Walmart,Target,Amazon drop upcoming DVD releases to $10; what about Blu?

[bluskies]

Read an article this morning that said basically that possibly due to Redbox doing well at $1 a night Walmart has dropped the online prices of upcoming DVD hits like Star Trek, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and Night at the Museum 2 to only $10 each. According to the article, Target immediately matched that...and I can see that Amazon has. (And each is losing a lot of money with each..."The wholesale price paid by Walmart and its competitors remains unchanged at about $18, meaning studios will make the same profit despite the discounting....the new $10 price means the retailers will incur a big loss on each sale."

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...,5920076.story

I wonder if we will see such a thing happening for Blu-ray? I wonder how Blu rentals are doing in Redbox?

[ack_bak]

Umm. We are seeing prices on the same titles slashed on Blu-Ray at Walmart and Amazon. Titles that normally would have cost $22-28 are going for $16-19....

Were you expecting the 2-4 disc Blu-Ray version (some that have a DVD disc included) of a movie to cost the same as the 1 sku barebones DVD for $10?

[fatediesel]

The Blu-ray prices for these movies are already incredibly low, usually lower than the comparable DVD version ,which also contains digital copy/extra disc for special features. Most Redbox don't have Blu-ray so that competition isn't there so I would guess the prices will stay where they currently are.

[banned user105]

lol

[johnarnold101]

Originally Posted by doctorthodt

lol

+1

[MrJoeKalel]

Yet again, this does NOTHING for studios to lower THEIR prices. The retailers end up paying for OTHERS mistakes. Again.

[Blu Titan]

Wal-mart has dropped its prices for the major new release BD movies.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by bluskies

I wonder if we will see such a thing happening for Blu-ray?

We're already seeing this. That's why movies like Terminator 4, Harry Potter, The Hangover, etc. are priced under $18. This holiday competition has been very good for the customer (us).

[Blu-ray Fanatic]

With all these price drops, its gonna be one of the greediest holiday seasons. There's not gonna be enough giving and more taking.

This year is gonna remind me of the movie "Jingle all the Way". Everyone will be racing and shoving each other to the blu-ray sections.

[Deadset]

Originally Posted by Blu-ray Fanatic

This year is gonna remind me of the movie "Jingle all the Way". Everyone will be racing and shoving each other to the blu-ray sections.

A must watch around Christmas time.

[SapGoblin]

The death of DVD...so fast!?!?

[Batman1980]

Works for me, the more people that buy blu-rays, the lower the prices get and the more quality catalog titles we will get.

[AU6294TX]

Wholesale for a DVD is only like 5-6 dollars, not 18. That is why a lot of new releases have more give as far as setting prices.

[drtre81]

"The wholesale price paid by Walmart and its competitors remains unchanged at about $18"

LIES. No way are retailers paying $18 per dvd. That's retarded.

[MvRojo]

Originally Posted by AU6294TX

Wholesale for a DVD is only like 5-6 dollars, not 18. That is why a lot of new releases have more give as far as setting prices.

I thought it was more than $5-6; probably not $18 though. But movies have pretty much always been used as a loss leader by these box retailers.

[seeweda]

Originally Posted by AU6294TX

Wholesale for a DVD is only like 5-6 dollars, not 18. That is why a lot of new releases have more give as far as setting prices.

I was gonna say that there is no way on the 10s of thousand of copies each of these retailers buy that they are paying anywhere near $18 a copy.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by hellobugmenot

This sounds like normal news these days, I hope for a bigger price cuts on good blu's.

Good luck with that, since had this been the dvd era you'd be lucky to find a decent movie for under $23.

When will people wake up dvd's were well over $20 well into 2005 now you want improved quality in every aspect, plus special features + digital copies for bargin bin prices .

[EvilE981]

this sounds like a conversation not a hot deal... does this belong in this section?

[Motown Luv]

Great news now if can keep the older blus under 15 dollars I'll be happy

[drtre81]

Originally Posted by MvRojo

I thought it was more than $5-6; probably not $18 though. But movies have pretty much always been used as a loss leader by these box retailers.

No. they take a loss or break even on the new players not movies.