Kasz216 said:
I think your error is in thinking it will definitly be beneficial. It may just end up in movies doing less sales. There are MUCH less profit to be made in the switchover between blu-ray and DVD as there was VHS to DVD. DVDs cost less then VHS, and cost less then Blu-ray... once the market switches to Blu-ray as a majority you really can't charge a blu-ray premium anymore, you'll have to drop down to DVD prices, which if blu-ray costs haven't hit DVD level will actually HURT them. They're going to milk blu-ray as a luxuary format for a while i think. |
When you line up the timeframes though, Blu-ray and DVDs are the same prices. Plus the cost to manufacture DVDs were still quite high then. Why is everyone acting like when DVDs came out at $15 per movie and only cost a dime to make. Blu-rays will come down in price when the cost comes down, just like DVDs did.