Streaming Services: Power Rankings Summer 2023, and What's Up With Paramount+

[payn]

All those nominations, and Max is giving into the fanboys that want more battles with the fungus zombies.....that's not going to get most people to watch. People want stories about people.

What is this about now? I thought The Last of Us overall was average, but Long, Long Time was the best episode of anything in at least the last 10 years.

 

[Zaukrie]

What is this about now? I thought The Last of Us overall was average, but Long, Long Time was the best episode of anything in at least the last 10 years.

I saw a report after the season that fanboys of the game complained that there wasn't enough fighting, and that Max "heard them and there would be more next year." Of course, that was months ago, so maybe I'm recalling wrong, or they changed their mind, but we know how loud fanboys are ....

 

[payn]

I saw a report after the season that fanboys of the game complained that there wasn't enough fighting, and that Max "heard them and there would be more next year." Of course, that was months ago, so maybe I'm recalling wrong, or they changed their mind, but we know how loud fanboys are ....

Gotcha. I wouldn't be too worried I think they captured the right amount of zombie fights to exposition. Season 2 will work better on screen then it did as a game for reasons ill not mention here.

 

[Zaukrie]

Gotcha. I wouldn't be too worried I think they captured the right amount of zombie fights to exposition. Season 2 will work better on screen then it did as a game for reasons ill not mention here.

Thanks, I will never play the game, so I have to be very careful online.....

 

[Parmandur]

Emmy noms are out. Max hit multiple home runs, Apple scored, Disney limped in, but no love for Prime or Paramount.

Looks like Amazon got about 45 nominations, all told, their best year yet. Doubt they are pushing on it hard, though.

 

[payn]

Looks like Amazon got about 45 nominations, all told, their best year yet. Doubt they are pushing on it hard, though.

Doesnt appear to be much of a push at all with their programming offering.

 

[Parmandur]

Doesnt appear to be much of a push at all with their programming offering.

It's not a prestige push, it's a marketing tool.

 

[payn]

It's not a prestige push, it's a marketing tool.

I guess the question is how many series have to bomb out before the rep gets so bad? Though, it likely doesn't matter I'm sure many are like me. I have prime for the shipping and would have dropped the sub for programming long ago.

 

[Parmandur]

I guess the question is how many series have to bomb out before the rep gets so bad? Though, it likely doesn't matter I'm sure many are like me. I have prime for the shipping and would have dropped the sub for programming long ago.

Yeah, it's a nice-to-have add-on for shipping users. Seems about 75% of Prime subscribers watch stuff on Prime...which means the streaming service is doing it's job of latching a hook into users to keep them sticky to the overall service. Same reason they just send out coupons for free Kindle or Audible books once in a while, or tegularly hand out free games liek the origonal Baldur'sGate, to make the Amazon catalog indispensable in aggregate. An individual show or movie may not be a big hit...but Amazon doesn't need them to be.

 

[payn]

Yeah, it's a nice-to-have add-on for shipping users. Seems about 75% of Prime subscribers watch stuff on Prime...which means the streaming service is doing it's job of latching a hook into users to keep them sticky to the overall service. Same reason they just send out coupons for free Kindle or Audible books once in a while, or tegularly hand out free games liek the origonal Baldur'sGate, to make the Amazon catalog indispensable in aggregate. An individual show or movie may not be a big hit...but Amazon doesn't need them to be.

True, however, its beginning to bug me enough to consider cancelling my sub.