Why hasn't a major retailer cornered the market on movies?

[kyloren]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

Amazon pretty much is what you're talking about in my case. I pre-order everything there when it's available and the price drops to match everyone else 99% of the time. On the rare occasions I pay more it's not a huge deal. It's very nice to just pre-order and forget, to not worry about it, and have everything show up on release day.

However when Amazon messes up, like with Doctor Strange, it's easy to stop by Best Buy on the way home.

Amazon is pretty much what I'm talking about, that's why Amazon is Amazon. lol. I mean outside of online-shopping why can't these other stores do the same. Are their hands tied?