Do you think glitch will fall in the future after tadc ends?
>>153319551They have two options>A) Accept the valleyUnderstand that they peaked in this and that what will come is going downhill, a decent time period of lower popularity and lesser fanbase. Accept this fact, prepare for it and be graceful about this lighting in a bottle that has run dry. >B) Try to mantain the high till the bitter end.Do what the MCU does and milk the franchise for all it's worth, trying to desperately push for a new succesor, sequels, different spin-offs, maybe alternate universes, whatever they can to make it seem like the party never ends.And then watch as their fanbase's goodwill starts to bleed out just as the show's freshness and quality.
Murder Drones isn't anywhere near as popular as Digital Circus, so I think they'll continue to do what they're doing right now and produce shorts and merch, while also looking for another series to greenlight.
>>153319551It will fall eventually, everything does, but I wouldn't expect it to happen immediately. Even when TADC is over, they can still sell merch of it for years and years. Maybe put out a short or two if they want. Like any studio, their continued success will depend on whether they can leverage their reputation from past success into future projects. TADC is a decent enough success story that they have a shot, depends on how their next couple shows perform. KoG looks like it has a decent shot, but it won't appeal to the same crowd that TADC did so they probably need to find a new project that scratches the same itch if they want directly transferable audience performance.
>>153319551I think it hinges on whether they kept their expectations realistic or not.If they take into account one last big merch sale, and then petering off, and have budgeted accordingly while they look for another super marketable property, they'll be fine, but if they budget as if the TADC high will last, they're doomed.
>>153319670>Do what the MCU does and milk the franchise for all it's worthYeah, but Glitch tries to make it as its standard to let creators end the shows on their own terms. Gooseworx has already said a bunch of times that TADC is a one-and-done deal with a definite conclusion and no second season. This is the kind of agreement Glitch seems to have made with all of their partner creators starting with Goose, so them trying to unravel it would just burn bridges.
>>153319551It is already not doing so hot after the peak has finished.
>>153320993I wonder what are Glitch's sales numbers for merch, given how that's where the money is. MD was able to not only pay for itself, but also fund half of TADC's run. I doubt that the same will be true for GD and KoG, to say nothing of Gameoverse.
>>153320993Hush, you will make circusfags angry with posts like this one.
>>153319738You just reminded me that Glitch is producing Lackadaisy. I'll be looking forward to that.
In a way, Glitch is lucky that they already had one or two finished shows before peaking. It means they've got a more solid idea of what to expect after TADC. I don't expect them to fail, but I do think the merch model is unsustainable, especially as cost of living keeps going up. I don't think Gaslight or KoG will suffer too much, but Gameoverse and whatever comes after (not counting lackadaisy because that was happening with or without them) might be at risk
>>153321450They need cancel gamoverse and save their money for the other, better shows they have lined up.
>>153319551Pay close attention to how that gameoverse shit performs.
>>153321801Burden of proof is on you, anon.
>>153319551nobody watched glitch-branded media because it's glitch. people watch tadc because it's tadc, not because tadc is glitch-branded.glitch does not actually have anything even remotely close to popularity to tadc, and it's never going to. it was lightning in a bottle.
>>153320993>>153321420The TADC pilot has more views than all of MD combined.
Gas light district will save them.I am only half joking.
>>153322077>Conveniently avoids a post that reminds TADCfags that half of their show had been made with dronefag money You might not like it, but without us there would be no digital circus for you to whiteknight.
>>153319551In the near future, absolutely. I’m not trying to tribalfag but let’s face it they’ve got nothing on deck that will be remotely as successful. TGD looks like it could be fun but it doesn’t appeal to the meta zeitgeist in the same way TADC did. I really don’t trust KoG considering it’s just Dana Terrace’s show to spite Disney and the fact that her shows are mainly successful because they’re filled with coomb8 characters, not because they’re actually good (sorry Owlfags, but you know this is true).What the others are saying is true, they need to hunker down through the post-TADC era until they find a property that will be as successful. What that property isnI don’t know, and chances are that it won’t look anything like TADC. It will have to capture the meta zeitgeist in the same way TADC captured the existential dread of the 2020s in its liminal, analog horror, and retro-90s aesthetic elements. Personally, I don’t think the Gameoverse show will be it, it seems like a regression into the more obscure SMG stuff they riffed on early in the studio’s career.>>153320316I would be shocked if there were no provision in their animation contracts that made the IPs produced under Glitch their property. It’s bog standard at any animation studio even indie ones. Goose can walk away from the project and even the whole production company but TADC is probably Glitch’s to do as they please with. At the very least Glitch has the merchandising and advertising rights on lock. I don’t think they’d be dumb enough to burn all fan goodwill with a second season, but I expect they’ll crank out short cartoons for years to come to keep selling merch.
