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Originally Posted by Voltaire53
Yes, I wish HMV would include the 3D too but, to be fair, when exclusivity is given to Amazon UK or (especially) Zavvi they never put the 3D in as well; HMV are the only steelbook exclusive people who do *sometimes* put in the 3D as well in the UK; sadly in this case (and as TVs have all dropped 3D non-inclusion will only become more prevalent with time) it's just the 4K... even more annoyingly, at the same price as if they *had* included the 3D!
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When I said HMV should make the most of their exclusivity I didn’t mean they should necessarily release a 4K + 3D combo - I meant they should do a 3D-only Steelbook, which has been done by all three retailers in the past, and several times in 2018. A 4K + 3D combo is great but raises the price which is a problem for some people - but as you’ve pointed out, here HMV are charging so much already for the 4K Steelbook that they should have included 3D anyway.
I was hoping Amazon or Zavvi might have grabbed the exclusivity for a 3D Steelbook, but it appears that’s not the case, so the options are an English-titled 3D Slipcase or European-titled 3D or 4K+3D Steelbook...
As I said before, unlike Venom (which HMV also chose to
only do a 4K Steelbook for), the 3D edition of Fantastic Beasts 2 is getting a wide UK release so there’s no “3D is dead” excuse on the part of HMV in this case really. If anything, the retailer’s decision threatens to send a negative signal to Warner Brothers who until now have been pretty great at releasing 3D
The upside is that on Amazon UK’s Blu-ray bestseller list the 3D edition is #236 while the 4K is #261 (both remain niche as the standard blu-ray is #46)...