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<blockquote data-quote="weasel" data-source="post: 536119" data-attributes="member: 14"><p>I think price is the big factor.</p><p></p><p>If Disney and the like think people are going to pay £20 to download/stream their latest movie they may be in for a nasty shock. YES, that is less than 2/3/4 tickets to the cinema (depending on where you live, when you go, etc) before food and drink comes in, but it's also a hell of a lot just to download a film that, let's be honest, can probably be found ehh 'elsewhere' within a few days for free.</p><p>I think a lot of the big movie companies also seem to think people will pay X a month subscription for their service before then shelling out £20 for every big release. I don't see that happening. If the subscription included all new releases, possibly, again price dependent.</p><p></p><p>I quite enjoyed a trip to the cinema, yeah, it was expensive, the mark up on popcorn must be 1000%, but I didn't mind it for a once every couple of months trip. Saying that I have never had kids old enough to take, so that may affect my sentiments.</p><p></p><p>The big releases will still happen, it will just take the film companies a few months/years to work out how to replace the cinema ticket revenue with download/streaming revenue. Especially as a lot of people would have watched a film in the cinema and then bought the DVD/download, effectively paying twice for it. Who knows, maybe they will see sense and realise that offering it for download at a fiver will mean a hell of a lot more people watch/download it, than trying to flog it at £20+</p><p></p><p>One thing is for sure, I wouldn't wanna own a cinema right now. (Nor a pub)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="weasel, post: 536119, member: 14"] I think price is the big factor. If Disney and the like think people are going to pay £20 to download/stream their latest movie they may be in for a nasty shock. YES, that is less than 2/3/4 tickets to the cinema (depending on where you live, when you go, etc) before food and drink comes in, but it's also a hell of a lot just to download a film that, let's be honest, can probably be found ehh 'elsewhere' within a few days for free. I think a lot of the big movie companies also seem to think people will pay X a month subscription for their service before then shelling out £20 for every big release. I don't see that happening. If the subscription included all new releases, possibly, again price dependent. I quite enjoyed a trip to the cinema, yeah, it was expensive, the mark up on popcorn must be 1000%, but I didn't mind it for a once every couple of months trip. Saying that I have never had kids old enough to take, so that may affect my sentiments. The big releases will still happen, it will just take the film companies a few months/years to work out how to replace the cinema ticket revenue with download/streaming revenue. Especially as a lot of people would have watched a film in the cinema and then bought the DVD/download, effectively paying twice for it. Who knows, maybe they will see sense and realise that offering it for download at a fiver will mean a hell of a lot more people watch/download it, than trying to flog it at £20+ One thing is for sure, I wouldn't wanna own a cinema right now. (Nor a pub) [/QUOTE]
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