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A Workable Downloadable Movies Business Model?
sane? writes "Following on from the music industry attempting to push up the cost of iTunes music downloads comes word that Sony is looking take robust control of the pricing for legal movie downloads - to the tune of $8 a movie. What is the maximum acceptable price that slashdot readers would give to different types of downloadable product, taking into account their perception of its true value to them? How can sensible pricing and workable business models be reconciled?"
Ever hear of 2 for $20? Best Buy runs that deal all the time, so I could OWN a movie WITH the DVD and case and all for 10 bucks. Heck, even newer more popular movies run $15 bucks tops (unless it's imported/anime and then you just have to look for sales)...
So lets see here. I pay 8-10 bucks to be able to download it. Then I have to also pay for the bandwidth used to download it (sure I pay monthly for cable, but if you only download movies and it costs $20-40 a month, you have to factor it in), then I have to buy some DVD-R/+R media, and if I want to make it fancy a case and atleast a new sharpie everyonce in a while... Not to mention the time spent... looks like a pretty crappy deal to me. I'll just drop 15 bucks and buy the movie and watch it whenever I feel, on which ever DVD player I feel like sticking it in.
Atleast that's My $0.02.
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Here's a new perspective, If they want online sales to be a success world over, they have to consider price thresholds at local markets. I am currently staying in India and 8$ is unheard of, with rampant piracy you really think people would be willing to pay 8$, when they could get it for under a dollar? We pay 150 Rupees at Multiplexes to watch a movie that's 3$ and that is considered expensive cause hey we can get a burger at mc'Ds for 20 Rupees that less than 50 cents. At normal theatres with cheaper seats we could prolly see the same movie for as low as 1.5 $. So for it to work here, It would have to be 3$ or less, considering that you'd get a better experience at a theatre.