[ComicGuy89]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mageranger Red

That's Japan for you. Their media is amazingly expensive. And for the life of me, I don't know why. We are able to release box sets of new shows for $60 or so bucks, and our film industry doesn't collapse in on it's self. But in Japan they apparently HAVE TO sell them at those high prices or else. It's not like the stuff is even being manufactured differently. I can't imagine DVD authoring being in China/Korea/Taiwan being that more expensive than it is USA/Mexico.
They even keep anime from being released on Blu-Ray over here in a timely manner to prevent "reverse importation".
I just gotta wonder... If they can have something like this sell a bunch of copies at that price, couldn't they expect even greater sells if they just lowered their price by a couple thousand yen?

One argument I've read online is that Japan has a very established DVD rental system, so the vast majority of people rent instead of buy DVDs. As such, DVDs are a niche market so they don't have to sell as cheaply as they do in the rest of the world.

At least that's how the argument goes. I still say it's a lousy business decision to ever sell home entertainment for so much, but then again, I'm an outsider so I probably don't know the full situation.