"So, are you interested in the à la carte approach?"
Nope, I'm not. I felt like a sucker everytime I rented a movie off Xbox Live and now that I have Netflix (with Xbox360 streaming) I don't think I'll ever do a "one-time" rental again.
Blockbuster held out as long as they could, I think, because they realized that broadband penetration is fairly low for country like the U.S. But with everyone and their brother offering streaming/downloading they couldn't hold off any longer.
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"So, are you interested in the à la carte approach?"
Nope, I'm not. I felt like a sucker everytime I rented a movie off Xbox Live and now that I have Netflix (with Xbox360 streaming) I don't think I'll ever do a "one-time" rental again.
Blockbuster held out as long as they could, I think, because they realized that broadband penetration is fairly low for country like the U.S. But with everyone and their brother offering streaming/downloading they couldn't hold off any longer.