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DarkChozoGhost posted...

Eh, even if it generally hurt the image people have of them and lowered expectations for future entries with their IPs, it helped the brand in other ways. They have a lot more exposure and presence in conversation. You also can't even begin to estimate how much it hurts their competitors, nor quantify how valuable that is for Disney. Overall it gives them more control over the industry.

It might have initially, but not anymore. I'm not even sure what they're commanding. Disney+ lost something like $6 billion in 2022. Netflix made $6 billion. That's a $12 billion difference. Netflix has a huge market share in all of the world's media nowadays. Disney is basically known for 4 things now outside their parks, all 4 of which are on the way down.

They've announced like a dozen Star Wars in the past couple of years, but none have taken off. The general audience is basically done with the MCU. Live action remakes are like 1 decent one out of every 6. And people just wait to watch any animated films on Disney+, which means it doesn't make any money on the platform.

It's not just Disney. They're just losing the most. Paramount+, Peacock and even Max are also not doing that great and have lost billions. They all sprang up to compete with Netflix and Netflix still kicked all their asses. They were so confident that they got rid of password sharing and did even better. Essentially, Disney did almost no damage to their biggest competitor.