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Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity
There is no collapse of disc coming. The studios are just diversifying their income streams. As long as they can make a profit on DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, digital purchases, digital rentals, and subscriptions they will continue to support all of them.
If most of those thousands of disc releases were actually losing money then the number of releases would have drastically dropped years ago. But it hasn't, it continues to grow. That tells me that most releases continue to be profitable. With the very low cost of pressing discs they don't have to sell discs at a high volume or a high cost to make a profit.
Additionally the per title per person spending on each DVD & Blu-ray is always going to be drastically higher than what people are willing to spend on digital subscriptions. It's in the studios' best interest to continue catering to people who are willing to spend more on each movie and TV show.
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No collapse.
Opposite in fact as 8K UHD will likely take form.