Elephant in the Blu-ray room: The Economy

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by DEMCAD

With this severe economic downturn, is it realistic to think that people will pay 35 dollars for a home video (blu ray).

I own over 550 DVDs, recently purchased a Playstation 3 and several blu ray movies. I don't think that blu ray can go mainstream if stores like Best Buy and Circuit City continue to sell blu rays movies for 30 and 35 dollars.

The third quarter retail numbers were horrible and it looks like people aren't going to be spending much this holiday season, because of the fears of a recession.

Blu ray prices MUST come down.

I'm talking...
DVD $15
Blu ray $20

Let me guess........ fellow Canadian, right?

Canadian prices on Blu-ray in-store at any major retailer are always $30-$35. If we are lucky, the price will drop by $3-$5 after 40 weeks of being available.

That is why Amazon.com was such an awesome resource before they went and decided to not lube up before bending us over their kitchen sink with the new "import fee" nonsense!