Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-3965346-20151024210829/@comment-3560963-20151212235626

SpinDizzy1 wrote: Dinoboygreen wrote: Steven Bomb 17 wrote: Yoshimickster wrote: Cinnabar The Evil Gem Chemist 55555555555555555550 wrote: If it wasn't an official source then there's no weight to the information.

Last year SU returned January 8th. There's no reason for there not to be an early-January return except CN deciding to spam TTG. ...that's exactly what they are going to do aren't they? UGH- will they stop backing the wrong horse and admit it sucks all ready? But that would mean admitting they were in the wrong and we musn't have that. They DO seem to have a nasty habit of being stubborn in their decision-making. I think that this is about profits via merchandising. TTG has a lot of official merchandise available so it is in CN and DC's best interests to keep ramming TTG down peoples' throats to encourage them to buy TTG stuff as well as nudge them into trying out and buying other DC licensed stuff. Steven Universe has had very little official merchandise available until now.

Also the way in which Steven Universe is released isn't exactly helping the series. By releasing episodes before work has been completed on the entire season, there will always be a risk that production delays will cause hiatus after hiatus. Die-hard fans will hang on until the next episode, but it's not very encouraging for people new to the series, especially when these hiatuses pop up at seemingly random times. The ratings for Steven Universe have been favourable so far, but I am not sure how long it will last even though the series is good. Hmm, good point. Maybe it's post-bad-leader disorder, where they still have some of the old habits of their previous boss (i.e. Stuart Snyder) and still are a tad on the side of greedy...swine for lack of a none curse-worthy way of saying it. After all, there are still those in the top brass at CN that have the money-loving mindset that makes Ebeneezer Scrooge look like a generous doner by comparison.

Besides, at least Steven Universe is still getting good reception from the crowds; likely for the same reason I stuck by them since the half-way mark of Season 1: Because people still want to know where the series is going to go. There's a certain mystery Gem history that makes one wonder how it's all going to play out.