In the video games space, the acquisition means Warner Bros. Games and its subsidiaries—including Avalanche Software, NetherRealm Studios, Portkey Games, Rocksteady Studios, TT Games, WB Games Boston, WB Games Montreal, WB Games New York, and WB Games San Francisco—will soon be under the Netflix banner.
At this rate there will only be two media companies in America next year, and then one the year after.
And there’ll still be too many damn streaming services.
there absolutely will, and they will constantly shift what is available on where. Imagine owning most of them, and having people constantly pay you by switching services because they dont have what one wishes to watch. This is likely why those services do this, I cant imagine any other way to make profit from driving customers away from your service.
Some people drink Pepsi some people drink Coke, but that wacky morning DJ says democracies a joke.
I hate the cynicism though tbh. If it wasnt for “intellectual property” this bullshit wouldn’t matter nearly as much.
Is it cynicism when it’s the reality around us?
Thankfully a lot of people have a movie making machine in their pockets (cell phone). Content will eventually be produced by the masses, competing against the behemoth media companies. Barring that, local community theatre productions. Maybe get a cheap CD player or two and put it in the back closet and then start collecting CD’s again. There is more stuff in media history to consume than there is new stuff being produced. A lot of it is better.
And it will be owned by one of the many monopolies.
Put on in a theatre owned by Ticketmaster.
Be positive! Anything is possible. The people will rise up once again! The underground is now more powerful than the mainstream due to the “societal” shift into absurdity. Blood is more powerful than a token representing dubious value.
Normally when the people rise up they’re slaughtered. When rich countries go through major changes normally there’s a lot of chaos and blood before things get better. If you’re someone who lives in one of those countries it’s better if you can ride the chaos out somewhere else. In fact, in a country where things are getting bad, it’s generally a good idea to get out long before the chaos starts.