rent DVDs from in the mail. Crazy how much it would change and evolve...Then decline. Hope they get their stuff together soon. They really made some nice things on their platform.
Nerds are so easy to troll its a too thing this video was uploaded like under 10 minutes ago its easiest to be a reaction out of plebs when the comments are fresh
I'm surprised Matt didn't also talk about how Netflix has become infamous for canceling popular shows it would seem like just as a show you really takes off and gets a following they'll cancel it that doesn't seem like a good way to hold on to viewers
An issue I noticed was how they make a show with good potential, that has room for several more seasons, but they just make one more season and it's clearly "rushed". A good example of this in my opinion is "Another Life". Season 1 had good pacing and kept my interest as I watched 1 episode a day. Then season 2 just never came for so long I kinda just lost interest. Then season 2 did drop, and It felt like 3 season mashed into 1. Also another mistake Netflix made: "Cuties"
MatPat is a legend. I can’t believe he was dishing out his content by himself with a full time job. I hope (and am sure he is, kinda) he is sitting back and collecting bank for all his hard work and dedication. Keep up the amazing work, Film Theory Crew.
Prewatch Comments: My opinion is that Netflix introduced binge culture only for it to be it's downfall. Shows that release periodically rather than all at once have much more staying power as they encourage new community discussion every week as everyone catches up at the same pace. Also we all knew this was coming. Streaming platforms were supposed to solve antiquated TV services but we're approaching TV package prices here. Netflix with ads won't solve this problem because the quality of content on Netflix is typically incredibly subpar. Why would I watch Netflix at a low price with ads when I can just watch YT content that is far more enticing?
As a person who really enjoys JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, I was excited to hear Stone Ocean to be coming to Netflix, only to be disappointed that they would release it in bulk. And I was not the only one, the reddit discussions and jojotwt were full of people disappointed and angry at Netflix for releasing the episodes in bulk, as this ultimately decreased interest in the series, and also ruined the tradition of "Jojo Friday" (when people would all discuss what happened in the latest episode and whatnot). This is especially horrible because out of all parts of JoJo's, Stone Ocean is one of the most disliked because of its complicated fights, unorthodox pacing, and major plot twists relating to previously established characters, and a good adaptation would help alleviate some stigma away from this part. But alas, due to majority of people binging the episodes in the first day people still felt that the part was confusing, unpolished, and just plain bizarre (roll credits). You can actually search "jojo stone ocean jojo friday" on google and see a bunch of threads on reddit and twitter from people how the analytics from the latest part are sitting rock bottom when compared to previous parts, even though the hype for JoJo's was pretty much at an all time high (Part 8 has just finished in manga form, while JoJo pose and Giorno theme have become Tiktok classics). And yet, it did not translate into interest for Stone Ocean, by all means a finale that has been over ten years in the making.
These are very impressive points, especially that they went all in on the binge model which I think destabilized the ability for huge portions of the population to enjoy entertainment together. Now if they take it away, they hurt people who are all about binging, and it still might be too late either way. My thought is quality, not quantity. The Queen's Gambit is one of the best shows of the past decade, but not enough people saw it because the marketing was horrible and they were distracted by something else silly, of low quality. I really admire the executives for allowing so many creators to share their visions, but many of these creators should've been turned to youtube or something lower tier. We all recall when Netflix started making original movies like Bright or Cloverfield Paradox that were massive disappointments, they started canceling everything randomly, and green-lit so much trash that you have to actively question everything that looks good to avoid wasting precious hours of time. While even a subpar HBO show is just okay, Netflix has an entire middle class of subpar, and "okay" seems to be decently far on the right side of their standard distribution. Let's not kid ourselves -- they also really relied on The Office and Parks and Rec more than we want to admit.
This whole netflix thing makes me mad for the obvious reasons ofc, but one of the main ones for me is that a Webtoon comic I love Lore Olympus got picked up by Netflix and now with all this I won't get to see it IF they actually produce and release it; cause I bet with all this going on they may not. I feel bad for Rachel (the Author of Lore Olympus) she should have gone to Amazon, at least I know they wouldn't have screwed it up or the fans over
Matpat actually has some really good points in this video You literally won’t be excited to watch a whole series if u binge it. Even if some won’t admit it, having the anticipation and the time to speculate what happens next is much better
People cosplaying them isn't new at all as LoL has been a thing for years and those who are into cosplay probably knew about it before the show, but it did make those characters more mainstream and that's the thing
Sadly you cant say the same about cuphead and jojos anime both of them were hyped up for so long but when they released all at once the hype died so fast
Netflix’s major problem is canceling amazing shows in the first season because they didn’t do enough press to get good numbers on the release day. So once the show is actually discovered and everyone loves it, it will have already been canceled
EXACTLY thats what i've been and a bunch of others have been saying about jatp
Edit: spelling
Yea like away that was really good and then was canceled
I.e. I Am Not Okay With This
Final space. Even tho it got 3 seasons, its amazing and got cancelled
True. Then it makes me hesitant to get invested in shows at all. It sucks
So, my personal issues with Netflix are:
- there's no way to see what the latest releases are, just a selection of newish releases and trending shows
- it feels like it's 95% cheap filler movies
- show/film descriptions often say nothing about what it's about
- show/film trailers are mostly a clip that tells you nothing about the show and are mostly boring and unengaging
- it doesn't show you what you've already watched
- the price is way more than other services, and those services offer shows and films that aren't mostly filler... and the price keeps increasing
- it does a very poor job with shows it thinks I will like
Your 1st and 5th points are wrong, on my TV and phone I can see the newest released shows and there's a category for "watch again" you just have to scroll a bit
also, when searching for a specific show, the results sometimes dont show it
Netflix started going downhill when they removed the rating system because of Amy Schumer's abysmal "comedy" special
@@zoinksrodan7644 Today, there was a show called "Life in Colour" added to Netflix, which I know about through a site that tracks new releases. This doesn't appear anywhere in the new releases list on Netflix, but content that is nearly a week old appears there. I get the same with many other films and shows.
Going to a specific list to see what I've watched is not very helpful. If I'm browsing the list, and I see a film that I'm not sure I've watched previously, it won't tell me. It will display it like any other film. I would want it to have a red underline, or border, or an icon showing that it's been watched previously. I don't want to navigate away to search for it in a list of things I've watched. That's next to useless as I wouldn't waste all that time to find out.
@@thombrown well you'd know you've watched it since it's in "watch again" lol plus week old movies and shows are still fairly new
Here is the problem:
You used to be able to buy Netflix and have access to most films and movies, now you have to pay for 5 streaming services and still don't have access to everything.
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@@MikkieBakker Piracy is genuinely the best option for watching movies now lol
This is why I have a library card. Who needs to pay $15 bucks for HBO Max when all it takes is a round trip to my public library to binge the entirety of Game of Thrones.
And before you ask…no, it was not worth it.
I’d also like to point out that Netflix is probably getting known for cancelling series’. It affects how much people want to invest into their product.
I’ve also heard if a show is a success they will only do 4 seasons so they can make room for other shows which doesn’t help either.
Daredevil?😢
@@shreeshanthkadam at least he's getting revived on Disney+, getting cancelled after season 3 was the most confusing thing
im still angry about prodigal son getting canned, dont know if it was netflix or what but I was going hard for that show before I learned it was cancelled at season 2
Not everyone wants to eatch series, they dont have all the good movies and trilogies.
i also think netflix is focusing too much on “shock value” shows. shows like their awful reality shows (ex. too hot to handle) and movies like 365 days and tall girl. yes, they give you a momentary check when it blows up on tiktok and everyone hate watches it, but it doesn’t build fans. people talk about it for a week after it comes out, make fun of it, and go on with their day. meanwhile, stranger things (a show that’s actually well written and planned out) is still incredibly relevant years after it’s first season. shows like i’m not okay with this got cancelled, but are still highly praised online with a core fanbase begging for a revival. that’s what netflix is forgetting. they want to make a quick dollar off of a terrible movie or show, but forget that clout fades in a month or so.
That’s exactly how I’m feeling about Netflix.
#IAmNotOkayWithIAmNotOkayWithThisSeason2BeingCancelled
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Yeah, like did we really need 2 after sequels and a sequel to 365 days?
@@elizacarrie7433 I saw the Alex Meyers recap of that movie and the only shock about that movie is that it exists... barf. AM is much more entertaining lol
This actually backfires at them so much as well.
If a particular show/series they release with shock factor actually was received negatively (i.e. Cuties), then the backlash will stick longer.
One thing I never see brought up enough about password sharing is that they already charge you extra for 1, 2, or 4 simultaneous streams. If I'm paying for 4 streams, what does it matter if they're under the same roof or not?
100%. Also it's 2022. I have a Japanese penpal and we like to watch shows together online. Why is this different from having a friend over to watch with me? Obviously public restreaming is a problem, but at the end of the day these online services need to start understanding that by virtue of being online, there are going to a lot of grey areas that people feel are not in any way infringements but obviously legally would be.
This is the same problem as video game piracy, in a way. In attempting to crack down on leeches you end up pissing off legitimate customers and will inevitably end up hurting your userbase long term when the value proposition of the service becomes less attractive.
