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Batman3777
 Posts: 160 Location: Down the Shore, NJ |
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Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. I hope downloaders are proud of themselves. If the industry goes bankrupt, there won't be anything to download. Try to remember that.
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Time and Space
Posts: 167 Location: China |
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Who else has that ominous feeling that the anime equivalent of armageddon lingers just beyond the horizon? For us westerners atleast.
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Batman3777
Posts: 160 Location: Down the Shore, NJ |
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::Raises hand:: Me!!! |
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ximpalullaorg
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The most important part of the animedvd article hasn't been quoted though:
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Time and Space
Posts: 167 Location: China |
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Ah, an example of shrewd marketing...if you want to go bust, apparently. |
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Potto
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That might have something to do with the loss of customers yes... 
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Batman3777
Posts: 160 Location: Down the Shore, NJ |
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And so, by all means, download the stuff illegally, since that's the best way to get prices reduced. Either pay nothing or pay too much, nothing at all in between is allowed. 
Releasing three dvds with one episode each is pretty freakin' funny, though. Not exactly the A+ sort of business plan/ |
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biolizard_alpha
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Rozen Maiden = kiss of death?
EDIT: And to add on to the "too many DVDs" thing, they're selling on Amazon.de for over $30US each. |
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Killtheshrew
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Germans hey... when will they learn.
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Shuichi
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Right now, they are releasing Loveless on 3 DVDs (4 episodes included) for 19,99 €.
They also lowered the prices for the SR DVDs, but that didn't help much either. |
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ZeroRyoko1974
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do the german dvds have english subs?
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Shuichi
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The ones from TOKYOPOP? No.
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ximpalullaorg
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I like how you jumped to conclusions without me saying anything. Simply, blaming ALL on the downloads isn't the real answer. Poor marketing choice is to blame as well. |
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mufurc
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Wow, and some people are wondering why they're in trouble. No wonder customers weren't willing to pay for that. (Disclaimer: I condemn "why buy when you can download it for free" mentality as much as the next intelligent person. But for chrissakes, 3-1 eps/volume, for "higher prices"? I'd rather download the show, too.) |
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mskala
 Posts: 45 Location: Waterloo, Ontario |
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Not enough people are buying expensive DVDs. Too many people are downloading free fansubs. What can we do?
Hey, let's make it impossible for people to buy the expensive DVDs. We'll stop selling them entirely, so that free fansubs become the only way to get this material at all. That's sure to teach those pirates a lesson! |
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