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The average price of DVDs and Blu-rays has gone up. (www.theverge.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] Zachariah 12 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Is this because wages and costs have gone up, or is this primarily going to profits for the companies?

[–] CptEnder 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It's classic supply/demand. Back when high end home video like LaserDisc was a niche market, the cost of a movie was like $75 and only sold at boutique shops because so few bought them. More $/unit.

By the time DVD came around it went mass market, so that drove the price down of a movie significantly. But that's a good thing, cheaper meant more buyers which meant more money. And places like Best Buy are everywhere and sold them.

Now BD/UHD is basically returning to the LaserDisc niche model. Less buyers, everyone's digital now, so they drive the price per unit back up again. And Best Buy dropping them, they'll go back to a handful of retailers.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Probably a bit of both, but also think they’re actively trying to dissuade folks from buying physical media.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Everything else has skyrocketed in price. I'm sure that has a lot to do with it.

[–] Zachariah 2 points 5 months ago

But a lot of that is greedflation. If profits are rising, prices aren’t going up because costs are going up. Profits would just stay the same. If profits are going up, it’s because of price gouging.

[–] Diplomjodler3 3 points 5 months ago

I used to buy at least one Blu-ray a week on average. Now, I buy less than ten a year. I bet I'm not the only one there. Less demand means less supply, means higher prices. Not really surprising.