@@dotanon you cant say "its 2022" and "I have a penpal" in the same sentence.
@@dotanon you cant say "its 2022" and "I have a penpal" in the same sentence.
@@Sam-kj9ui yes you can
@@thevideoofdiariesofagregin9517 Technically isn't a pen pal someone you've write to I don't know
Hopefully Neflix is going to watch this and take this free business advice from MatPat. He's more than just some theorist after all, but a business advisor as well.
Dont read my Name 😷.
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One prime example is Arcane. This masterpiece of a show released 3 episodes each week for 3 weeks. The show exploded and maintained popularity throughout those 3 weeks because of its release style. In my opinion, releasing 1 episode a week for a show on Netflix would be weird because binge watching has become a central part of Netflix culture. I would suggest them maybe releasing 2 or 3 episodes a week for a show like what they have been doing with their reality TV shows. It will keep the binge aspect that Netflix is associated with while extending it over a few weeks.
Agreed. I cant comprehend how they dump whole season of Stranger Things and then make month breaks in new episodes when it comes to Better Call Saul. 3 episodes a week seems nice
I’m actually fine with the 1 episode/week, it’s fun to have this thing to do every week in your schedule and have time to talk with your friends about it
@@TekkenMasterPL I agree. Literally the second half of Stranger Things is 2 episodes with each episodes running for about 1 hour and 30 minutes, the same as a movie nowadays
@@TekkenMasterPL Also cable shows like Better Call Saul, they usually don't record all the episodes at once, they usually make them in batches which is why they can't just dump all the episodes at once and their are usual breaks in between (holidays/breaks. With this model, actors also have time to work on multiple projects at once without having to be stuck on one for a prolonged period of time). With streamers, they make all their episodes at once so they can do whatever they want with the release schedule and not have to deal with it. Netflix chooses to dump everything while streamers like Hulu and Disney+ like doing weekly drops. Also, Netflix doesn't own Better Call Saul. It's licensed to them and when the show is finished releasing all of it's episodes on cable, it's usually takes a few weeks for it to be put on Netflix (depending on the licensing agreement, it can vary when the show drops on Netflix ofc).
The slower burn connected with Arcane got me interested in Netflix. Give time to chat up helps.
I'm actually surprised you didn't talk about their pattern of cancelling shows after 3 seasons in order to not have to pay more to their actors and crew. Can't build a fandom if you cancel shows so quickly
RIP dirk gently's hollistic detective agency 😢
And then theres the whole sunk cost fallacy in shows. If youve watched enough people will want to keep watching until its done. I dont know anybody who still watches Gray's Anatomy and still enjoys it lol
RIP Santa Clarita Diet
At least most get three. The Dark Crystal didn't even get TWO and it won an Emmy before they pulled that plug.
After 1 season
The whole “space out the release” thing is perfectly displayed by arcane. Released in three acts over three weeks, great pace and kept everyone talking
I was thinking this too. Arcane is now one the highest rated TV shows ever, with just one season.
its similar to AOT because i had to wait 1 week for 1 episode, and i was still excited
@@antispider23 thats like every anime ever lol
though Arcane, as Mat pointed out, was also a showing in the "buried under constant new content." I watched a lot of animes when they show up on Netflix, but until I started seeing the Arc 3 theories and discussions about Arcane on TH-cam did I even find out it existed, and not only that, was ON Netflix. I had to see a random af recommended youtube vid of reactors I occasionally watch and then manually search the Netflix database to know it existed. which also meant I was able to just binge it. but Mat was right, if I had been there when it was coming out in it's chunks oh boy I would have better understood all the hype around the show hmhmhm
Or ya know. Anime. Netflix seems to be one of the only remaining on a season launch schedule.
“My friend Colleen AKA Miranda Sings” well that aged like milk…
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No for real💀
The way I came back to this video looking for this comment
Aged milk can be cheese. Cheese is good.
My issues with Netflix are:
- They only advertise things that are already popular, so the only thing I see when I open the app is just Stranger Things and Breaking bad.
- The app's algorithm is like it was made in 5 minutes. It recommends me the show Lost In Space when I watch stuff like Naruto and HxH.
- the descriptions don't tell much about the show/movie's plot.
- A lot of the Movies are just there to make it look like there is a whole lot more to watch, they are poorly made.
Atleast Breaking Bad is good, lol
My issues with your comment
- Issue 3 is retarded, why would someone want to spoil the plot of some show/movie that's for retards, I want the description to be obscure, especially for a movie since it's a one and done kind of deal
- 3 of your 4 issues sentences start with T, also why does the third reason start with a lowercase T when the other 4 points you made started with capitals
- About the 4th issue, that is entirely subjective, yes I think some movies are bad, but usually that is because I don't like an actor/s, or I don't like the plot or something else, very rarely is a movie bad because of the writing/production quality, yes there are bad ones, but I am pretty sure they exist on any platform, if you dig deep enough.
@@gabeznl3591 Subjective, opinionated
Oh yeah, those descriptions. The one from Power of the dog was just utterly awful. It even made the movie it bit less good cus it was so not what I was expecting after reading those two or three lines...
Netflix isnt full of Wokeness but does heavily support it.
They did laughably-shows and went with it, doubling-down,
then tripling-down, never stopping.
The Money-Losing is not just some small decision here and there,
it's an Entire Ideology.
My main issue with Netflix right now is that I can’t commit to anything, one day you start a new show and a few days later they decide to cancel it, at this point I just skip everything because I’m not interested on getting burned by shows getting cancelled, they may make the most incredible show ever but I’m just not going to watch it, to be honest the only reason why I haven’t cancelled is that my parents watch a few shows on my account and those shows are not even Netflix originals…
Same! I had watched Archive 81 a couple months back and then when I was watching it with my cousin I decided to look and see when season 2 was coming out only to find it canceled
My issue is that I like a show, but they didn’t add season nine. Then I learned it was on a different site that doesn’t let you skip the intro. Now, they had cut seasons out of the show and it only goes up to season 4 instead of season 8!
RIP The Dark Crystal :(
Right!
I was going to start Archive 81 because of the excellent word of mouth, but then heard it was cancelled. I don't even want to bother now! If it's really good I'm gonna be pissed that there's no new seasons.
I watched teenage bounty hunters and was crushed when it was cancelled in favour of Emily in Paris
This man analyzed something a multi-billion company couldn’t, even to save themselves. Respect.
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If Netflix's loses continue then they will crack down on password sharing. I guess he made this video to avoid that...
Netflix made mistakes, especially when they released that one shocking movie that angered parents.
@@AJVillanueva2030 what was that
MatPat really does have a point about the bingeing and release schedule thing. As someone who watches dramas that release episodes on a weekly basis, there’s time for us to react and anticipate each episode. It gives us something to look forward to. If people want to binge a drama, they will simply wait until the week or day of the final episode to do so. Following a weekly release schedule will still give people the opportunity to binge a show, while also letting it last longer.
Well said. Every week of Business Proposal or Uncanny Counter was truly a rush.
@@shyigu same for the Mandalorian, boba fett and kenobi
They just did that.
My boyfriend prefers to binge every show until he's either watched it all or just all that's released. His mom and dad do that too. None of them understand why I like to take breaks every few episodes. Sometimes even if it isn't strictly a drama it's nice to take bit and digest what you've watched.
I think it's highly individual. A show has to be exceptional for me to bother with watching weekly, and even then I would prefer to binge it. The only two shows I have bothered watching weekly were ones I got into by binging first, Succession and Better Call Saul. In both cases, I waited for multiple seasons to come out before committing, and only once I was hooked would I have bothered coming back weekly. In both cases too, I enjoyed the era where I could binge quite a bit more, but I was in deep enough I would watch weekly. Also in both cases, I haven't watched a weekly show since, and the only way to get me to commit to that is have a body of work for me to actually get into.
For example, Better Call Saul is still my fav show... but it's a slow starter, it worked in it's advantage to string that together a little bit more, whereas I may have gotten lost over the course of 5 seasons before it hit me I was enjoying it even more than Breaking Bad.
This isn't one size fits all... but every weekly show I ever watch anymore is only a result that I binged several seasons of it already.
I think that they should also add a function for the community to vote for which shows they want to have more seasons, including cancelled netflix ones
Iirc amazon did that for a couple of years: put out a few episodes of a new show and had their subscribers "vote" on what they wanted full seasons on.
Netflix do see which shows are doing great and which are not through their database or watchtime history.Thats why the ceo told Squid Game may become world largest streamed show before hand. This method is reliable than voting.
@@growthhacking9126 it could be a combo though. Just because you finished a season of something, doesn't mean you want more of those seasons (people hate watch, or keep watching a show thinking it will get better and it doesn't for example)
Like corridor digital
@BELIEVE in JESUS what does that have to do with the comment or video?
The real issue with Netflix is that whenever they release a show, it's overwhelming because you have to watch all of it (if you like the show) to avoid being spoiled online or with friends. Like you said, a big reason why Disney Plus works in that regard is because they release episodes on a weekly basis. It gives time for fans to discuss and theorise and ultimately bring new people to the platform. The binging method for Netflix was cool for a few years, now it's just hurting them.
