Blockbuster's gone bust (again)

AlecR said:
Eventually, physical shops won't exist anymore. Sad, but true.
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Unlikely... shops which aren't required in order to serve a particular need purpose will suffer... shops in general won't necessarily.

While there is no big need to have physical shops selling DVDs, CDs etc... if you want a suit to be measured/fitted then some interaction with another human could be useful. Convenience stores are likely still going to be around for a while, supermarket chains have pushed into this area too for obvious reasons. But yeah any business owner, whether large or small, wanting to sit on their arse, expecting a free lunch from going through the motions of stocking their shelves with some product and selling it on can certainly expect some competition. If they're not willing to innovate/compete then their days of getting a free lunch are likely going to be over sooner rather than later...
 
It's just something that is out of date. When films were released on VHS to rent, it could be another year before they were available to buy and then they were about £17.99. Cassettes wore out so they weren't always something to own. It wasn't like now where you get fairly recent DVDs at <£5 a go in the supermarket etc.

Once a film had stopped being shown at the cinema, the only practical way of watching it in the next 3-4 years was to rent the video.

And that's without mentioning Sky and the Internet.
 
I think the only thing left of value for Blockbuster will be its name...

If somehow someone purchased the name, had rights to stream new releases before they were available to purchase by the general public after cinema release... I think you'd have a winner!
 
I wonder if there will be a mass-purchase of lots of their stores, the way Poundland did with Woolworths. They've certainly got quite a few good high street locations across the country.
 
Somewhat unfair of Netflix to hog the majority of ISPs bandwidth to support their business model, and I guess non users of Netflix are indirectly subsiding it as well.
 
Dunks said:
Didn't blockbuster scoff at the idea of moving to online streaming content, i.e. Netflix?

No one to blame but themselves!
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They were rumored to have been offered an investment in one of them to become the UK face of it, it might have been netflix tbh but they turned it down.
 
AlecR said:
I don't buy films very often from places like Sky Store. They're just too expensive!

The movie industry need to make films 50p a rental, not £4.99! It's too much!
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I'd happily pay £4.99 to rent a digital movie at decent hd quality and fairly shortly after cinema release, its way too steep for "720p" thats actually more like 800x450 @ 2mbit quality and 6+ months after release though.
 
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Visited my local one and picked up a few things that I'd been looking at for a while, maybe each were a couple of quid cheaper than online. No spectacular offers though.

Best I found was The Pacific bluray tin for £10.
 
I will have to pop down to the local blockbuster and see if they have a 70% discount on everything again :)
 
Didn't move on with the times.

Deo_volente said:
I have to agree but the discounts you can get by shopping online compared to the high street are just to good to be ignored.
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I've bought too many mice to agree.

Somewhat unfair of Netflix to hog the majority of ISPs bandwidth to support their business model, and I guess non users of Netflix are indirectly subsiding it as well.
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I don't agree. The internet infrastructure is still atrocious in most developed countries, and it's not for a lack of technology, but resistance from the media and telecoms industry to well, move on with the times once again. Deep down, it's messed up.
 
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