I'm so sick of reading posts with people complaining about how extra discs (particularly Digital Copy and/or DVD copy discs) are forcing them to pay "extra" for those movies over other single disc movies.
On average, I really haven't seen movies with these options included costing more than most single-disc Blu-Ray releases. Most variantion in price has more to do with the studio releasing the movie than whether or not any additional discs are included.
And as others have pointed out, with the coupons and deals going on right now, it's easy to get Up for a good price (and even the standard Amazon price of $22.99 is already very good for a new Blu-Ray).
Heck, look at the recent Snow White release, which was 3 discs total (The movie on Blu-Ray, the 2nd disc with bonus features, and the movie on DVD). The thing quickly went to $19.99 on sites like Amazon. And there were those $10 coupons/coupon codes for the movie all over the place. You could this 3-disc set for about $10!
Also, I think the OP is having some selective memory on these "options" that the DVD versions give the consumer. A few years ago, the trend of having 2 or more versions of a movie released with one having more features/discs than the other wasn't the norm (the only different editions released back then were mainly Widescreen and Fullscreen... with most everything else beign the same).
For example, when the first two Spider-Man movies first came out on DVD, they were 2-disc sets by default. There was no 1-disc version and separate 2-disc version.
And, as I recall, movies like that typically retailed for $19.99 in stores like Best Buy, etc, initially, with them having first-week of release sale prices typically ranging from about $15 to $18.
Then later on, the trend changed to this separate 1 and 2 disc version nonsense. This has become common practice (and was in place when Spider-Man 3 came out on DVD). Now, upon their initial release, the 1-disc versions tend to go for the $19.99 retail/$15-$18 first week sale prices, with the special 2-disc versions usually going for around $22 to $25.
On average, you aren't getting a better deal with those single disc options, and you never really were. It's just an illusion of a better deal, but you are really paying the same money that you always were, and are getting less for it. The studios just found a way to essentially gouge the movie-enthusiasts who wanted the extra features, and still get the same money out of the more casual consumers that they would be getting anyway.
I actually like the way Blu-Ray is right now overall. I'm not really a fan of digital copies (and I think putting them on discs is kind of wasteful when they expire), but as long as they aren't adding to my costs, I really don't care if they are there. I like having a lot of extra, and options included for the same, existing price. Blu-Ray is becoming more and more affordable and the options have generally been growing, so all in all it's a good thing for the consumer. I'd rather them leave things the way that they are rather than making separate editions and charging the consumer more for the extras.
I guarantee you, if there were 2 versions of UP on Blu-Ray.... a 1 or 2 disc version, and then this 4 disc version, the 4 disc version would be even more expensive than it is now, and the 1 or 2 disc version would cost what the 4-disc version currently costs. You wouldn't be saving money. You'd just be getting less for what you are paying.
Last edited by Dynamo of Eternia; 11-03-2009 at 06:09 PM.
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