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My take: When I saw the headline I thought this was great news; HBO do amazing shows (Rome, The Wire, True Blood, The Pacific). BUT, not only are the shows 11 months late, they're charging $2.99 per episode?! WTF? Who thought up this pricing scheme?! If you want downloadable media to do well, make it cheaper than physical. The boxsets are cheaper per episode and have a load of extras. |
Technically there is no other way to buy individual episodes. So the pricing has no benchmark. 3$ isn't so bad. Say you have 24 episodes. thats about 20 hours for 72$. A movie ticket is 10 dollars minimum for 2 hours. 20 hours of movie would cost you at least $100 at a theater. Movie VD's cost 15-20$ for 2 hours. Buying dvds of 20 hours of film would cost 200$. 72$ for 24 Episodes isn't so bad.
