Probably a bit of both, but also think they’re actively trying to dissuade folks from buying physical media.
Comment on The average price of DVDs and Blu-rays has gone up.
Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Is this because wages and costs have gone up, or is this primarily going to profits for the companies?
geekwithsoul@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Everything else has skyrocketed in price. I’m sure that has a lot to do with it.
Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
But a lot of that is greedflation. If profits are rising, prices aren’t going up because costs are going up. Profits would just stay the same. If profits are going up, it’s because of price gouging.
CptEnder@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s classic supply/demand. Back when high end home video like LaserDisc was a niche market, the cost of a movie was like $75 and only sold at boutique shops because so few bought them. More $/unit.
By the time DVD came around it went mass market, so that drove the price down of a movie significantly. But that’s a good thing, cheaper meant more buyers which meant more money. And places like Best Buy are everywhere and sold them.
Now BD/UHD is basically returning to the LaserDisc niche model. Less buyers, everyone’s digital now, so they drives the price per unit back up again. And Best Buy dropping them, they’ll go back to a handful of retailers.