Unless you count Owl house and amphibia only releasing their new season when they are don't but being streamed on cable.
Yes but we don’t talk about Disney’s relationship with their animated shows because they seem to underestimate their value to the platform
*cries in Owl House Season 3*
Netflix gives people a great thing & people being as pathetic as they are will likely force Netflix to release in spaces..
Yeah I agree, I think the release of Arcane proves that, the 3 weekly releases boosted the length and amount of people talking about future episodes.
I like anime :3
Mattpatt is correct! It is the reason why netflix kdramas actually do well. Two days or one day a week releases because they follow the production schedules of asian media.
The "realease episodes every week" is the simplest idea that they should do
Arcane dropped 3 episodes every week
In those weeks I learned to know the characters through my friends and through TH-cam, this made me count down to the next episodes. I loved the show btw
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Arcane is awesome! I can’t not think of it when I hear enemy
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@@Kaiyax_ Arcane is ok.
This "release episodes every week"-thing is the reason i stopped watching on prime. If they do this on Netflix, i am happy to save a few bucks a month and cancel them too. I mean: It's called "Video on demand", not "Wait until we want you to see something".
My major problem with netflix is removing some of the best shows they used to have just to give us a bad netflix original nobody cares about. Its even worse when those shows require you to pay for an entirely other service to access
You literally just said they require you to pay for an entirely other service well thats because they pull themselves from netflix(like the office is removed from netflix and is on some peacock bs site)
I agree
This is my problem too. A lot of good films and series are gone from Netflix because of other streaming platforms getting the rights for them
Facts
@BELIEVE in JESUS I don't listen to bots
The entire 'stretching out your release shedule' thing is a strategy well used by anime studios. The anime fandom is currently a really loud one within it's community: memeing everything, theorizing and so much more. It is the reason why they remain popular.
and even on Netflix anime is released weekly and not everything at once this causing you to watch more
Yes I like the spy family. I am just waiting for new episode due to the meme and cosplay.
Netflix ruined Jojo part 6 :(
@@fanndx By releasing all the episodes at one time completely killed the hype when you could binge watch it in one day and not just wait every week (I'm pretty sure it was called Jojo Fridays) for a new episode to release (increased the hype). By doing this they weren't able to keep people attracted to it or keep the hype up as a fresh new batch of Stone Ocean episodes releases sometime in Fall 2022 (I don't remember the exact date), atleast over 6 months from the first batch of episodes. I almost forgot about Stone Ocean cause I watched every episode between 3 days and moved on from it.
@@fanndx lol how it’s literally the same studio it’s just being released by Netflix the show is fine
something to point out is that a lot of the strategies mentioned in this video can be seen in anime, which is EXTREMELY successful when it comes to audience engagement and consumption: the one-episode-a-week releases for new seasons, heavy emphasis on promotion, and ESPECIALLY the earned media. the amount of merchandisable goods being made from anime (figurines, t-shirts, keychains, cosplays, etc.) is insane and creates strong fanbases. matpat really makes some great points in this video!
I've always felt like Netflix's release schedule was overwhelming. Like I rarely look at Netflix now because I know that there's going to be a billion new things being released but like I haven't seen any advertising for any of it and so it just seems like this obscure show that may or may not be good
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So you need advertising brainwashing to watch
@@christiantaylor1495 Sadly yeah. Human nature are hard to get rid of. Even if you know your own flaws
@@christiantaylor1495 Not necessarily. With advertising comes reviews, hype or hate, and so you get a better idea of what the show or movie is like
omg I'm so glad you put this into words. I feel so overwhelmed with how much stuff comes out nowadays and I never feel like I have any time to process what it's about and if it's even something I want to watch before everyone else is already raving about it and saying how I "HAVE to watch it it's so good!" and like it's exhausting trying to keep up with so much media that I may only feel lukewarm about to begin with
It hurts my soul that arcane didnt get the promotion it deserves. Genuinely insane how good the reviews are but how few saw it
I mean, I know you can watch it without playing LOL, But I think tbh it's not appetizing to older people. (Which are most of netflixs users)
@casper same
All my friends saw it and most other people who'd be interested saw it too on release and it was heavily talked about on social media, it's anecdotal evidence but in my area it was clearly advertised enough
@@freezalo7521 I mean you don't need anecdotal evidence. It was their highest watched show ever. I honestly don't get what he means by it wasn't promoted.
How few saw it?
The binge part is true -- no "water cooler" time when everything is released at once. Many conversations have taken place at work about the Disney+ Marvel series. I have NEVER heard anyone have a conversation like that about the Netflix shows.
I’ve seen some people talk about squid games-
I agree, shows like the D+ Marvel shows, Owl House, Amphibia, Our Flag Means Death, and Euphoria all trend each time an ep is released. binge shows maybe trend once, but that's it, having shows release one ep at a time is so much better cause I can still go back to binge it if I wanted, but the anticipation for new eps is there, and each week is a chance to talk about the ep, its easter eggs, etc
It's worse than no water cooler time because you can't even talk about the show at all or you risk spoiling it for people, more so than any other release schedule.
what people forget is water cooler conversations only happen around exceptionally good shows that appeal to a broad demographic. the vast majority of shows do not fall into this bucket.
statistically most shows are fairly good/average/fairly bad. for these shows, many viewers become bored or distracted during a week hiatus and progressively drop off. but if the next episode/next season is only an autoplay away, viewers don't have time to get bored/forgetful and keep watching - netflix keeps the eyeballs.
think about it like Amazon. sure there are some things I would wait a week for, but I purchase ten times as many things that I prefer to get the same day/next day. netflix is the same. sure there are some viewers who don't care about waiting - but ten times as many viewers will shell out cash to view what they want, when they want it.
@@RK-252 That part is gone forever with an expanding option for viewers. Yes, it will never be like it was when "Little Ricky" was born on I Love Lucy in the 50s, but I have had those conversations about Disney+ Marvel shows which have a narrow demographic.
8:14 “My friend Colleen”
That aged well
You think he knew she was a groomer? This video is old af. Ur focusing on these internet people too much. Ur chronically online
@@jeet9668Are you sure you aren't?
I see you spamming this same comment on every single comment bringing it up regardless of if the OC actually said "shame on matpat for being friends with a groomer" or smth (didn't even see any comment like that, most are just the "didn't age well" meme) and being so defensive towards a youtuber even against people who said nothing bad about him.
Are you sure _you're_ not the one chronically online taking internet people too seriously?
i think a major gain for companies when releasing episodes weekly:
disney+ marvel shows are typically 6 episodes, with one releasing every week for 6 weeks. this means that if you want to watch them as they come out, you will have to renew your subscription once meaning you have to pay for 2 months as opposed to 1. just a little way they get audiences to spend more money, while having time to theorize and discuss a show, keeping it relevant for far longer.
Good point
yep,because of that i waited for 2 episodes to pass by so I can subscribe for only 1 month
I mean, back then when Korra released it was relevant a lot longer because of people theorising what would happen next episode.
Exactly, releasing once a week means you need to stay subscribed to tune in. If you dump all 16 episodes at once of a season at once you may only get a few weeks with eyeballs on it and someone may just subscribe that month when the drop happens. Do it every week you get a bare minimum of 4 months of revenue and a lot more interest over a longer period of time.
Paramount has released Star Trek series (usually 10-12 episodes) where there is at least 1 week of overlap between the shows for the same reason. 5 series (which they have) means they have about a years worth of content that stays pretty fresh and changes (every show has a different setting/feel, one 2D, are animated and one 3D). The overlap means more people will check out "that other new Star Trek" because they pay for the week anyways, regardless of when their particular "month" ends.
Their still weird in some places with what feels more overlap then is needed, but overall it's been a really successful strategy. After all you don't make 4 spin offs that expensive for a show that's failing
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve scrolled through Netflix and there’s just TOO MUCH! I’d prefer something good quality rather than just having the variety. I honestly end up rewatching things because the variety is overwhelming.
you have the opposite problem that I have there's nothing to watch for me
@@cherylsmith392 soap2day here you go
@@cherylsmith392 same
It’s sad because I’m sure there are Netflix shows I’d like that have gotten buried under so much waste of time garbage. Randomly tried Tear Along the Dotted Line and it was fantastic, but it took too much scrolling to find.
That’s exactly what I do lmao
I agree about the binging thing. I was really disappointed when Jojo's part 6 dropped 12 episodes in a day because I was pressured to watch it ASAP to avoid spoilers, and because when I finished it in just a week I had to wait months for the next part of it (which still hasn't come out btw -_-)
Agreed, David production has definitely learned their lesson from this (hopefully)
The 12 episode drop I think also killed the meme-ability and interest longevity of the series. When Golden Wind came out you would have new memes and discussions on reddit and youtube every week. Honestly I haven't found the same cultural impact in Stone Ocean.
I saw this entire video as a statement of "BRING BACK JOJO FRIDAYS"
In the other hand, MAPPA keeps releasing a final final final 2.0 sub-season of AoT for mysterious reasons xDD they just can't end season 4, it's madness xDD
Part 3 of season 4 is due next year an it's sure to get to the end of the anime this time, they sure will!
just pirate it.
