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This has been a long time coming - actually the majority of blockbuster stores in my area have been closed for a couple of years - but Redbox keeps popping up.
by mbowcock 17y ago
This has been a long time coming - actually the majority of blockbuster stores in my area have been closed for a couple of years - but Redbox keeps popping up. I think blockbuster will struggle with the kiosks since Redbox is already entrenched just as they've struggled competing with Netflix. I recently read an article (might have found it on HN) where the CEO of Redbox thinks the market for rental kiosks is limited to the next few years. He see's competition from the Internet and on-demand devices eventually taking over. But he said he was making a killing in the mean time.
- ams6110 17y agoI don't know how quickly they will die. A lot of folks will justify $1.00 for a RedBox rental and not the $40 or more/month for broadband internet.
- mdasen 17y agoWell, I know that I consider internet to be a necessity (granted, it's part of my job) and so I have to be spending that $40 no matter what. The $1 RedBox I don't have to be spending. Now, I'm sure there are people for whom broadband isn't a given expense, but I know that most of my friends wouldn't cut it out because they need it for everything from communication (skype, IM, email) to information (Wikipedia, news) to fun (hulu, youtube). And so the broadband connection becomes a given for things other than entertainment.
- fatboy71 17y agomdasen, I want your opinion on something. Can you drop me a line?