Jax, take off your clothes, now
>>153322130Ok, and? If he didn’t get his start with The Sugarland Express, Spielberg would have never been able to direct Jaws. Which movie do people remember today?
>>153322219I don't recall The Sugarland Express providing Jaws with its budget. But it's not like anyone can expect TADCfag of making a coherent analogy.
>>153322256>complains about not understanding a coherent analogy when entirely missing the point Again, I really don’t understand how you can think it’s a flex that an entirely produced thing made money for the next thing. Like, do you understand how the passage of time works? How something has to exist in the public eye first, to get popular? You’d have a point if MD kept steadily gaining views on the back of TADC, but it very clearly hasn’t. There is no MD theatrical release, no MD exclusive pop ups, no Uzi or N plushies being sold in Wal Marts. People abandoned the old property for the new, better one. It’s the course of things.
What I learned from this thread is that Glitchtards will always remain Glitchtards
>>153322130>halfOnly the pilot, and the pilot is what funded the last two episodes of MD anyway (which is obvious from the very start of episode 7)
>>153319551Truly depends. A lot of people say Digital Circus was a fluke right when it's teaser dropped and even out rating Murder Drones. But seeing how online indie animation is stupid popular even more than ever this decade compared to previous decades, and how it's constantly praised no matter it's quality (see Wastelandia) they could crank out total horseshit add a dash of colorful characters (or furry shit) and people will eat it up. Not saying Digital Circus is that, but my point is they will still rake in the millions of views no matter what.But alas, every thing big will have a downfall, but it could also have a renaissance period too.
>>153322604And /co/ will always been useles
>>153323445It used to be good for fetish discussion and shitposting that ends up turning into good fanfiction
>>153319551I really don't see them striking gold like this again everything that went right about tadc seems to be accidental momentary genius and not deliberate and they aren't able to reproduce it, they will have to coast on leftover halo effect, but I kinda smell their ego getting in the way already and that's not good, I bet they are going to try way too hard on their next thing and be pretentious as fuck and it's gonna gigaflop because of it.
>>153319551Like >>153319738 said, Glitch can keep using the Amazing Digital Circus cast as mascots to help advertise their newer projects, but I do hope they've accepted it's unlikely they'll ever hit it quite that big and will start budgeting accordingly.
>>153320993>>153321420>>153322077>>153322130>tribefagging
>>153319551>>153323465Their next thing is Knights of Guinevere, isn't it? The pilot was solid. I doubt they'll luck into another kiddy megafollowing but it wasn't bad by any means and only sorta pretentious.
>>153319551Literally the only other options to your question would be them existing forever, even after the fucking sun burns out, or them dying BEFORE TADC ends.
>>153324446A company shutting down is not synonymous with "failure".
100% sure lol that's why they're trying to squeeze it as hard as they can
>>153324392>The pilot was solidIt looks as pretentious as I thought it would be>let's do gnosticism allegory again like TADC but this time more serious and cyberpunk grimdark like and with ugly character designyeah ok, see you in 2 years when they go back to TADC trying to milk it to exhaustion
>>153324463Didn't say it was. But for them to not "fall" in the future, would require them to keep existing in perpetuity, since a company dying automatically means they also fall, since a dead company can't be at its peak.So for them to NOT fall after the end of TADC, they either have to fall before, or stay alive forever.
>>153324497Imagine milking Pomni to exhaustion...
>>153324497What is with this site and gnosticism allegory
>>153324534SLUT
>>153322077TADC is for iPad babies.
>>153326158It's OK. You have to not be on a children's crusade about your personal tastes and feelings, and you have to recognise that 99% of all media is worse than watching paint dry, before you can assess these things with a level head.
>>153326835>recognise
>>153327586You've got me. I'm right where you want me, give it to me on the chin. Yes, recognise, what's the joke?
>>153326158>Murder Drones is such dreck that it can’t even keep a toddler’s attentionNot the flex you thought it was
>>153322130I don't care about money funding. I care about creative GENIUS.
>some retard falseflagging Murder Drones bros by trying to tribefag between MD and TADCHoly shit fuck off. Who cares what Glitch shows you like? Can't you enjoy both, you miserable autists? The fact that Murder Drones made Glitch assloads of money and made Glitch grow so fast into a multi-show studio so quickly is extraordinary. The fact that Amazing Digital Circus went insanely viral and became the most watched indie cartoon on the internet is also extraordinary. Can't you annoying faggots just be happy?
Glitch won't last another 5 years lol
>>153319551They need more comedyslop to make cheddar, loreslop doesnt give networks money.
>>153331132More like another 1 to 2 years with the controversies they've gotten into just this year and how none of the new stuff is likely to beat even md in numbers or merch sales
Circus pop is due to Pomni btw
>>153331317Controversies?
