To the Future

[Ellis]

I don't really understand this thread. Robot Wars was immensely popular, Battlebots was immensely popular and now it's back, it's getting several times the viewership it used to get. By the numbers, assuming every single person who watched it originally is also watching now, at least 75% of its viewers are new to it. And everyone is loving it, proven by the countless news outlets writing about it, various TV appearances and gigs about it, social media going nuts, etc.

Sure Battlebots is pricey, but at these viewership numbers (which are very close to matching Robot Wars at its peak) I don't think that's an issue.

With that in mind, why is the idea here generally that the formula is dead? It's as popular as ever. It isn't broken, why in the world does it need to be drastically changed?

Just my 2c.