I sincerely hope Netflix heeds your warnings and advice.
I'm not particularly interested in Netflix as a business. But they did give me my Favourite series, possibly ever.
I first found out that Netflix did the whole "releasing a whole season at a time" thing when people in my friend circle were getting excited for season 3 of Kipo, and when I found out that the whole thing had already been released I was like "Sorry, WHAT!? What in the world!? How are the fans supposed to theorize in between episodes? How are they supposed to keep a conversation going? Who's idea was this!?"
Actually as someone who watches Netflix in Malaysia, they actually release certain K-dramas from Korea on a weekly basis.
Bruh wdym? I hate weekly releases. I just want to watch The 100 dammit, my family and I just want to have a nice The 100 session and these assholes got in the way of that
yeah ikr. The reason I was able to know most of the shows that I watched is because of the discussions or buzz around the show, where I would see people speculating or just simply excited about the show. The intrigue is really powerful tool to get someone into the show whether it is criticism or praise imo. Also, it lets the audience grow more as each episode releases. Binging is great if you're late to the party imo, but if it's newly released some people can decide to watch it later, which scatters the watch time or popularity of the show. Unlike with one episode (two or three epsiode is ideal imo for more discussions) the show can be popular for weeks. In addition, watching something on it's release feels exclusive, where everyone actually gathers around to watch the show simultaneosly, where excitement is high imo.
@@blumae1170 Exactly. I'm glad that it's only Netflix that does this.
@@yokelengleng surprisingly, nowadays I watch Netflix to keep up with the latest kdramas, and not for their original content
I think you forgot one huge factor: people have to go off-site to get vibe checks about content. They removed the review system, which means that people are constantly driven _away_ from the site if they want to share their opinion or see what other people think. Sure, die-hard fans will always form communities on Discord or Reddit, and TH-cam videos will get made, but being unable to interact then and there is a really big deal.
I observe this in how I interact with TH-cam. If I ever look up clips of "made for children" content, I find myself actively avoiding the official videos because the lack of comments means that there's no one to reminisce with, no conversation, nothing.
It's not limited to Netflix either. CollegeHumor's streaming service Dropout also doesn't host comments on their videos. There's a Discord server, and people talk about videos shortly after release, but it makes it challenging to join the conversation later because the moment has passed. To a different extent, Reddit also has this problem because new comments are disabled after a few months, so reposts are actually necessary in order to allow new people to engage. TH-cam, on the other hand, has videos that are over a decade old and still get new comments. Sure, I wish comment threads were better, and you weren't constantly notified as "replied to" when someone else is actually getting a response on the thread, and I miss being able to open comment sections in their own pages and browse that way...
Point being that TH-cam has a really good comments section for letting people engage with the content on-platform, long after it was posted, with suggested content in-sight the whole time.
It isn't even a small factor, Netflix doesn't need written reviews in the app at all, like you said, people who care about that (like you and I) can get the same experience out of theory videos here on TH-cam, or reddit/discord communities.
Also most of Netflix's userbase watch it on TV or their phones where going to a comment section or review section would be a waste of time.
That's so true! I always search the show on Google before watching it on Netflix, then come on TH-cam to watch the reactions.
I would do so much for Dropout to add a comment section. I watched the 1 season of Fantasy High on TH-cam and I loved going down to the comments and seeing ppl joke and tag their fav moments from the episode. Now I am watching the 2nd season on Dropout and It feels so... lonely? Although I love to support CollegeHumor, If the 2nd season was on TH-cam I would rather prefer to watch there even with the annoying ads.
@@taidko376, they _are_ on youtube, but only for CollegeHumor channel members. From what I understand, TH-cam gives them a much smaller cut of the channel membership than what they get from the Dropout subscription, so for now I choose Dropout to support them. If I could afford both, I'd definitely watch on youtube.
@@El_Rey_247 Oh! It's good to know! I still gonna watch it on Dropout just to support them too tho :)
I would like to add that its not like switching to a weekly release schedule for shows stops people who want to binge from binging. I just binged Moon Knight and all I had to do was wait 6 weeks. It really wasn't that hard to do. Some of my family and friends were watching it weekly and I just said I'm waiting for it to be over don't talk about it please. Pretty simple. This also means I don't have to keep the service if you don't want to. You can simply wait for the show to finish, pay for a month and watch it.
Yeah exactly, it gives people the option to binge or watch week by week.
Same here. A friend of mine who'd watched the first episode recommended it. And so I said imma wait till it's finished... I didn't even realise it's been 6 weeks already. Good to know that it's finished now though, I'm gonna go watch it, so thank you! 😁👍
@@olaitanluvsojewale yup! Just remember to stay for the post credit scene in the last episode
@@danielanderson6933 Of course! 👊
Binging a new show is nice, but you feel empty inside sooner, Weekly stuff brings a community together and spoilers don’t screw me over cause joined in on a show a week late.
8:09 That didn't age well...
*sick burn*
You think he knew she was a groomer? This video is old af. Ur focusing on these internet people too much. Ur chronically online
Arcane was probably one of the biggest show Netflix has had recently especially among gamers. And they followed that episode a week method which got a lot of people looking into it.
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3 episodes a week right
It was three episodes a week but still a pretty good schedule.
I thought they only released one Arc a week. Which is still much better than all at once, but I thought they should've made a bigger deal about Arcane.
I imagine some of Netflix's downward spiral could also be attributed to the loss of third-party licenses. Specifically, all the Marvel shows that recently moved over to Disney+ under the new label of "The Defenders Saga." Sure, they were canceled back in 2018 and 2019, but that was due to a substantial loss in revenue as interest in the individual shows started to wane. I imagine they planned the franchise to be their version of the Avengers but couldn't quite reach that level of popularity. Now, with the IPs no longer on their platform, they have a significant gap between viewers who are superhero fans. I remember hearing back in 2018 that Netflix acquired the rights to do a reboot of "The Chronicles of Narnia." However, they've done nothing with it. They've been sitting on the books for almost five years. Granted, a pandemic has slowed down a lot of their original work, but they have yet to make an update on the franchise.
The Defenders loss was massive. 4x single shows (1-3 seasons each) plus 1 team up season all around 15-20 episodes at ~40min each. Thats surely days worth of content lost.
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I really liked how Arcane had episodes which would come out in threes. I think going forward that should be what every Netflix show should do because you can still "binge" three episodes while also waiting for the rest of the series to come out weekly. Maybe shows should even come out in two episodes per week. Both would work well in my opinion.
Or two episodes per week on different days of the week. Monday & Thursday, Tuesday & Friday, Wednesday & Saturday.
That way it's more engaging & exciting. Not too long, not too short wait.
HOLD ON, THAT'S PERFECT! It also makes a lot of sense.
Probably 2 days, arcane was a special case because it just worked so well, 3 acts, 3 weeks, 3 episodes in each act, perfection
legend of Vox machina also did the same thing and I also really liked that. 3 episodes is a pretty good amount
Uhm... this video here kinds seems to miss the Point
that Netflix Dying is a good Thing. No saving needed.
I've had this take on binge-watching decreasing the enjoyment for years. Essentially that's what made LOST one of the greatest series in TV history. Literally every single episode had a cliffhanger ending. That doesn't work if you watch the next show in 5 seconds.
Big companies should always have their eye open when MatPat makes a video on them. Time and time again Mat predicts financial problems/wins for them and how they could improve as a platform, but they never listen. Really cheering for them to finally see how important and valuable these videos are. Then we could have better platforms/shows, they'd get more money, and the Theorist Team gets more wins to check off.
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It is honestly no surprise how his financial advice just hits with a WAY bigger chance than his theories on games, series', movies.
I could see Netflix listening. They'll do it slowly and reluctantly. And it will be too late.
Netflix should just choose to release shows on Friday mornings. Put a “New This Weekend” thing at the top whenever you log in, as well as a “New This Month” for everything that came out in the last 4 weeks.
I know every time you give a final date and you put it like right at the top and gives people a sense of urgency to watch it I realize that because even though when I look at the time it’s supposed to be released one might Netflix it’s just alone for a while and rolling the new stuff it says it right at the bottom of the corner and I’m just like whatever
Y'know, I can speak to that last point myself personally. When the second season of Beastars released, my partner and I binged the entirety of the season in one night. Just one! We have lots of friends who wanted to watch the show too, so we felt an urge to watch all of it at once so we can talk to our friends about it as soon as possible, but I really don't remember anything specific from the whole season. It's all a vague, blended up mush. And at the end of watching it all, I felt...hollow, it really wasn't enjoyable. I never recommend that people binge shows any longer unless they've seen it before and are just looking for background noise
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I can't have a show as background noise. Also, if I binge a show, I retain just the important details
Yeah that wasn't a surprise to me. I was never huge on binging but certain shows I'd still end up doing that and I'd later realize that I both remembered very little of what happened over the course of the season and was largely ambivalent to the stuff I was watching. So now three hours is the absolute most I'll watch of any one thing in a sitting and I think it helps.
