Rumor Target to stop selling Physical Media by 2025

[ben6543]

Apparently this guy is full of crap as seen in the Target Deals thread so take it with a grain of salt.

[The Debts]

Much as I use it frequently, f**k streaming and what it has done.

[datguy123]

Thanks, Mexico.

[erixon20]

Ahem(clears throat)-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[DanTheMan]

“President of Physical Media”

[whiteberry]

Originally Posted by DanTheMan

“President of Physical Media”

aka GeekGab aka TheDiscFather. Don't believe any announcements or news from this guy. He just makes stuff up for clicks.

[Jay Mammoth]

Originally Posted by whiteberry

aka GeekGab aka TheDiscFather. Don't believe any announcements or news from this guy. He just makes stuff up for clicks.

This. The Tarantino 4Ks have been coming out the last 3 years according to that clown.

[Phibes]

I believe it, even from unreliable narrators, since my Target has only the four sided new release rack. They've crammed most everything into it and books have taken over the rest.

[jtu128]

It seemed pretty obviously when browsing any Target store over the past year or so. So that would essentially leave Walmart and Amazon. As we all know Amazon will just price match Walmart which means Walmart can charge $25 - $30 for 4K titles. Walmart never has a sale and their Black Friday sucks. I guess the future is paying 2x to 3x as much for titles now that Best Buy is out of the game. Atleast there is Gruv, if only other studios would follow their lead. You can’t beat their sales, although they’re getting somewhat repetitive with the selection.

[Infallible Presence]

Originally Posted by The Debts

Much as I use it frequently, f**k streaming and what it has done.

The funny is people are continuing to cancel their accounts. Especially Netflix and Disney/Hulu. But then again I don't know how well the free apps (Tubi, Pluto [own by Paramount], and alike) are doing.

[albert_m2]

LOL, President of Bullshit is once again getting crap shared so his Twitter engagement goes up. Oof.

It's also hilarious that he says "exclusive" as if there hasn't been news about this or that most of us haven't been witnessing the store section shrink.

[MasterAS]

The best way to combat this goon is to say "citation needed, evidence required"

Granted I don't doubt it, but at the same time, until a more reputable source comes out about this, this claim should be rejected.

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by datguy123

Thanks, Mexico.

I agree that tons of returns/exchanges for scratched discs cannot possibly be helping physical media, and that's due to the Mexico plant. I buy a lot of German-manufactured discs too and they very rarely have scratches, and nowhere near as bad as the Mexican discs we get in the US.

[D00mM4r1n3]

Won't be missed, stopped shopping there 3 years ago.

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by D00mM4r1n3

Won't be missed, stopped shopping there 3 years ago.

Every store that drops physical discs is another "nail in the coffin" for physical media, whether you shop there personally or not.

[John1701D]

Is there anybody surprised by this after Best Buy? Just accept that disc collecting is a niche thing. It's not gonna get any better.

[starsteam]

Loosing online sales would really suck. Can't say anything about in-store, the only ones around here just have the new-release four-way left.

The irony is that the media section was overtaken by physical books and vinyl records - a medium that many thought was dying and a format that was dead for a time. Let's hope physical movies can make a similar comeback someday.

[slumcat]

Inevitable.

[mwynn]

Weren't we talking about them scaling back last year?

[FlamedLiquid]

At the low chance this news is legit this news hurts me more then best buy stopping media sales.

The buy 2 get 1 deals and b1 g1 50% deals alone. And with movies being dropped they'd probably stop those deals for books, music and video games too.