Before I start, I know this entry is very late. Having gone back home for spring break I completely forgot about making a blog post. It did not help the matter that all the big stories were either about Trump saying something or doing something stupid or about a terrorist attack in London. I have already wrote about Trump’s tweets in another blog post and I did not want to write about a terror attack so I dug around and eventually found an article that peaked my interest. The article titled Movie studios think you’ll pay crazy amounts of money to watch movies still in cinemas at home was posted on Quartz Media this past Thursday and it talks about how, with the decline of DVD sales, companies like Universal and Warner are trying to get digital rentals out faster for their movies and how they are meeting opposition from AMC and Regal. Though I is an odd topic to address all of a sudden it did get me thinking about when the last time I actually bought a DVD or Blueray was. I realised that most of the time I’ll see a movie in theaters and not feel the need to go and buy it when it comes out later. I also realised that even if I decided I did want to watch the film again later I would usually just see if it was available online first. Back to the story though, in order to get around exclusive screening, companies would have to charge around thirty dollars to rent a movie weeks after it was played in theaters. I do not know about you but I do not think I would be willing to spend that kind of money just to watch the latest blockbuster early.
Rodriguez, Ashley. "Movie Studios Think You'll Pay Crazy Amounts of Money to Watch Movies Still in Cinemas at Home." Quartz. Quartz, 23 Mar. 2017. Web. 26 Mar. 2017.
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AuthorIan Kindall a CD major emphasizing in Game Design Archives
May 2017
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