“My friend Colleen” … that didn’t age well
I also wish they’d stop canceling shows based off of binging analytics. The more times ppl watch and rewatch the more likely a show will stay on. Where as other shows tht are just as good, but aren’t made to be binged or just aren’t feeling the same kind of exposure are canceled after one season.
They really need to make more shows in "batches" like they did with arcane, it's bingable and yet preserve the hype like in shows with weekly episode format
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It doesn’t help how there’s so many other streaming services to choose from, the options of what to watch and when to watch them is too overwhelming. Especially now with entertainment in general becoming this ENDLESS OCEAN of content you HAVE to watch in order to keep up with the conversation, it’s easy to cut Netflix loose.
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And that's why pirating is great. One place for everything all for the price of your internet
woah, you've typed your opinion already?
Netflix has this really bad habit of making a new show basically every week, and these shows don’t bring in the numbers. Instead they should focus on popular shows that would highly benefit from a new season. Shows like Stranger Things and The Dragon Prince are the first two to come to mind. They are very popular, using big names and big budgets to produce a high-quality show that is very well received. Dragon Prince uses a lot of the team from ATLA and even some voice actors from ATLA for crying out loud.
If they add more seasons and episodes per season to already existing shows, I think they’d benefit greatly. Making a new show every once in a while would still work, as long as they look at how to make a good show and what’s popular
It also sucks that they have cancelled plenty of good and popular series like Altered Carbon. Instead of pumping the new trash constantly they should finish the old popular shows.
I loved Dragon Prince, but I haven't really though about it or watched it in a while... which honestly stands as a good point on its own. A show with a massively popular cast and direction team? It should be super successful, but I rarely see anyone talking about it outside Niche fandom sites. Avatar as a series was and still is massively popular, but Dragon Prince seems like it got shafted.
Rooting for Stranger things apparently
I believe stranger things season 4 drops may 27th but i could be wrong
@@pianoman5259 yup- thats only book 1 tho
"my friend colleen" that one didnt age qute so well.
who knows maybe in a few years matpat will groom kids too
You think he knew she was a groomer? This video is old af. Ur focusing on these internet people too much. Ur chronically online
@@jeet9668 of course he didn’t know, thats the point of “that one didn’t age quite so well”
I mean a huge part of Arcane series success was that it got released in chapters. The longer it lasted, the longer the hype was. Especially after what happened in episode 3, it got everyone interested in the rest, and it got everyone talking about it, keeping it relevant for way longer than it would've if it got released all in one day
Yeah, they always ended on a super exciting note which got people talking which is free marketing
Nah It came from games and People who used to play League years ago and ditched the game but know champions well
The fact it was super Hyped with New Season with Huge Changes and Words made it happen and it wasnt bad so People liked it
League community isnt like any other gaming community maby besides Overwatch... that means memorable characters for People that doesnt play the game and greatly built Lore and Universum... its closer to Star Wars, Batman, Spiderman than to WOW or CS
That means League Universe is so Rich it could be movie series and then game made based of it
The same way Star Wars etc can have Games made of it
But you know WoW and CS movies would be trash movies
@@paulsad7624 what is CS
Hm i watched it cus it was an my tik Tok fy paige nonstop wanted to now what the Hype was about 👀
The problem I have with the “episodes every week” format is that one single episode doesn’t seem like enough. Especially if the show is slightly shorter, as in between 20-40 mins. HBO Max actually solved this by releasing two or three episodes a week. By doing this, it actually feels substantially more rewarding and fills in the sometimes long wait for the next episode.
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Arcane show this very well. They have 3 eps each weeks. And that show was netflix's exclusive. They should learn from that and do it more for their series
I think this is also an effect of how some media has adopted the extreme serialised model of story telling that no episode can stand on its own or leaving every single thing in a cliffhanger.
It causes fatigue if the right distribution for the show isn't picked.
Like look at something like avatar when it was first airing or the owl house now. They're both more episodic that leaves people satisfied. Not saying that's immediately better, just saying that if there's more variety in the kind of storytelling used and each way is picked specially for that story it'll leave better stuff
I agree I recommend a couple of episodes a week and maybe end the weeks worth of episodes on a cliffhanger.
It's a shame because a huge part of netflix's success is that they they've been so lenient on their greenlights, greenlighting shows that wouldn't be seen as anything special anywhere else only to become big hits. While being more picky may be a good decision financially, we'd miss out on so much gold... it's a shame.
Honestly they should just try to capitalize on the "fandom" shows they DO have, or work on greenlighting similar ones.
They need another something like...
Sigh...... *voltron*
I am agreeing very aggressively. I mean, I could not possibly agree more.
Voltron was SO good too. One of my favourite shows. Same with Avatar the Last Airbender.
sadly you are right. i love that netflix has so many shows that don't lend themselves to merchandise cause they are just focused on the shows and so many cool things that might not have ben seen can be.
but dang, they need the money
i mean that's whats happening to their animated content. They're greenlighting a bunch of crappy live-action but being very picky with animated content - stuff that often grows the most fandoms AND has merchandiseable content!!! Instead, they want more like the Boss Baby, something that isn't even THEIR IP. Incredibly frustrating as an animator.
I don't think it's a shame, Netflix's downfall is well deserved. The movie Cuties is still on the platform and they've done nothing about it, not to mention Netflix's recent endorsement of bigotry.
They had one about a young girl coming to terms with having supernatural powers, losing her father to suicide, and growing up with severe mental health problems. It was a beautiful show, acted out wonderfully, alot of love and passion was put into it. Set up a very interesting world and mysteries with just a few episodes. Of course canceled
This makes so much sense. I can sooo easily keep up with Disney plus, but Netflix is just PUMPING stuff out. One thing I love about movies and series is talking about it with my friends and family, but saying, "hey, have you seen that new Netflix movie?" just don't work anymore, because if they have, it's proberly antoher one then what you have watched *shrug*
Fans: We want you to not Cancel Good shows and raise the prices for low quality viewing
Netflix: You guys want a Sequel to 365 Days and Cuties ( Cuties sequel is a joke)
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I just want Shadow and Bone Season 2
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Even so, atleast one person over there will try to be funny and actually make a sequel to that vapid movie
Its not a "joke" its slanderous and defamatory. To suggest a multi million dollar studio and streaming service is unable to learn from pad negative trends is extremely insulting.
I don’t think greenlighting a high number of shows of a large variety is the problem. In fact that is the hallmark of Netflix, that they’ve got a little bit of everything. There can be experimentation, new things, creativity. But yes the lack of promotion, subsequent cancellation, and all-at-once dumps are just killers.
right, like they can keep up quite a bit of production but maybe more spaced out (projects not overlapping) or maybe just in general making their lives easier by spending more time and energy on projects compared to pumping projects full of money and basically no thought all of the time
I've started calling them the creativity graveyard. So many shows that had potential canceled with no reason given.
I feel the same, what I love about netflix and personally don't really like about disney plus, is that everything Netflix is offering me is different, is new or something I don't now, I can watch korean dramas, african series, german movies or chinese animations and then go back to watch the Witcher, I can see a little bit more about the world and how they live rather than "sitck with star wars and marvel because is the safe bet"
Netflix made a movie for pedofiles to jerk off too k1ds and refused to take it down. They are dying for good reason.
I think it's moreso they put out way too much. Part of the reason I got into Arcane was because people kept talking about it
I don’t think this theory counts as a theory this is straight up a fact 💀
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Sarah Z did an entire video essay on how bad mass dropping episodes is for TV. It kills any chance of building an in-the-moment fandom as a show is being released and creates anxiety and stress as people feel required to binge it or be spoiled.
Netflix had the nerve to cancel the adaptation of Jeff Smiths “Bone” who has been trying to get his graphic novel adapted for almost 2 decades. I cannot forgive them after they promised him an adaptation and pulled the rug out from under him before the series was even under way.
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Netflix isn't at fault for that in any way. They had correspondence with Jeff electronically submitting and coming to an agreement on a contract when it came time to sign in front of the respective legal teams Jeff pushed for more creative control POST NEGOTIATIONS I can't stress how unprofessional this must have looked to their (Netflix) studios I would have rescinded my offer as well
Now I know this isn't the first Jeff had the adaption fall through and I am also aware the previous studios basically did everything short of screwing him entirely out of the his IP (intellectual property) i.e: wasting his time, money, and energy trying to orchestrate an unfair deal.
But that doesn't justify disregarding respectful business procedure and etiquette.
If he really wanted it he wouldn't have disrespected Netflix the way he did.
And don't even get me started on his little victim comic hr made after the fact.
@@shelina.maddrey7566 actually netflix disrespected Jeff
@@sharkfish1231 yeah great point dawg
Ik my nerves are racked as well about that... We'll juat hav3 yo watch Netflix die
Economists call it "negative elasticity" but the common name is "death spiral." This is when you raise prices to cover your losses, but wind up losing customers to the point where you have less income than before. The cycle continues until you either 1) go out of business or 2) reach a stable point with a very tiny number of rich customers who don't care about price. My local newspaper is in this mode and over the past 8 years has gone from $1.20 per week to $26, a 2,050% increase. That's over $1,200 per year for a newspaper, and they have finally hit my tolerance limit. At the next renewal, I won't and they'll have to distribute my missing income over their ever-dwindling number of remaining subscribers.
