And I thought the problem was (just) limited to fragmentation of complete IPs between services. I'd love for someone in the know to explain how you get to this stage.

It it some kind of hedging strategy by The Pokémon Company to account for the number of different streaming services (thereby actually making the problem worse)? Was there some kind of timed exclusivity deal that's forced them to put different things in different places? Did one of the streaming services come along at a later time to try to undercut the earlier ones but the earlier licencing deals haven't expired? Anything else?

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LikesPwsh 5 days ago | parent [-]

Another possibility is that every streaming service wants "Pokémon" and parents don't care which season.

So each service buys a single season to tick that box.

	▲	test6554 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		This. Pokemon likely has an a la carte menu and platforms can choose which seasons they want. Streaming services have a limited budget for kids content so they can’t catch em all without sacrificing other kids content. They need pokemon they need action they meed rainbows and princesses and they needs stuff for babies and toddlers.