11/29/15

Still Waiting


.... So, here's a question.

Why Didn't Neo-Pottermore open with the new interactive functions they're promising from the get-go?
Really, I guess it comes down to planning and deadlines.  If we look at the recent news blitz towards Fantastic Beasts and Cursed Child, there certainly hasn't been a lack of potter in the news.  Logo comes out, tidbits of info leak out. The problem is it's been roughly two months, and... nothing of particular interest comes out. 

So we're told there's a dog on set. There's stuff on hair styles and how they're developing the look. All that is fun and good but it usually is the thing that people read AFTER the movie comes out. I get why Pottermore thought they could get away with a few months extra waiting for any additional promised features to get online.  There's still content for them to churn out easy. They can talk and chat about the latest things, and hope that it keeps attention.  

But looking at their page more and more, I find it's kinda starting to happen. People are fidgity. More people are noticing the change from September as we move towards holidays. People are free and they're checking in to see the old home's not there.  So the rage is lasting a bit longer than I honestly ever thought it would.  I mean, certainly, there are those that have just fled to HEX, and it's quite clever to do so. It is a great site with much to do. But the official site's become a bit of a joke. 

Fans are pointing out the occasional bits of stupidity a bit more, and a bit sharper, and it's been harder to find those positive to neutral comments that are on their site.  Maybe at the time I'm writing this, it's a Pottermore Lull. It has, after all, been 2 months and a week since that change to the new, and in that time, Rowling still seems to be releasing more information via twitter than her infamous gift to the fans.  

Making Pottermore even less relevant are the recent changes, not to the site but to iTunes and audible. Pottermore is selling it's wares ELSEWHERE. So the license is being sent out and shared.  

Pottermore needs this update soon. There's fewer and fewer reasons to go to the website, and that likely won't increase with time. So if not for our sake, then for it's own... Pottermore is going to need to finish this switch to the new and make it worth it, or end up a shell, pimping its wares to different shops, and removing every reason for it's own existence. Because if Rowling shares info on twitter, and if you can buy your e-Potter elsewhere, the only reason to go to Pottermore would be the community, which they exiled, and removed.

A bit angry, but leave your thoughts below. Where do you think Pottermore's heading with all these changes, and just how many times will they drop the hammer on their foot before they learn? 

1 comment:

  1. Ive got this lousy feeling in my gut that the movie is gonna be just "meh". As far as Universal is concerned, the HP section is pretty small, with no obvious space to expand. Though I do believe that HP is, and will always be iconic, as far as any expansion of the franchise is concerned, I think its jumped the shark.

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