I think Netflix has some great projects on their slate, but there's a reason I'm more worried about all of them versus if they were setup at HBO or Amazon. Could The Witcher be great? Yes. Does that trailer they put out have me worried it's going to suffer from Netflix's smaller coffers? Also yes. And I have the same skeptic optimism about the rest of those things you mentioned (and some you didn't, like Cowboy Bebop). Even Netflix's more expensive shows (like, say, Altered Carbon or Lost in Space) suffer big time in the quality department imo (they're sort of like Syfy shows that look like premium cable shows).
Right, that has been Netflix's MO from the beginning with their shotgun approach. But as HBO ramps up quantity as well (with Max), while assumedly maintaining quality, it is going to be less of a compelling plus for Netflix.
Yes, but the question is will Netflix's highest highs actually equal their competitors' in both quantity and quality? My vote would be: unlikely.
Either way, just looking at the pure numbers is a bit of an unfair comparison since HBO and Amazon (and Disney) are all really focusing on English-language (or predominantly English-language) programming, while Netflix grabs and co-produces shows from all sorts of countries in all sorts of languages.
