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DVD sales fell off a clif in 2006-2010. But streaming did not get any significant market share before ~2014. DVD was replaced by "non-consumption". My guess
by silvestrov 5y ago
DVD sales fell off a clif in 2006-2010.
But streaming did not get any significant market share before ~2014.
DVD was replaced by "non-consumption". My guess is that blue-ray should have been the replacement, but they were priced too high, so consumers dropped buying movies for a while.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/08/the-death-of-the-dvd-why-sales-dropped-more-than-86percent-in-13-years.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/08/the-death-of-the-dvd-why-sal...
- lotsofpulp 5y agoSocial media networks and smart phones came around at that time, and in conjunction with increasing popularity of video games probably destroyed a lot of demand for video content. There was simply a lot more choice for how one can spend time, and a ton of it at a higher cost to enjoyment ratio than movie tickets or DVD or Blu Ray.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoOops, I meant to write “a ton of it at a lower cost to enjoyment ratio”.