| couchmonkey said: Great post, obviously te reason everyone is talking streaming is the success of Netflix and Spotify. For my 2 cents, I am becoming disillusioned with streaming, as more and more video services split a finite number of movies among them...will I pay for a Disney service, or will it simpky decrease the value of Netflix for me? Also, why can't I get a single James Bond movie on Netflix? I am curious to see what this does to Netflix in the next 2 years. |
Indeed, we kind of had it all for video after the format war was settled. One box plays all. No matter where you get the movie or tv show, you can watch it. Now we already have Netflix, Amazon video, Hulu, CBS all access, Disney, HBO Go, Playstation Vue and more popping up. At least I can still buy Westworld season 2 on blu-ray at some point and play it on any blu-ray player.
Games were already fragmented between platforms and no doubt at some point we'll get, and already have, exclusives or originals / early access for Game pass, EA Access, PSN, Nintendo online and what ever other subscription services will pop up. With game services it's going to be more complicated with which devices support which services. Just as more and more games become multi platform with the end of 3rd party exclusives, we're about to open a whole new can of worms.
