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03-21-2021, 04:36 PM | #1761 |
Showa Girl
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DVDs and Blu-rays are considered luxury collectible items for only the most diehard fans (which is why they are often packed with behind the scenes videos, booklets, and collectible things). If you want to watch something again, there are lots of ways to rent it in Japan.
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03-21-2021, 04:41 PM | #1762 |
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DVDs and Blu-rays are considered luxury collectible items for only the most diehard fans (which is why they are often packed with behind the scenes videos, booklets, and collectible things). If you want to watch something again, there are lots of ways to rent it in Japan.
Also, in the west, thanks to streaming sites and subsidized programming, the perceived value of video content is very very low and that reflects on DVD/BD pricing. Just think about how we have something as amazing as The Mandalorian which you can currently watch ALL OF IT for just $7 if you finish in a month. Each episode costs about $15 million to make. The only way that math works out is an economy of scale that does not exist in Japan. So DVD and merch sales have to make up for it. |
03-21-2021, 04:51 PM | #1763 |
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Yea, physical media in general is becoming more and more of a collector's item as opposed to being the default thanks to streaming and digital copies being vastly cheaper, so it's not surprise that the first KR Saber collection's that expensive.
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03-21-2021, 05:02 PM | #1764 |
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Again, if you simply want to watch the show, there are many other ways to do so.
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Yeah, but just because it's considered only for "diehard fans" doesn't mean they should be charging for it out of somewhere I won't mention. You can buy a Flash DVD with more run time than a whole Kamen Rider season for about £20 on Blu Ray. Even if the economy is different, I don't think the price should be that blown up.
I understand that media is not made in a vacuum, but just because one company decides to price something one way, does not mean another has to follow suit. You can only "undercut" competition if your product is largely identical. That's not a value proposition for a piece of entertainment that people have put a lot of work into, that is capitalism creating a relationship in which TV shows (and video games) are costing more and more to produce while the people consuming it are paying less and less.
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03-21-2021, 05:19 PM | #1765 |
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Yeah... like pirating, which this would kind of encourage me to do.
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03-21-2021, 05:35 PM | #1766 |
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03-21-2021, 05:39 PM | #1767 |
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Yeah, if I want to keep it for two seconds. Physical media is the only way to actually have ownership of something and not pay for it on a constant basis, so insane prices like this would just tempt me to buy a few USB sticks and pirate everything.
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03-21-2021, 06:49 PM | #1768 |
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Even if you physically own a DVD, you merely own the rights to watch it. It's less inalienable than say, owning a digital copy under a streaming platform, but its still just the rights the watch it, technically revocable by the rights holder whenever they choose.
I think we can all agree that Japanese companies are still a bit behind when it comes to digital distribution and access.
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03-22-2021, 12:25 AM | #1769 |
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I really wonder what the last Seiken elemental is? We have Fire, Water, Lightning, Earth, Wind, Sound, Darkness, Light, Void, and Smoke. Maybe Time, Space, or Matter?
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03-22-2021, 01:06 AM | #1770 |
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There's a good chance that it's time. It's the only common/typical magic "element" really left. Granted Void and Smoke aren't common/typical magic elements.
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