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PetrifiedJello
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In part? Treating fans like crap leading to lost sales would be the other part, Mr. Iyadomi.
Sure, make the consumer pay for the company's mistakes. That'll show 'em.
Yes, because 1 is obviously too difficult to do, saving costs to everyone and helping, in part, past this economic times.
If anything, licensor, it would probably do you better to drop the prices of Bluray in Japan. Or does this economic recession only affect businesses?
Yes, because we all understand and love DRM encoded disks. Here's an idea: drop the idiotic region code to begin with and open up the market potential world-wide. DRM has absolutely nothing to do with sales. Learn this now because "due in part" turns into "most to lost sales" every single day. |
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Strike Freedom Meister
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There are plenty of Gundam that could be done. How about a proper dubbing of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam with the real Ocean Group actors and not the terrible Blue Water crew? Or for that matter, the 3 part movie Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation? Bandai has had the rights for years. Get off their duffs and get it done.
There's plenty of Gundam left to be dubbed over. ZZ Gundam, Victory Gundam, After War Gundam X, Turn A Gundam. How about taking the classic Mobile Suit Gundam and giving it the Anime Legend's Two Part Box Treatment? Its almost impossible to collect the classic MSG without breaking an arm and a leg. If Bandai was truely dead serious, how about bringing all the anime to iTunes, Zune, Blockbuster, and other digital stores? |
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captainbanana
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The Japanese companies have done studies (many) that basically come to the conclusion that they wouldn't sell any additional copies of anime on DVD/BR even if they dropped the price. Obviously the opposite is true here in the US (the market has spoken, and we want our anime in box sets, generally speaking) but that means absolutely nothing for Japan. Since the Blu-Ray region code is the same for the US and Japan, the Japanese rights holders are concerned that if the BR movies/shows/etc come out in the US for an extremely low price (with the Japanese track mind you), fans in Japan will simply reverse import the anime and save themselves some money (costing the Japanese rights holder money). And, for the record, DRM plays a huge role in sales. I don't understand how anyone could think it doesn't. Physical media has DRM, but it is local DRM that will never expire. Online DRM is server authenticated, and there have already been cases where the DRM servers have been shut down (for online music retailers), leaving people without the music they've paid for. DRM is a huge deal. |
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ikillchicken
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Sure, make the consumer pay for the company's mistakes. That'll show 'em.[/quote] How is it this makes consumers 'pay'? I see no indication they plan to stop releasing regular DVDs. Nobody is forcing you to pay more for the BD.
It would seem quite apparent they don't think one is viable. You have to keep in mind that the fewer releases per show the less money they are making off each person who buys the full series. So unless the added sales created by less volumes balances out the decreased revenue it's probably not feasible. I think two releases is an extremely reasonable compromise. |
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