Jack And The Sonorama
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Christmastime was just here, and for us here at Let's Anime, Santa Claus,
or Mandarake's mail order service, was kinda busy. One of the presents
under the...
2 months ago
"Because Anime Destroys Lives!"
# Now one year later, looking at the cold hard facts of 2009, retail spending on sell-through DVDs and Blu-Ray discs dropped by -18% while rental of these products actually increased by 4%. As a result, the sell-through of physical discs declined from 63% of the market to 57%.
# This massive change in behavior continues to have negative implications for studio profitability as every home video executive would rather book the $16 of profit contribution per transaction from selling a disc vs. the $3.50 to $1.40 per disc profit contribution from rental.