No more HMV exclusives?

[trainee]

HMV going under and their stores are apparently closing according to the media. No more HMV exclusives. Will play or amazon interject?

[Stevilinho]

as far as im aware its only the stores and not the online side of things that are going under, so i presume the steelbook side is all safe and dandy

[Blu Lemmy]

Could just have put this in the other multiple HMV threads

[Trevulate]

Not only is it unlikely that there will be any more HMV exclusive steekbook, its unlikely that there will be any more HMV!!!

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by trainee

HMV going under and their stores are apparently closing according to the media. No more HMV exclusives. Will play or amazon interject?

Play is as good as dead

[insomniac013]

Originally Posted by trainee

HMV going under and their stores are apparently closing according to the media. No more HMV exclusives. Will play or amazon interject?

Umm, PLAY is also closing so you'll be looking at Amazon for that...

[Master S]

IMO it's for the best, lately they have been flooding us with too many Steelbooks. Maybe they will become collector's items once again.

[BigNickUK]

Originally Posted by Master S

IMO it's for the best, lately they have been flooding us with too many Steelbooks. Maybe they will become collector's items once again.

now youve done it

[mattyl149]

Originally Posted by Master S

IMO it's for the best, lately they have been flooding us with too many Steelbooks. Maybe they will become collector's items once again.

Of course they will, there'll hardly be anyone to release them. The only big waves we will get will be the Warner Bros ones, and then just the odd ones here and there

[yeslek]

Originally Posted by mattyl149

Of course they will, there'll hardly be anyone to release them. The only big waves we will get will be the Warner Bros ones, and then just the odd ones here and there

its a shame but due to last years influx I've luckily got all prior fave movies that I've wanted to get steel treatment ie Cloverfield, IM2, Requiem For a Dream etc.
The only future ones I'll be sad to see go (worldwide I'm referring too) are the Disney ones (with the loss of Viva its unsure if any more metal cases shall be made/released for Disney titles).
Other than that I'm pretty confident the big blockbuster movies will still steelbook treatment so it'll just be the futures smaller, rare gem of a movie release where I'll have to settle for ameray only I think.

[blurayisnice]

This is a sad year for steelbook collector's all over the world. Hmv gone, play.com gone. One minute of silence please 😔.

[marlon dingle]

Most news stories that I have read, said that the Music Business and Movie industry are desperate for HMV to succeed. So who knows, maybe if the the Films Industry bring out a lot more Steel-books, then HMV will survive?

[insomniac013]

That is if Steelbooks really garner them that much revenue, when looking on the whole. It's really only a "thing" for collectors like us on the internet.

[blurayisnice]

But don't forget that if HMV is gone and Play.com is gone, Amazon will have a dominant position in the UK. They might refuse to pay wholesalers full prices and get everything as cheap as possible. This could be positive if they lower their prices too...

[Rob Hunter]

RIP Steelbooks

[marlon dingle]

Just noticed HMV's website is not accessible. So are we just suppose to sit and wait to see if Looper gets dispatched next week?

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by marlon dingle

Just noticed HMV's website is not accessible. So are we just suppose to sit and wait to see if Looper gets dispatched next week?

Seems like you have no choice. If you ordered one from HMV, just wait and see. If you haven't ordered yet, place an order with Amazon.

[Blu Lemmy]

Originally Posted by marlon dingle

Just noticed HMV's website is not accessible. So are we just suppose to sit and wait to see if Looper gets dispatched next week?

Pretty much, who knows what will happen

[kevindublin]

Here in Ireland, HMV stores haven't opened today

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by blurayisnice

This is a sad year for steelbook collector's all over the world. Hmv gone, play.com gone. One minute of silence please ��.

Not exactly. I hate to be the "potential" bearer of good news, during bad, but the US SB collecting crowd could, greatly, benefit from this...provided Amazon does an ounce of research and figures out they could get these exclusive SB's and ship them worldwide.
It will probably never happen, but at this point you'd have to say the door is open, albeit just a little.