DVD prices were never the same as VHS, and I doubt Blu will be to DVD either.
But I expect most titles will follow a similar discounting pattern as they did on DVD though. New titles command a premium, and are then discounted just before they appear on a movie channel. The dross ends up in the remainder bin or 3 for 2 deals. The classic movies tend to keep their price better which explains why studios love their back catalogue titles. Same will happen on Blu, especially as the number of titles swells and they cannot rely on the novelty of the format to drive sales.
DVDs were very expensive at the start too. Some studios were cheaper than others - Warner discs were the cheapest but shipped in crappy cardboard cases and the quality was variable ranging from featureless flippers to dual layer groundbreaking releases like The Matrix. Interestingly Warner is behaving pretty much the same this time around with a mix of single layer treatments and titles which are getting a full treatment. I think this is the right strategy, and will eventually force greedier studios like Fox to drop their prices.
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DVD prices were never the same as VHS, and I doubt Blu will be to DVD either.
But I expect most titles will follow a similar discounting pattern as they did on DVD though. New titles command a premium, and are then discounted just before they appear on a movie channel. The dross ends up in the remainder bin or 3 for 2 deals. The classic movies tend to keep their price better which explains why studios love their back catalogue titles. Same will happen on Blu, especially as the number of titles swells and they cannot rely on the novelty of the format to drive sales.
DVDs were very expensive at the start too. Some studios were cheaper than others - Warner discs were the cheapest but shipped in crappy cardboard cases and the quality was variable ranging from featureless flippers to dual layer groundbreaking releases like The Matrix. Interestingly Warner is behaving pretty much the same this time around with a mix of single layer treatments and titles which are getting a full treatment. I think this is the right strategy, and will eventually force greedier studios like Fox to drop their prices.