Jesus Christ. TWENTY-SIX DOLLARS? A WEEK? The regular price for Mon-Sat (no Sunday paper anymore) of my local newspaper is $10.80/week (including taxes). And that's CANADIAN dollars (works out to $8.30/week in USD). Moreover, they're always offering 50% off deals, so if you get on one of those (they usually last 5 months), once you let your subscription lapse (instead of paying full price when the deal expires), they'll call you within a couple weeks to offer you the 50% off deal again. I've been doing this for years, and while the price has slowly crept up (about 10% over the past 5 years), it's still a pretty reasonable price to pay for the newspaper...if you even want a physical copy of the newspaper. Because they also offer some pretty insane online-only rates, including one right now that is just insanely cheap - 5 months of unlimited online access for $1.50. THIRTY CENTS A MONTH (plus tax, but c'mon, that's like ~3 or 4 cents, not even a nickel). And that gives you all of the articles, puzzles and comics that a physical paper would.
Your local newspaper must serve a pretty small metropolitan area, because with a cost like that, the potential subscriber base has to be TINY. Either that or it's a trash newspaper and nobody wants to buy it, but that seems less likely.
@@VoIcanoman - Yup. We'll see what kind of deal they offer when I don't renew next time.
"Netflix, you've been sloppy about this" This is the most boss thing Mat has ever said. A collage nerd that thought too hard about video games is structurely, analytically, and now probably financially superior than a million maybe billion dollar company. I'm sorry to say but if in another timeline, something traumatic happened during Mats childhood, we've have a Batman estc genius running around. Again, never would want that because, and anyone can agree, we more than appreciate the Mat we have here.
_"financially superior"_ LOL
he is making insane money with his planned yourube scheme, but he is definitely not making more than Netflix. He also has no clue how to "save" netflix.
@@chabbab6698 he is talking about being financially Superior in analytics.
@@Vunomic Okay from that point of view you have to say very clearly: No, MatPat is definitely not superior from the financial advice point of view. A company like Netflix has a lot of competent financial advisors from different professional fields. Just because someone here comes up with a halfway sensible theory doesn't mean it's the right way for Netflix to make more money in the future.
@@chabbab6698 i have to agree with your last comment my friend. sloppy comment but i understand his message
@@Vunomic why sloppy?
A thing about Netflix that always bothered me is that I really have to look for something new but I'm not even sure what I'm looking for. Theres a lot that I dont like and small hidden gems I absolutely fall in love with. But theres no recommendations. the Percentage is something I have to check manually everytime.
Plus the short descriptions are so boring, I'm never really taken over by em
Your right on the nose with this one
Early on Netflix got a lot of praise for releasing their shows all at once, with the backing argument that it was based on binge watching behavior they observed with shows like The Office, etc. That was praise in comparison to traditional TV show releases.
But in hindsight I think people were misattributing positive feelings stemming from the on-demand nature (watch it exactly when your schedule allows) onto the more visible aspect of “X episodes all at once.” It’s not that the binge release model was ever good, but that the novelty of an immediately available TV show you can watch whenever you had time for it had no true comparison yet.
Which is wild, because I’m pretty sure 10 years ago the Netflix model of releases was considered the best and only valid choice for streaming content.
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"The Novelty of an immediately available TV show." I totally agree with you. I can share my recent experience. I watched a Serial on a TH-cam channel, it has 306-(20 min) episodes. I watched the whole serial as a set of 5 episodes in 1.25× speed over a span of 3 weeks.
I totally enjoyed the show. I also had time to speculate the twists and turns. It was not a bad binge experience like Mat mentioned for me.
Yep. I agree with this. It happened with JBA: Stone Ocean on Netflix. Everyone was super angry because we could binge in like 1-2 days and then have to wait months to hear anything and after that probably wait another 6 months to get part 2. It also got rid of a classic day in Jojo communities, Jojo Fridays were obliterated and everyone disliked it.
I hated every episode being released, there's so much enjoyment from episodes being released weekly that does not exist nowadays, so much speculation, theorizing, even just general chat with friends. Everyone would talk about one tv show for months on end as each episode is released. That does not exist with netflix shows, especially since everyone is afraid to talk about it because one guy in the group is only on episode 4, another is on episode 7, and the other binged watched it all. So what is there to talk about? "Ya that show is good...".
Remember the finale of Breaking Bad or GoT? People went to bars just to watch the finale with 50 other strangers. That socializing aspect will never exist with any Netflix show.
@@chroprs It was good back in the day when internet wasn't as popular for discussion and you kinda just watching it on your own time no spoilers or anything discussing it with friends and family who were watching at roughly the same pace. But it doesn't work now because if it releases in massive amounts you HAVE to binge watch all of it asap or else it'll all be spoiled to you (see jojo stone ocean for example, 12 episodes released and people had to watch it all in a day or 2 just to avoid the spoilers and memes that'd be coming).
I just wish they'd stop canceling everything they make. Every time they have a good show that gets traction they can it after one or two seasons. There's a bunch of originals or animated adaptions that I'm waiting for season 2 on, but I know that probably like half of those have just been canceled and I just don't know. :(
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Still salty that Bojack Horseman ended when the writers said they’d make it forever if they could... but I’m also glad they gave them a heads up (a season or so before telling them they’ll cancel it) since it was a beloved show...
if you were an anime fan, you would know this struggle well
Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance for example. There's a bunch of petitions up for a season 2 to be greenlit.
@@CrypticCobra true, but animes adapt the source material, which may be manga or light novels. For that reason, animes act more like a promotion for their source material. In general, they expect you to watch an anime, like it and then go buy the manga or light novel that it adapts in order to see how it continues.
I've kind of been expecting this for a while. Ever since they canceled The Dark Crystal, I've been suspicious of their business tactics. I mean, the cancellation on its own might not have been too suspicious, except not only had it just won an Emmy, this is also when Netflix was fighting tooth and nail against calls to remove Cuties from its platform. So, Netflix, at least IMO, has been out of touch for a while, it's just starting to finally spill over.
Wait wait wait- they cancelled the dark Crystal series? Maaan.. this is like shadowhunters all over again
I really wish they continued The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. That was a god tier show.
Sadly it was VERY expensive. I loved the show though.
The "release schedule" point is a HUGE issue for Jojo Part 6: Stone Ocean. Having so many episodes out in one day people can't enjoy each of the episodes.
I remember when Parts 4 and 5 were being released weekly and every episode created new memes in the community.
Part 6 doesn't have that because there's just too much to process and it just feels overwhelming.
Bro, the fact that they decided to release jojo part 6/2 in September just destroyed their subscriber count. (Its not all jojo fans that unsubscribed buts its most-likey half or even most)
@@kingsly3690 i thought October
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Wait how does a mass release of episodes mean that each one is less enjoyable? It doesn't change the show at all.
What is does change is the theories about what happens next.
@@lordvika2526 each one doesn't go around the community or in your mind as much. And they can blend together.
With 1 episode per week you can all but guarantee people will be talking, making memes, ect... all through however many months.
With the "all episodes at once" all you get is like a big burst that lasts maybe 1 week or month tops.
As much as I hate to admit it, I LOOOOVE the once a week release schedule. Talking with everyone during the week and feeling the hype on the wait for the next episode is the best... I feel like a kid waiting for the next episode of Seinfeld all over again
@Xeno And Netflix has already implemented weekly release schedules for other shows (mostly Kdramas I believe), so they can obviously do it for shows they promote more.
@Xeno yup the MCU and Starwars shows bring me back to when everyone watched TWD and talked about it all the time
I like binging sometimes, but it kills the social aspect of viewing. I can't tell you how many conversations that went something like "Oh, you're watching X show? So am I-great show. What episode are you on? Oh, well maybe we'll talk about it when you or I catch up" and then never speak of it again.
I signed up for streaming because I could watch as much or as little as I want. going back to weekly just for buzz is basically cable all over again and …. thats one of the reason i stopped watching regular tv. if you can’t generate buzz without a weekly release then your promo dept isnt doing its job or the material just isnt up to par
I don't! I prefer to watch all of the episodes and then talk to people about it
I wonder if Netflix will actually watch this or at least use the same advice/strategy instead of slowly bleeding out, like how cool would it be if MatPat comes in clutch and saves us all XD
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They’ll probably going to take a portion of these advice, depending on their meeting
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I vision somebody (relatively) important will watch it and then recommend it to somebody (really) important, and that person will not watch it.
I think first seasons (that they tend to cancel so often) should be dropped all at once, released daily, or in 2 parts like ST s4 is gonna be, and properly advertised. Then second seasons and onwards that now have an established fanbase garnered from the first season should be released weekly. That way you can still rely on good shows, instead of gimmicks like "cute yoda" pictures seen on twitter to pull someone to a show.
Netflix' recent decision on firing the head of their animation department and axing many of their animated series that were in production pisses me off to no end, the shows they were making sounded INCREDIBLE and I would've loved to see them, I hope that they all get picked up by other companies and show Netflix what a stupid decision they made, specifically Boons and Curses and Dino Daycare sounded incredible and the Bone adaptation was an IP that could've brought in a lot of fans from an existing series!
