Prison Break: Season Four (2008-2009)

[Mr. J]

I don't own any season of Prison Break on blu-ray and I don't plan on buying any until they release Season 2! I've never seen the show and I would hate to buy Season 1, really enjoy it and be stuck without Season 2. To hell with DVD's!

[RedIsNotBlue]

Originally Posted by jayvo2008

I don't own any season of Prison Break on blu-ray and I don't plan on buying any until they release Season 2! I've never seen the show and I would hate to buy Season 1, really enjoy it and be stuck without Season 2. To hell with DVD's!

Yep exactly its not rocket science as to why it wouldn't be selling well. The same reason I haven't gotten Sopranos season 6 on Blu-ray. I haven't seen the show at all and would love to check it out but considering I only buy Blu-ray and all of the seasons aren't available so I am not buying season 6.

[Mr. J]

Originally Posted by RedIsNotBlue

Yep exactly its not rocket science as to why it wouldn't be selling well. The same reason I haven't gotten Sopranos season 6 on Blu-ray. I haven't seen the show at all and would love to check it out but considering I only buy Blu-ray and all of the seasons aren't available so I am not buying season 6.

Exactly! I too have never seen Sopranos and would love to buy it on Blu-ray, but I'm not buying Season 6 without seeing the first 5 on blu-ray!

[sfmarine]

Originally Posted by jayvo2008

Exactly! I too have never seen Sopranos and would love to buy it on Blu-ray, but I'm not buying Season 6 without seeing the first 5 on blu-ray!

Yup! x's 3

So are we to assume we won't get S.2 on blu-ray either?

[Nooff]

it's not set in stone yet, Fox is still deciding on a Blu-Ray release. I'm pretty sure they're going to release it someday

[Mr. J]

Originally Posted by Nooff

it's not set in stone yet, Fox is still deciding on a Blu-Ray release. I'm pretty sure they're going to release it someday

They're loss, cause the longer and longer they wait the more I become uninterested in this show!

[DealsR4theDevil]

Originally Posted by RedIsNotBlue

Yep exactly its not rocket science as to why it wouldn't be selling well. The same reason I haven't gotten Sopranos season 6 on Blu-ray. I haven't seen the show at all and would love to check it out but considering I only buy Blu-ray and all of the seasons aren't available so I am not buying season 6.

EXACTLY!!!!

I love mob films and I love the way HBO does their TV shows (Rome, Deadwood, and John Adams pwn). Sopranos is a natural buy for me but I haven't seen any of it yet ..... of course im not gonna start with season 6 lol.

And who is gonna buy season one and three of Prison Break when there is no two? I bought Season one when it first came out because i thought they were gonna release them chronologically. Now there is no way I would buy three if they dont release two.

I understand that a title released day and date with the DVD is gonna sell better than a catalog title, but that doesnt mean they can just ignore the old seasons of a show. Its not rocket science that people want to watch TV shows chronologically.....

[the_funk]

Yeah, Im on the same page. I just have Season 1 and wont buy season 3 (unless I can get it super cheap) unless they all come out on blu-ray.

[Jeff Kleist]

I understand that a title released day and date with the DVD is gonna sell better than a catalog title, but that doesnt mean they can just ignore the old seasons of a show. Its not rocket science that people want to watch TV shows chronologically.....

The number of people coming to the show as first time viewers is very small at this point. They can delay doing the older seasons if it means they're going to lose their shirt on them

To put it another way, putting a season of Lost or Prison Break on Blu-ray easily costs $400-500,000. That's before overhead, pressing ($8-10 a set), storage, shipping and advertising. By the time all is said and done, $750,000 is probably closer than not

That means that they need to sell 12000 units, given standard retail formulas to even begin to make a profit, and I'm being a little conservative on my numbers

Prison Break S1 did not sell close to 12000 units in the first 60 days. I don't know what 3 did, but I'm guessing it wasn't a lot better.

The first 60 days are what matter for getting more of anything done, so it's been backburnered a bit.

[sega_smasher]

this is why i love The Weeds, so far they havent let down with a blu release (i own all 3 seasons available) and the 4th season is on its way soon. gotta love them for that.

[Mr. J]

Originally Posted by sega_smasher

this is why i love The Weeds, so far they havent let down with a blu release (i own all 3 seasons available) and the 4th season is on its way soon. gotta love them for that.

I agree!

[-Sandro-]

Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

The number of people coming to the show as first time viewers is very small at this point. They can delay doing the older seasons if it means they're going to lose their shirt on them

To put it another way, putting a season of Lost or Prison Break on Blu-ray easily costs $400-500,000. That's before overhead, pressing ($8-10 a set), storage, shipping and advertising. By the time all is said and done, $750,000 is probably closer than not

How did you make those numbers? Anyway this is only applicable to shows shot in HD, the ones produced on video but shot on film will a LOT more, remember the $$$$ with Seinfeld?

Still, it doesn't make sense to skip seasons for prison break once you start you complete, or at least not skip!

Studios know that it's still costly to make shows on Blu since there's no enough buyers (did you the prices? ) but I feel that once BD becomes mainstream they will make money. Think about old shows , I think there's a lot of people willing to buy some shows in HD. In the same time I don't see a future for the ones not even released or finished on DVD