Its actually true! Blu-ray adoption is going pretty well in Japan because in Japan, DVDs still cost $25-$40.00 at most rental or retail big box stores. I was shocked at the prices of dvd when I visited Japan. I wanted to show my girlfriend the movie Edward Siccorhands ...spelling? because she loves Johnny Deepe. The darn movie cost me 2500 en or roughly $25.00 and that movie is ...10? years old! They have never really decreased the price on dvds like they have in north america.
So seeing a price tag of $40.00 for blu-ray and seeing the dvd for $35.00, honestly, people aren't as hard pressed to choose the blu-ray in Japan. Its quite a different situation than here where you'll see a price tag of $13.00 on the dvd and seeing $40.00 on the blu-ray or even $25.00 on amazon.
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Wes @ Oct 23rd 2008 3:20PM
Its actually true! Blu-ray adoption is going pretty well in Japan because in Japan, DVDs still cost $25-$40.00 at most rental or retail big box stores. I was shocked at the prices of dvd when I visited Japan. I wanted to show my girlfriend the movie Edward Siccorhands ...spelling? because she loves Johnny Deepe. The darn movie cost me 2500 en or roughly $25.00 and that movie is ...10? years old! They have never really decreased the price on dvds like they have in north america.
So seeing a price tag of $40.00 for blu-ray and seeing the dvd for $35.00, honestly, people aren't as hard pressed to choose the blu-ray in Japan. Its quite a different situation than here where you'll see a price tag of $13.00 on the dvd and seeing $40.00 on the blu-ray or even $25.00 on amazon.