Edward Engelhardt (pizzicato)'s status on Thursday, 18-Aug-11 19:35:43 UTC
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@nutterguy Probably, but the show's still a point of revenue. With season two inbound, a DVD/blu-ray release imminent, and the fanbase being the size that it is, it's probably better for them to start making FiM exclusive to The Hub, rather than use the internet as a big ol' test audience. It's already been proven that there's a market for the show, and once that online markets growth slows down, so does the benefit of letting people watch episodes on YouTube with no profits to Hasbro. Once you start reaching that peak fanbase, you gotta keep your best interests in mind, and for Hasbro, that's keeping episodes on The Hub, and not on something like YouTube. The torrents will always be around, and while torrent users and YouTube users do have a lot of crossover, there's also a lot of YouTube users who can't be arsed to use torrents.
