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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
DVD4ME @ Nov 15th 2008 8:41AM
They still ain't going to buy discs in volume at $30-40 either no matter how many players they sell!
minimalist @ Nov 15th 2008 12:24PM
In case you haven't noticed, almost every single disc is being offered for 20-25 bucks at Best Buy the week of release. Amazon sells the vast majority of Blu-ray discs for this price (or even less for older releases).
The problem isn't the price. People gobbled up DVD's when they were priced at 20 dollars and higher (and that was just a few years ago in the midst of their heyday). The problem is that people are holding onto their money and not buying much of anything right now. Just about all retailers are hurting. I'd be willing to bet that digital rentals and downloads are slowing down too. Disposable income is still disposable income any way you cut it.
A recession is going to affect every part of the entertainment economic pie, not just Blu-ray.
SimbaDogg @ Nov 15th 2008 3:43PM
you must be joking to think that there are discs that are going for 30-40 bucks. i mean, real movies. their are untold new releases that you can get for less than 25 bucks IN brick n' mortar stores. and on top of that, anyone with any sense would hit up the E-shops were you can get hundreds of movies for under 20 bucks, and dozen more under 15.
Villan @ Nov 15th 2008 11:36PM
I think the problem here is still to do with disc prices. Mostly when it comes to older catalogue releases rather than new titles.
In Australia, you can go into a shop and find the BD of an older movie for around AU$38. Look at the DVD section and you can find the same movie (sometimes with better and more special features) for AU$15.
That's a MASSIVE difference and one that will have most people choosing the DVD.
DVD4ME @ Nov 16th 2008 1:36AM
Where I live they START from $40 , so yes they are to F'N expensive!!