[lolinder]

But then that $10/month for a whole catalog of movies became $60/month as the whole streaming ecosystem fractured and every studio decided it needed its own platform. Now you scroll through Disney+ and think you're seeing a whole bunch of options, but if you look closely you realize that the same movie is showing up in 4-5 different categories to pad out the home page.

That's the direction games are headed—it's not going to be a subscription for a whole bunch of titles, it's going to be a subscription for a single studio's titles, with a different subscription needed for each studio.

[Macha]

And that's why people are getting disillusioned by the streaming model, and why media piracy is back on the rise after a while of being on the decline.