Crimson_Echidna
Banned
I'm not trying to start up shit here. (Okay, I am, but not in a moderation sort of way!)
It just amuses me how things are. Don't you think about it sometimes? If there's a 3-5 month wait between the Japanese release of a game and the English release of the game, the majority of people are content waiting and supporting that if they prefer to play it in a language they best understand. There will be people who play the import, but the bulk of the discussion takes place after the proper English release.
With Netflix anime, it seems like any delay is the end of the world, and by the time it goes up on Netflix the core anime demographic doesn't give a rat's ass anymore. You either watch it day 1, with possibly questionable subtitles, or you don't care at all. Isn't that weird and kinda crappy of the fanbase? Shouldn't we consider that maybe it can be improved? I dunno!
Best comparison I can make is HBO and the popularity of Game of Thrones. For the longest time, HBO was content remaining a premium Cable Service that many could not afford. And then Game of Thrones blew up in popularity and the masses turned to pirating the show because the paywall was too steep to be able to view it. The ball was in HBO's court to try and find a olive branch to make their content more easily accessible if they wanted to curb the pirating.
I'm not going to pretend that there aren't people who will just pirate regardless, but it's still Netflix's responsibility to adapt to this. The fact that both Hulu and Amazon have done simulcasts have even shown it's not just a "Niche-Anime Streaming" thing.