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Bone also could've been their last chance at merchandising
I'm very mad about those cancellations!
The good thing about spreading episodes out is that when those episodes are our you can go get a head start on a new show rather than quickly making it so people don't get bored waiting. Also you get more suspense waiting for the next episode next week.
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Ironically, that’s how I got into the show “Severance” through fan theory videos and my sister watching one of the episodes. Plus the title sequence was very well animated that I must know what this show was about. I may have binged watch it because the finale already aired; but it was fun watching the journey how it got to that point. So when are we going to have a Film Theory on Severance? This show is LITERALLY up your alley and you can do good theories like the is it even possible to split yourself into two different people, why are comedians making good horror/thriller shows, and (spoiler alert) she’s alive but is she really alive when she’s not her innie?
Can watch this all in Apple TV, and yes there will be a season 2.
I’m not so sure on that
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the biggest thing I find with netflix is that they dump an entire season (or part) at once, immediately tease the next bit but either delay that second part way past reasonable or they just never release it.
a great example is part 6 of jojos bizarre adventure. on Crunchyroll we had an episode a week, and at almost 50 episodes per part that keeps things going for a while. netflix? they adopted part 6, dumped 12 episodes at once, then didnt drop the next chunk for like a year. it's completely ruined the flow of the show when there was nothing wrong with it to start with. theres a reason I've been really struggling to click with this part when I was so hyped for it to start initially. I've even tried to artificially slow it down for myself - me and my brother only watch one episode a night, we dont binge. but it doesnt fix the problem when you get through the whole chunk in a little under 2 weeks then have to wait a year for the cliffhanger to get resolved. especially with having adhd it gets real easy to just stop caring, even when I'm so excited for it in the beginning
in my opinion netflix has always been better suited for movies. the formula they have for releasing tv shows has never worked well
Great advice but sadly the Powers that be seem to think they know more than you. I do think you missed one point of why they are losing subs. They create a lot of content that does not appeal to the masses. They create shows for a select few and that group is not big enough to make money off of. In the process they ignore the masses and people start cancelling their subscriptions.
I don't speak for anyone but myself: I personally do not like watching woke stuff that makes my eyes roll. I just want a good story without forcing "the message" down my throat.
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Hey MatPat, from one parent to another. My child is obsessed with paw patrol, while I love watching the show with him I get really annoyed how zuma (the main water pup and my favorite) almost never gets used for missions he can easily do. Even WATER MISSIONS where he is most suited he gets passed up by a water fearing recycling mutt.
I was wondering if this is just show writers being lazy, Ryder picking favorites, or some other underlying issue. Can you investigate??
I think you are thinking too much about a show for children.
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I mean, we all saw it coming. The launches of services like Paramount+, Disney+ and HBO Max was the beginning of the end for Netflix. The amount of licensed content that dropped off was astounding, so they had to try and push the originals, which started the problems we see today. Netflix will continue its decline, and eventually close and be absorbed into another company within five years if they don't turn things around, and fast. I do agree that the contents of this video would help, but even then, it feels like it's delaying the eventual death of Netflix.
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The way Netflix has handled the latest season of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is the PERFECT example of how they're failing at release schedules. The first 12 episode were dropped back on December 1st and we still have NO WORD on when the next batch is coming. Plus another 12 episodes possibly won't finish the season, it's been 5 months, which if they went by a weekly schedule, would mean we'd be at more than 12 by now. Any excitement for the next batch is all but gone, such a shame since Jojo is such a beloved manga/show and people were stoked to see Stone Ocean animated.
If they did the weekly thingy, atleast we are only waiting for 2 months right now.
I believe david productions did announce that the second batch of Stone Ocean would come in the fall, but still it's almost a year of waiting.
smh wow.. plus I thought I caught up with everything Jojo but come to find out there Manga I haven't read yet
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You're totally right, but here's an additional suggestion: have a static library. Apparently Netflix has deals with Universal and DreamWorks. Is there any reason to not have movies by those companies up all the time? (It's also really, really annoying when you want to, say, watch all the Kung Fu Panda movies, only to -not- have them all in one place.)
I hope Netflix takes your advice!
I suspect licensing contracts are part of this problem. Netflix can ask for a perpetual license to show a film, but the copyright owner doesn't have to offer that option.
Is Disney going to want Netflix taking a cut of the profits when they can release the shows on their own platform? It might be worth it for some titles, but the new Marvel shows will just be on Disney+ to push traffic to their platform.
@@atk05003 That's why I limited the idea to companies that Netflix seemed to already have deals with. Because, yes, Disney is a moot point now that they have their own service. I'm talking mostly about movies that either don't have a place of their own or are already buddy-buddy with Netflix on some level. (Again, they seem to have some deals with Universal and DreamWorks, but what are the details?)
I suspect some fine print, too. You're definitely right about Disney.
The issue of Netflix dropping seasons all at once has been an issue for a while now, especially with anime. It even has a name: "Netflix Jail" whereby English speakers are locked out of anime currently airing in Japan until it's done and then it releases all at once. Which doesn't help everyone except pirates who are able to provide it weekly and for free to boot. Komi-san is a weird exception but they still dropped the ball by not translating text despite the series being text-heavy since that's the primary communication method for Shouko Komi wh-to my understanding-has selective mutism. And don't even get me started with JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6 with it being released in 3 batches despite it being weekly up until this point is an excellent case study as to why weekly releases still make sense.
I'm still interested in hearing MatPat's thoughts on the larger issue at hand though: the fragmentation of streaming. These companies thought they were brilliant by not having to pay Netflix to host their content by creating their own streaming service, but all it does is increase piracy. We're in cable 2.0, why pay $150-$200/month for 10 streaming services when piracy is free and arguably more ethical in some cases given the scummy nature of some of these companies such as Funimation/Crunchyroll which help maintain a system that keeps animators poor and overworked? Along with the even bigger debate over IP law as a whole and whether it's beneficial or detrimental to society? While by no means the most important questions, they still deserve conclusive answers
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Looking at Jojo’s part 6 rn where they dropped half the show at the beginning of December and now it’s MAY
I remember when Netflix first popularized streaming everyone that usually pirated switched to subbing to streaming services because it was just more convenient
And now that there's like 10 different major streaming services each with different pricing and shows everyone is going back to pirating because it's just more convenient
I’ve watched anime this way for over ten years and refuse to watch it any other way.
even after the japan side uploaded weekly on time, netflix's komi san is still slow to upload and requires to wait till a certain date for the 1 episode to be up so by then i would rather just go watch it from somewhere else lol.
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You think he knew she was a groomer? This video is old af. Ur focusing on these internet people too much. Ur chronically online
It’s unfortunate Netflix didn’t acquire a movie studio/TV network while they had the funding to do so.
Lol, it feels like every two seconds everyone is trying to end everyone’s career, and here we have matpat literally trying to save Netflix ❤️ I love this
I love that way of looking at it, we need more vibes like this
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i mean literally one sixth of his income is from netflix and this is a big occurence that will no doubt draw views in. See it how you like but even for someone like me that is a very rose tinted way of looking at it
I wholeheartedly agree with everything said, and I actually am experiencing a real life example of the difference. The Owl House S2B is releasing 1 episode every Saturday, and Heartstopper (which is a TV adaptation of a comic series I love) was just released on Netflix. I have a lot of friends that watch both shows, but here’s the difference:
I always look forward to the next episode coming up, especially after a HUGE cliffhanger. I talk about that cliffhanger with my friends throughout the week, sharing fan art and theories to hold up until the next release. One episode in particular, “Hollow Mind”, had me so emotionally damaged that I wrote a 4-5 paragraph essay to make myself feel better. I then proceeded to go on social media to see what others thought.
Heartstopper released on I don’t know what date, but I found out it was out from a friend. So I looked it up, and sure enough, there it was. I binged the 8 episodes over two consecutive days, and didn’t even get to talk about it until 3 days later. All that ensued was short conversations about how well done the show was and the amazing actors that look just like the comic. But that was it, because it was already over. There should be a season 2 at some point, but that’s a while away. I would love to talk about it more, but there just isn’t much to talk about. Which is disappointing, because I love the show and I know a lot of other people do too.
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For the merch and fandom part, Netflix could do that with their animated shows that they dont promote enough of.
The bingeing thing is TRUE. I LOOOOOVE Bingeing shows, but it being able to just be gobbled up in one go leaves me without anything else to enjoy and because I flew through the experience so fast, and for some reason I don't enjoy it as much and I don't remember.
Then you have something like severance, Barry, and killing it, where you have to wait every week, I remember way more details and I enjoy it much better.
It's agonizing because I'm waiting for the week to be over for when I'm going to get that show next and I think part of the enjoyment and satisfaction is the yearning to see it and the yearning to wait a whole week so you can see what happens next.
no way i watch your videos all the time
Yea I binge than watch again slowly. But I know a lot of people won’t do that
legit thats what i was thinking this whole time just glad to see someone thinking the same thing as me u rock my dude
Give this man the golden x award right now.
