Sainsburys to stop selling physical media from 20th September 2020

[crazybeats]

That is what is being said just now and if true that is a major supermarket in the UK no longer supporting physical media. My local Tesco only has a handful of 4Ks and Asda doesn't stop any. Blu rays are limited to new releases only but DVDs have a very good selection. I think everyone expected this to happen. What also surprised me is this includes CDs and LPs, the only thing they will stock will be books which is good as I still support physical books. I don't know how well physical media does in supermarkets but apart from HMV and Fopp there really isn't anything else. I know Matalan and Primark have a lot of recent CDs and DVDs but I can't think of anywhere else for new releases.

I see my local B&M is clearing their sections out too at half price so DVDS of new films like 1917 can be had for £5. I think that's what makes me curious, I can understand a lot of films finding their homes on streaming platforms but for recent films like 1917, if you didn't have a supermarket or a B&M and you weren't near an HMV or Fopp.....where would you buy it if the supermarkets didn't have it? If other supermarkets follow suit and stop selling physical media it could end up that if you don't order online, the only way you will see a new films is by going to the cinema because they're not all going to end up on Netflix or Amazon Prime and there's no other service in the UK that can pick them up and I don't see any other service on the horizon that might collect all these films up for streaming. 2020 has been interesting thus far.