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Originally Posted by InfoGuy
I agree DVD sales are far from being dead, but $80 billion is hard to believe considering entertainment giant Disney only has trailing 12 month revenues of $48 billion. If you're referring to Amazon's trailing 12 month revenues of $82 billion, that includes plenty of products that are not entertainment related.
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Hi
You are absolutely right about not being all for entertainment or dvd for that matter. But its a smart thinking company with many lines of business. Every month in Tokyo there are hundreds of releases. The volume is staggering. The long slide to nil is happening but it will be a long slow slide. DVD is still preferred adult medium here. You pay in cash to a store on the other side of town and Oila you got porn! You can buy DVDs and blu-rays for 5 bucks up to $100+ for the specialty stuff. And seemingly studios cannot pump it out fast enough. Making a farting video is not cheap apparently.
Imagine being a vertically integrated business with many product lines and services. I can't say more but its a refreshing way to think about how to make things work in entertainment and adult. Diversity. Audiences crave it but not so many deliver it in the west as effectively as Asians do. Some smart motherfuckers.
I liken it to the comedian Steve Allen who said "I always have 14 jobs going. When 7 or 8 are sucking, I still have 7 or 8 more." Remember him? He's the guy who could take 2-3 notes and turn it into a song on the spot on live tv.
BTW, Disney Tokyo is really great too. I am kinda conflicted with Disney, their politics etc but once I'm on the Star Wars ride for the 5th time in 2 hours...I just don't care.