How Blockbuster Could Have Owned Netflix

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @01:50AM from the video-store-killed-the-video-store dept.

schnell writes "Your age probably determines whether you think of Blockbuster Video as a fond memory or a dinosaur predestined for extinction. While the last Blockbuster rental at the last remaining Blockbuster video store took place last week, Variety retells a now-classic story of how Blockbuster could have bought Netflix for a song, but didn't because it failed to take the new DVD-by-mail and video streaming markets seriously. Who is next to join Blockbuster, Polaroid, Borders and Best Buy on the ash heap of superseded retail business models?"

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Re:Game Stores by east+coast · 2013-11-13 02:49 · Score: 1, Troll

Steam has been up and running for years...

Oh, I see the problem...

Incidentally when Steam is fully transitioned to Linux it will have an effect on prevalence of MS in the home, too.

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