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Originally Posted by ack_bak
Nobody is sticking their head in the sand. I think many of us have concerns about trying to grow a young format right now in the current economy. Especially a format that costs more money than the format it is supposed to replace. But the article is focusing on DVD sales sagging and if you take the comments from the studios regarding Blu-Ray with that context in mind it makes sense.
And I see you keep avoiding the comments by Universal. So who is burying their head in the sand now  |
This wasn't directed to me but I wanted to comment on it.
I don't believe that the Warner studio issues with BD as stated are in the context of what is happening with SD DVD although they are interconnected. What I got out of that article is that Warner is pretty disappointed with where the BD format is right now compared to where they hoped/projected it would be. Sure the economy is effecting this, but I also think Warner is frustrated that some of the studios are not lowering prices really like Warner is doing.
Maybe that was part of the reason for making that statement. It might have been a wake up call to the other studios that THEY have to help lower costs of BD movies also. This is just another speculation, but Universal's statement just seems to be rah rahing one particular movie doing better than they projected instead of the whole picture.