Disney needs to take a lesson from Nintendo that sometimes less is more. There is a reason every Zelda and Main Series Mario game are always so amazing. They spend anywhere from 4 to 7 years in development and even though its using an existing IP, they put an insane amount of care in to each game, knowing that the risk of damaging either brand would damage the fabric of the company. There is also an element of making people wait and build anticipation for new installments.
Disney right now does neither. Im not as critical of shows like She-Hulk as some are but it clearly wasnt an A+ level effort and now that brand is essentially damaged goods. Same goes for Boba Fett and Star Wars in general. Disney really needs to knock it out of the park in this next Fantastic 4 / XMen / Post Skywalker SW phase or they are going to be in real trouble.
That's their rock and a hard place problem though: If they don't release enough content, people will watch through all the content on the platform they find interesting, realize they haven't watched anything on the service in a couple months, and unsub to go to some other streaming service that offers more for them to watch. However, if they keep on pushing through new content every month, especially in their franchises so that it's must-watch for anyone following those franchises, subscribers are more likely to feel like they have to stay on disney+ to keep up. But if subscribers figure out that the constant stream of new content is all bad, they may wise up and jump ship anyway.
I'm not too keen on the fan boys figuring out that Marvel and Star Wars are being weaponized against them, though. All you have to do is pinch their noses shut, and tell them its chocolate, and they'll gleefully commit Coprophagia.
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u/Olliebear2015 Mar 10 '23
Disney needs to take a lesson from Nintendo that sometimes less is more. There is a reason every Zelda and Main Series Mario game are always so amazing. They spend anywhere from 4 to 7 years in development and even though its using an existing IP, they put an insane amount of care in to each game, knowing that the risk of damaging either brand would damage the fabric of the company. There is also an element of making people wait and build anticipation for new installments.
Disney right now does neither. Im not as critical of shows like She-Hulk as some are but it clearly wasnt an A+ level effort and now that brand is essentially damaged goods. Same goes for Boba Fett and Star Wars in general. Disney really needs to knock it out of the park in this next Fantastic 4 / XMen / Post Skywalker SW phase or they are going to be in real trouble.