Everybody will undergo significant layoffs in 2024.
FTFY.
They are done making bank on the pandemic benefits (during which they cried the whole time they were broke, and hired a record number of people)… now debt is expensive so time to socialize some losses.
It’s already started. In other tech news…
Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees
Google Cuts Hundreds of Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions
Thousands of Software Engineers Say the Job Market Is Getting Much Worse
…to be continued, unfortunately. Have fun!
Retraining the audience to re-embrace the theatrical experience and prioritize that…takes time.”
That ship has sailed.
“Am I so out of touch? No… It’s the audience that are wrong”
I haven’t been to a traditional cinema in about 5 years. Home theatres are much better value. Can pause and rewind for bathroom breaks, don’t have to wear pants, can drink and eat anything I want. I don’t have to contend with people incessantly talking throughout the movie, there are no bored kids kicking seats and crying, I don’t have to pay for parking, and I can start and stop the film whenever my company and I want to.
I was excited when Disney+ started offering premiers at home. Them removing them wasn’t “training me”, I’m a patient person and I’m happy to wait to have my movie experience the way I want it when I want it.
Patience is a virtue!
Biggest example for me was waiting ~10 years to play Heavy Rain. I never owned a PS3 so I knew I’d have to either wait for a PC release (which I honestly thought would never be a thing after a while), or wait until I had a powerful enough PC to emulate it.
I don’t need to consume any media so desperately I can’t wait until it’s more convenient for me. I’ll be quite happy in the corner with some popcorn watching the inevitable shit show that will be GTA VI. I can’t wait for the neglected single player experience in favour of online cash grabs! I’ll pick it up on the cheap later on, thanks.
Well said. The disadvantages of going to the cinema far outweigh having to wait a few months to watch a movie at home. The studios should be leaning into this trend, not kicking and screaming that people aren’t going to the cinemas without fixing any of the downsides.
Thanks Disney. Good job having bought all the studios
