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vulcanraven01
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I think DVD sales will only continue to decline.
Why? Not only do people have less money to spend than ever before, but there are also various other ditribution options emerging such as Blu-ray, and most importantly, digital distribution. Kinda expected FUNi to have a larger market share though considering they must be pumping out more than 10x the amount of stuff other companies do... |
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hissatsu01
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Given that DVD sales on the whole dropped 14% for Q1 2009 vs Q1 2008 http://www.cepro.com/article/study_blu_ray_sales_increase_105_dvd_sales_fall_14_in_q1/, and a craptacular economy, this is relatively good (and somewhat surprising) news for the industry.
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LordRobin
Posts: 354 Location: Akron, OH |
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The anime industry was doomed once their market shifted from young adults who have control over their own money, to teenagers who can't even legally hold a credit card.
Okay, "doomed" is a bit of an exaggeration. But let's face it, a hobby that based around buying lots of videos is an expensive hobby. And as the market gets younger, they're just not going to be able to afford it. ------RM |
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Blood-
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If you've ever checked out any of HyugaHinata's orders in the "What did you just buy" thread in the Retail forum, you won't be surprised that anime sales only dipped 2 per cent!
But this is good news. It seems to indicate that even in rough economic times, the precipitous slide in NA anime DVD sales of the last couple of years appears to finally be bottoming out. |
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PetrifiedJello
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Well, I guess it's better than another 11% drop, but 2% in addition to 11% makes 13% overall in two years.
In other words: It's still a decline. But, expected as all DVD sales are in decline. FUNimation better hurry up and figure out what to do because 40% of nothing is still nothing and this is one company I don't want to see go the way of Geneon. |
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doctordoom85
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Well, the more important aspect is the survival of the video format, so Blu-Ray doesn't really hurt DVDs aside from advancing a higher video format. Top 10 anime surprised me pleasantly. The top 3 were obvious, but Ouran doing so well is great. Also glad Bandai/FUNi are still profiting from Bebop, Yu Yu Hakusho, and FMA. Bandai mentioned a while back that Code Geass sales were going to be important for the company, so it being in the top 10 is a good sign. Kinda wish they'd go back to doing top 25 anime though, I'd like to see where One Piece is on the list (last 25 list had it at #13). Top 25 manga, glad to see Tsubasa has a big crowd, and Viz's One Piece is still doing well despite a painfully slow release. No Gantz or Gintama makes me sad though. Top 10 shonen and shojo are about what I expected. Anyway, hopefully these good signs will quiet down the doomsayers a bit. Once the economy kicks back up eventually, things should start improving overall. |
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asimpson2006
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The thing with Blu-ray is that most people don't really need or want Blu-ray right now, plus there is not that much anime that has been released on Blu-ray. Most people are still content with DVD's I know I am. With DD (Digital Distribution), people may still decided to buy the DVD's a of a show that they have watched on DD if they liked it enough to decided "I want to spend my money on this, or I want to watch this more than just online, I want a physical copy." |
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braves
 Posts: 2309 Location: Puerto Rico (but living in Texas) |
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But that's not how the math works out.... It's a two percent decline from last year's total, not a two percent decline from the total of 2 years ago. The actual number of sales lost in comparison are probably very different- as in, the losses in '09 are less. Sorry, just had to nitpick. That aside, the news that FUNi has 40% market share isn't surprising. |
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PetrifiedJello
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No problem. I was just being simple as the last thing readers want to do is think about a math problem. 
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ninjapet
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About the market being ranged to younger kids
I fit the teen age range and I still buy at least 2 anime box sets a year and at least 10 volumes of manga a year. You have to understand I rarely get money and I still have a year to go before I can get a job. So please don't say younger fans don't have money to buy things. |
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Mohawk52
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Seeing as the need for the concept of entertainment content on a physical media format is going the way of the doodoo, this is not surprising. When so many are getting their entertainment fix via the intarweb. I can see a time in the not too distant future when one wants to show off their shelves, they will be virtual shelves, and not pictures of real ones. Sadly I will be with the rest of the DooVDoos of DVD anime fans.
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Daimao Raki
 Posts: 593 Location: Dark Side of the Moon |
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vashfanatic
 Posts: 3495 Location: Back stateside |
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Wow, I guess with all the doomsaying and the lousy economy I was expecting this to be much worse (my own personal purchasing of DVDs has dropped off massively this quarter from last thanks to a loss in income).
There is another worrisome thing to me, mostly that one company makes up such a large share of purchases. While I think it's too early to blow the sirens of monopoly, the loss of Geneon and the major decline of ADV are not healthy for the market. Other things that bug me? That Afro Samurai is the top-selling anime DVD (not a very good show) and that nothing by Urasawa made the top 25 manga titles (I'm a fan). |
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bayoab
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There was the period where anime DVDs fell 11%, but regular DVDs also fell 10%. One would conclude there that it was overall market contraction. There was also the "30%" drop which actually wasn't 30% when you did out the math after adjusting for things like FF7:AC and Geneon's death. Also, calling you out (again) on that math just because that's just bad math. It's <13% (12.78% to be exact) |
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vashfanatic
Posts: 3495 Location: Back stateside |
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Because the difference between 12.78% and 13% is so huge. 
I know, I know, the real problem is how the person came up with 13%. Here's how you'd do it: If you take 2007 as 100%, then the 11% fall makes 2008 89%. But then for a 2% decline from 2008, you multiple 89% by 98%, rather than taking off another 2% from the 2007 total (since the decline is from 2008 and not 2007), which leaves you with 87.22% or a 12.78% decline over two years. |
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