Yeah i usually watch them while playing a game or something but i find if i had to wait to watch it i am all in on the show with no distractions
I would partially agree with you. Specifically on two points I think u r spot on: Netflix desperately needs more data analysts in their team and the lack of marketing for all of their content is puzzling. In a way they suffer from still not planning competetive. Their strategy worked fine, when they were the big buck, but their biggest competitors are now studios with tons of experience in marketing and with recognisable IPs.
Now for my disagreement: I think HBO and Disney are only this competetive cuz they are overfunding their series the same way Netflix did. Sooner or later both will have to start cutting costs and increasing prizes to get into profitability. Moreover the stockmarket tends to overreact when investing in corporations with primarily digital services. The lack of physical components tends to make investors less willing to hold on to their shares. Also Disney has a big weakness in my opinion. They got great movies and big IPs, but they lack variety and rotation. Everytime I open Netflix I can find new movies and series. So as soon as Disney slows down their output they will lose a bunch of users.
And on your points on monetizability and spreading out series I disagree strongly. Focussing to create more monetizable IPs is exactly the reason I don't like most of Disneys new content. I hate the feeling of seeing a character and instantly knowing it is in there to be sold as a toy. It makes money, but it limits your creativaty. And while u r absolutely right in saying people like to wait for the next episode people cannot be excited about too many upcoming things. So you would run the risk of losing a lot of viewers mid-season cuz sth else caught their excitement. Moreover adequate marketing gets even harder when you have to advertise every time a new episode is online.
Either way I enjoy your content, keep it up. There are only a few channels that suceed in balancing depth and aproachability like u guys do.
Eh? I don't agree that disney overfunding. They bring out less original show in the same amount of time compare to netflix. Plus, like matt said. Disney make money outside of those shows, too. Which mean they can easily recoup the losses. Just look at how much baby yoda stuffs they sell
Can’t agree on the overfunding
That’s one of the few videos I COMPLETELY agree with Mat, his analysis of all the flaws in the Netflix business model is on spot and is literally free business advice.
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I’ve been singing from the rooftops for ages that Netflix needs a weekly release date. Better Call Saul is one of their best series’ specifically because it releases weekly instead of all at once.
I really don't get people saying "but I like to binge". Nobody is stopping them from binging when everything is released. They apparently don't care about all the interactions between episodes anyway. All the disney+ shows with weekly releases are so much more fun than netflix.
Better Call Saul is not a Netflix product
The binge watch problem is crucial, because it’s a consequence of how our memory works as well, if you try to cram all information on one night, you’ll forget it next week. If you keep studying each week you’re more likely to strengthen those memories.
Plus having the time to reflect on the show and share thoughts with friends is also very much important!
@@Bubbabubbabubba I cannot relate, everything that I watch in one go I’ll have a faint memory of it xd
I would also add, on top of this 1episode a week method, they should have different shows throughout the week. For example, stranger things every Monday, squid game every tuesday, a different show each day of the week. To avoid people being bored and waiting so long for the next episode of there favorite show.
I have some favorite shows that all come out on Sundays which makes me bored waiting each week.
The Chicago series is like that, too. All three shows are released on Wednesdays.
Why not Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday?
All three shows are connected, sure, but, they don't always cross.
Of course, NBC is a different animal so, it's not really apples to apples.
Soooooo.... cable?
Hey Matpat or to anyone reading, the Grogru/baby Yoda was spot on how much merchandising can be made. But remember that Disney almost dropped the ball on that.
Back in Disneyland (2020) the merch only had the new trilogy but a baby yoda long sleeve was the only thing I could see. I think their marketing was trying to force fans to only buy the movie stuff but the Mandalorian was popular when it started showing. I think they realized when the parks are closed the streaming hit was a cash cow they weren’t milking.
Yea
I've worked on several Netflix properties and while I appreciate them giving me a job due to the amount of content they produce, I agree with Matt's analysis of their business model. Netflix also needs to chill with funding terrible content, because instead of seeing it for myself I'd rather watch a TH-cam commentary channel recap and roast it in 10-15 min.
I was full time on Sabrina and sadly there was no direct reference to Mephisto... yet
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matt clearly didnt do enough research. sabrina had that crossover with riverdale where cheryl is reveald to be a witch. Cheryl goes on to later mentions Mephistopheles in a different episode. Mephisto clearly confirmed.
idk bout sabrina other that it's kinda bad in relation to it's wiccan roots
It sucks. I remember when Netflix was a service that my family and I would rent DVDs from in the mail. Crazy how much it would change and evolve...Then decline. Hope they get their stuff together soon. They really made some nice things on their platform.
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What they neec to do is stop producing crap content people dont want and make the good content people want
i still rent DVDs, best way to watch something not streaming.
I'm surprised Matt didn't also talk about how Netflix has become infamous for canceling popular shows it would seem like just as a show you really takes off and gets a following they'll cancel it that doesn't seem like a good way to hold on to viewers
An issue I noticed was how they make a show with good potential, that has room for several more seasons, but they just make one more season and it's clearly "rushed". A good example of this in my opinion is "Another Life". Season 1 had good pacing and kept my interest as I watched 1 episode a day. Then season 2 just never came for so long I kinda just lost interest. Then season 2 did drop, and It felt like 3 season mashed into 1.
Also another mistake Netflix made:
"Cuties"
MatPat is a legend. I can’t believe he was dishing out his content by himself with a full time job. I hope (and am sure he is, kinda) he is sitting back and collecting bank for all his hard work and dedication.
Keep up the amazing work, Film Theory Crew.
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My opinion is that Netflix introduced binge culture only for it to be it's downfall. Shows that release periodically rather than all at once have much more staying power as they encourage new community discussion every week as everyone catches up at the same pace.
Also we all knew this was coming. Streaming platforms were supposed to solve antiquated TV services but we're approaching TV package prices here.
Netflix with ads won't solve this problem because the quality of content on Netflix is typically incredibly subpar. Why would I watch Netflix at a low price with ads when I can just watch YT content that is far more enticing?
As a person who really enjoys JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, I was excited to hear Stone Ocean to be coming to Netflix, only to be disappointed that they would release it in bulk. And I was not the only one, the reddit discussions and jojotwt were full of people disappointed and angry at Netflix for releasing the episodes in bulk, as this ultimately decreased interest in the series, and also ruined the tradition of "Jojo Friday" (when people would all discuss what happened in the latest episode and whatnot).
This is especially horrible because out of all parts of JoJo's, Stone Ocean is one of the most disliked because of its complicated fights, unorthodox pacing, and major plot twists relating to previously established characters, and a good adaptation would help alleviate some stigma away from this part. But alas, due to majority of people binging the episodes in the first day people still felt that the part was confusing, unpolished, and just plain bizarre (roll credits).
You can actually search "jojo stone ocean jojo friday" on google and see a bunch of threads on reddit and twitter from people how the analytics from the latest part are sitting rock bottom when compared to previous parts, even though the hype for JoJo's was pretty much at an all time high (Part 8 has just finished in manga form, while JoJo pose and Giorno theme have become Tiktok classics). And yet, it did not translate into interest for Stone Ocean, by all means a finale that has been over ten years in the making.
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@@AlneCraft You should make this its own top level comment instead of a reply.
These are very impressive points, especially that they went all in on the binge model which I think destabilized the ability for huge portions of the population to enjoy entertainment together. Now if they take it away, they hurt people who are all about binging, and it still might be too late either way.
My thought is quality, not quantity. The Queen's Gambit is one of the best shows of the past decade, but not enough people saw it because the marketing was horrible and they were distracted by something else silly, of low quality.
I really admire the executives for allowing so many creators to share their visions, but many of these creators should've been turned to youtube or something lower tier. We all recall when Netflix started making original movies like Bright or Cloverfield Paradox that were massive disappointments, they started canceling everything randomly, and green-lit so much trash that you have to actively question everything that looks good to avoid wasting precious hours of time. While even a subpar HBO show is just okay, Netflix has an entire middle class of subpar, and "okay" seems to be decently far on the right side of their standard distribution.
Let's not kid ourselves -- they also really relied on The Office and Parks and Rec more than we want to admit.
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This whole netflix thing makes me mad for the obvious reasons ofc, but one of the main ones for me is that a Webtoon comic I love Lore Olympus got picked up by Netflix and now with all this I won't get to see it IF they actually produce and release it; cause I bet with all this going on they may not. I feel bad for Rachel (the Author of Lore Olympus) she should have gone to Amazon, at least I know they wouldn't have screwed it up or the fans over
Matpat actually has some really good points in this video
You literally won’t be excited to watch a whole series if u binge it. Even if some won’t admit it, having the anticipation and the time to speculate what happens next is much better
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The reason why i binge is because im broke
8:01 Netflix got lucky that Arcane had amazing animation well written characters and people talking about it and cosplaying characters from the show
Arcane and Squid Game literally carried Netflix
People cosplaying them isn't new at all as LoL has been a thing for years and those who are into cosplay probably knew about it before the show, but it did make those characters more mainstream and that's the thing
Sadly you cant say the same about cuphead and jojos anime both of them were hyped up for so long but when they released all at once the hype died so fast