Disney+ has a shared viewing mode. Amazon's Prime does, too. There's even a "Netflix Party" Chrome extension available in the Google Play store. So, why won't Netflix launch the feature?
Thanks for sharing Gib! I was thinking hard about this recently... until I tried the Group Watch feature on Disney+. I was excited to share a holiday classic with our families. It was a cruddy experience. There was no connection other than our devices that could pause/play each other. It wasn't a shared viewing experience like I had hoped.
I think that's what people are looking for but in reality, a remote shared movie experience is at best... cruddy. Who wants to watch someone else watching a movie? Who wants to be interrupted by others when they're watching a movie? I'm sure there's some use cases where this will work beautifully. I really like the 20% perspectives for adoption. If it doesn't hit a critical threshold (20%), then let's try other things that we think will.
How about conversations around a movie ? You see a movie and then you start a conversation about it with your close friends. That already happens off Netflix....also in this world of overflowing content, some people want to checkout curated 'lists'...maybe a few influencers could share lists of their fav movies...
Hi: I think it will be the same result. In this case less than 1% will use the feature. Most folks simply want to find a movie and start watching. It's a form of escapism. Note that the movie display page doesn't even include ratings, reviews or comments any longer. Netflix sorts movies by percentage guess on how much you will like a movie and very little data is needed. You hit the play button and if you don't like it, you move on to the next choice.
Certainly makes sense Gib and provides a much cleaner experience as well...I just think about Amazon prime videos and wonder why they have not adopted a similar approach...probably because amazon in general is also review driven...would love to know your thoughts about should Amazon prime video do the same or not?
Thanks for sharing Gib! I was thinking hard about this recently... until I tried the Group Watch feature on Disney+. I was excited to share a holiday classic with our families. It was a cruddy experience. There was no connection other than our devices that could pause/play each other. It wasn't a shared viewing experience like I had hoped.
I think that's what people are looking for but in reality, a remote shared movie experience is at best... cruddy. Who wants to watch someone else watching a movie? Who wants to be interrupted by others when they're watching a movie? I'm sure there's some use cases where this will work beautifully. I really like the 20% perspectives for adoption. If it doesn't hit a critical threshold (20%), then let's try other things that we think will.
How about conversations around a movie ? You see a movie and then you start a conversation about it with your close friends. That already happens off Netflix....also in this world of overflowing content, some people want to checkout curated 'lists'...maybe a few influencers could share lists of their fav movies...
Hi: I think it will be the same result. In this case less than 1% will use the feature. Most folks simply want to find a movie and start watching. It's a form of escapism. Note that the movie display page doesn't even include ratings, reviews or comments any longer. Netflix sorts movies by percentage guess on how much you will like a movie and very little data is needed. You hit the play button and if you don't like it, you move on to the next choice.
Certainly makes sense Gib and provides a much cleaner experience as well...I just think about Amazon prime videos and wonder why they have not adopted a similar approach...probably because amazon in general is also review driven...would love to know your thoughts about should Amazon prime video do the same or not?