ShieldedDiamond wrote: I mean, if MLP goes on for 6, 7, 8 years, they're risking loosing their audience, and would be better off getting a fresh audience with the next generation, with a new show.
Sobana wrote:The series is four years old now, it already outgrew the audience it was after.
Aren't we getting a little ahead of ourselves with this premise?
There may be increasing continuity, but this is still an episodic cartoon, it isn't outgrowing anyone; 6-11 years old girls can get into Season 4 as much as they could get into Season 1.
If anything, the original audience who started following FiM from the beginning may be outgrowing it, and that's what Equestria Girls is for, to give them a reason to stay with the franchise.
The concept of rebooting the series because it went on for too long doesn't make much sense in this case, as long as it is succesful with its target audience, there is no reason to do such a thing.
The only real danger to G4, besides a huge drop in sales of course, is that Hasbro decides they've produced enough episodes; but after listening to several investor conferences and presentations, where they put emphasis on how creating new content for their core brands drives sales, I doubt that's gonna happen any time soon.