>>153331641Unprofessional situations like art theft for a sticker sold in their store, mr puzzles design theft and the pending lawsuit against them over that and its lesser but theres also the dramas surrounding the tadc movie and fans are ripping pissed at glitch for not stopping some guy who may or may not be with glitch who's somehow stealing all the jax suit pomni labubus and scalping them on ebay therefore voiding more peoples chances when they order the blindbags. So that's a merch sale cut. Ive also heard rumors a few times since last year that some sort of dispute or disagreement with goose happened behind the scenes too but Im out of the loop on that one. Though the main thing thats going to choke them is the too many projects that aren't popular enough thing.
>>153332126None of that is serious at all. You're really reaching with that post.
>>153319551It's going to fall off but I predict it will be slow. GD has too much of a gross aesthetic tied to it that does not lend itself well to the type of fanbase Glitch formed. One nice looking girl can only offset so much of it. KOG teasers on the other hand made you think the pilot would exclusively follow Gwen but instead we got more slow build up with 2 random, less marketable girls taking the focus. It felt like Glitch thought it would be a bigger smash with Dana involved. But even still, KOG is nicer to look at and when comparing the fandom engagement on twitter, KOG has GD beat. Lackadaisy will putter on, sometimes I forget they partnered with Glitch. And Gameoverse? Ross clung to an old idea for way too long. I can see it going the way of the Homestuck pilot: debuting on a popular channel but getting 2 million views.
>>153332738I predict it'll get around 9 - 12 million views at most. And it'll still be enough to get more episodes thanks to that TADC money.
>>153319551They can just do what they did before. Coast until they get another smash hit. If they can pull it off once more they'll hit the magic number three and it can become a business model for decades.
>>153332692I don't think all of this even adding the old controversies too would be enough to end a company their size even back in the md days. But they should quit doing things that cost them fan support, merch sales or possibly partnerships. People have fairly strong personal beliefs about things like art theft or poor employee treatment. A new potential partnership or product could and will get affected by their rep. Like how viv burned and fought with her own crew and other creators and fans started picking sides between her or the employees, rival projects or scott cawthon to name a few. The real glaring problem is the glitch schedule and spread. They need another tadc if they're going to keep everything going smoothly and the money flowing though. I just became aware of a new controversy right now surrounding Michael and Ashley and now they're both losing fans... that's no good since Michael is kinda a staple of glitch and one of the most popular indie vas. Is 2026 the glitch controversy speedrun era? Damn.
>>153329785This. both shows are primo grade and worth watching. This isn't some gay competition, let people enjoy things.
They'll fall into a pile a money once my waifu's show gets going
>>153319551Wait until they make the Smash clone with all the Glitch characters.
>>153334270I'd play it if there are unique character interactionsI want to hear mock Uzi for being left to die by her dad
I think Lackadaisy will keep them going for a while assuming they can actually get it off the ground.
>>153319551snazzy tie on this one
>>153324497wasn't KoG just Dana whining about Disney (despite crawling back to them to get an Owl House comic made) and not gnosticism
>>153323445Cartoon side of /co/*Comic side's storytimes, rec sheets and Win O threads have helped me numerous times.
If Calling All Villains hasn’t been aborted by the bullshit lawsuit which will dissolve the second it gets in front of a judge, maybe the royalties from the Walmart toys will fund the company.
>>153322079They're definitely banking on it as a successor but that is a gamble of long odds
>>153320316>Yeah, but Glitch tries to make it as its standard to let creators end the shows on their own terms.Financially stupid decision, they can't just eliminate a source of income just because someone wants to end their series.
>>153324463>A company shutting down is not synonymous with "failure".But it is synonymous with failure; if you can't pay the bills, it's because you have failed.
>>153319551I think their downfall will be their release schedule and the sheer number of new projects they have.None of these projects seem capable of holding an audience for three or four months until a new episode airs.I think Glitch wants to operate like a cable channel, getting people to watch different series while waiting for the next episode of their favorite show, but this is the internet, and that's not how things work.
>>153334206GYATT
>>153336608They totally copied off that design but yeah it seems like a confession or existing trademark is needed to win in cases like that. In a similar vein they don't have very many characters without nintendo baked in that are also popular enough to be worth making and selling toys at walmart, especially when the original site toys already satisfied the consumer base. Seems a bit redundant and I don't think they would be missing out on much profit. I even saw tadc toys on clearance.
>>153338032I think, you're skibidi. You don't leave Ohio for some gyatt. And the worst part? You're bringing your rizz down with you.
>>153336698I think Gaslight District is gonna be pretty popular, because it's good, but there's no way it's going to be TADC-level and Glitch has to know that
