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Originally Posted by Rochard
Your too young to remember the "old way". There was once a time when you had to wait years for a movie to be released for the home market, and with TV shows sometimes even decades.
If they put movies the day after or a year after, it's not going to stop people from putting it online and other people from ripping it. You have two different demographics mixed up - the people that are going to buy it don't know how to rip movies online, or don't bother with it.
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Yes, and from theater to DVD release used to be 6-months instead of the average 4-months, I'm sure that was "before my time" too. Just because something happened before someone was born or "too young" doesn't mean they are ignorant to it.
This isnt about from the theater-to-DVD, it's the 56-day from DVD-to-digital own/rent, so they can funnel people to Walmart, Target and Best Buy and buy a hard copy disc.
Holding on to the old way is a sure-fire way to garner negative sentiment. Also, just because something "used to be done this way or that way" isn't necessarily the best way to do it nowadays. Consumer behavior does change over time, with technology. Fighting against what is essentially a sea change in how people prefer to consume their entertainment, just doesn't seem like a bright idea in the long haul. Sure, maybe they make a few extra bucks off funneling people to buy the outdated DVD haha.
AS I mentioned before, they have every right, and they will find out soon rather than later when they start actually listening to their customers.