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Originally Posted by baheidstu
There are lots of Twilight Time titles that have sold out after they've been put on sale, so there's interest in titles like Swamp Water, at the right price. The only justification for Twilight Time wanting to drop down to 1500 units is because it's less money that they have to pay up front and it drives up demand again so that they sell more titles at full price. It's a very self-serving proposition on their part IMO.
The other labels don't purchase titles the same way that Twilight Time does, so some titles selling poorly probably don't impact them as much as it would Twilight Time. It all boils down to the folly of their business model which I'm sure made sense when looking at it from the perspective of physical media being dead and buried by now.
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It is not being self-serving. It is being realistic. The other labels do not take money from their own pockets like Twilight Time does. They have a bigger budget and financial backing. They also can take a loss without going bankrupt. It's not greed, they are probably just barely making a profit on what they sell and probably put the profits back into the business.
1,500 units is where the market is for most of these titles. There is no huge market for disc anymore. This is it, we are nearing the end.