Why are Disney / Fox titles always unavailable for pre-order on Amazon (again)? - Blu-ray Forum

johnplay26 · 01-27-2020, 10:20 PM

Does anyone have an answer to this? I've not been able to find anything online about it and it's always puzzled me.

Sometimes you can catch the blu-ray / 4k pre-order during a very small window after the disc is first announced. Then the pre-order option disappears. After the window closes, you're only able to purchase the disc (from Amazon) on, or days / weeks after, the release day.

Does anyone know why? Why does this only affect the US store? Why does it only affect physical discs? The guys over at DigitalBits said it's probably "all down to the longtime feud over streaming" despite the fact that you can pre-order digital Disney / Fox titles. What exactly is this feud?

Vilya · 01-27-2020, 10:43 PM

Amazon and Disney have been feuding for years. Disney owned titles often only become available at Amazon on, or shortly after, release day as a result of this ongoing conflict.

Look at this list of search results; there are articles about this feud as far back as 2014.

https://www.google.com/search?q=amaz...hrome&ie=UTF-8

johnplay26 · 01-28-2020, 12:46 AM

Thanks.

It's still just very weird. Digital titles are unaffected, neither are physical disc titles from the UK or Germany stores. It's just the US store and only physical discs.

01-27-2020, 10:20 PM	#1
johnplay26 Junior Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2011 Location:North Carolina 4K collection:888 Blu-ray collection:1625 DVD collection:2 MA collection:18 Digital collection:746 iTunes collection:88 Prime collection:1	Why are Disney / Fox titles always unavailable for pre-order on Amazon (again)? Does anyone have an answer to this? I've not been able to find anything online about it and it's always puzzled me. Sometimes you can catch the blu-ray / 4k pre-order during a very small window after the disc is first announced. Then the pre-order option disappears. After the window closes, you're only able to purchase the disc (from Amazon) on, or days / weeks after, the release day. Does anyone know why? Why does this only affect the US store? Why does it only affect physical discs? The guys over at DigitalBits said it's probably "all down to the longtime feud over streaming" despite the fact that you can pre-order digital Disney / Fox titles. What exactly is this feud?

01-27-2020, 10:43 PM	#2
Vilya Blu-ray Count Top contributor Member since:Sep 2011 Location:In the gloaming 4K collection:772 Blu-ray collection:5292 DVD collection:3918 Digital collection:1695 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:17	Amazon and Disney have been feuding for years. Disney owned titles often only become available at Amazon on, or shortly after, release day as a result of this ongoing conflict. Look at this list of search results; there are articles about this feud as far back as 2014. https://www.google.com/search?q=amaz...hrome&ie=UTF-8 Last edited by Vilya; 01-27-2020 at 10:51 PM.

01-28-2020, 12:46 AM	#3
johnplay26 Junior Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2011 Location:North Carolina 4K collection:888 Blu-ray collection:1625 DVD collection:2 MA collection:18 Digital collection:746 iTunes collection:88 Prime collection:1	Thanks. It's still just very weird. Digital titles are unaffected, neither are physical disc titles from the UK or Germany stores. It's just the US store and only physical discs.

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