Should Arrow continue to release Limited Editions?

[BAKA]

Originally Posted by Stephen@Cult Labs

I do have one stipulation if Arrow do decide to do away with the limited editions. Run the reverse artwork passed myself and Reaper please. We'll let you know if it's up to scratch.

Almost enough to make me reverse my vote, if your choice of artwork for Don't Go Into The House is anything to go by.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Ooh....bitchy!


But you're right BAK.....the German artwork for DON'T GO IN THE CAVERN,sorry,DESCENT,sorry HOUSE is well worth picking up!

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by BAKA

Almost enough to make me reverse my vote, if your choice of artwork for Don't Go Into The House is anything to go by.

How dare you. You know it was the best.

[bigandya]

Originally Posted by Baseball Fury

They're not grey, it's just a sticker on the shrinkwrap. They'll look like this:

That my friend is damned good news

[Baseball Fury]

Just trying to think of this logically:

If Arrow sell 10,000 copies of a title, at say £9 a copy unlimited, £12 limited wholesale they'll make £96,000 nett profit. If we factor in a cost for production and licensing of £70,500 (75% of nett profit from 10,000 disc packages [£67,500] with a surplus nett cost of £1.50 per unit for the LE) that leaves a gross profit of £25,500 per title.

If they sold the same amount of purely unlimited stock, there'd be a nett profit of £90,000 with the same base production costs (£67,500) leaving a £22,500 GP per title.

Therefore, theoretically, keeping the Limited Edition titles will actually make more money.

[horror4life]

limited all the way have no need for dual format.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Baseball Fury

Just trying to think of this logically:

If Arrow sell 10,000 copies of a title, at say £9 a copy unlimited, £12 limited wholesale they'll make £96,000 nett profit. If we factor in a cost for production and licensing of £70,500 (75% of nett profit from 10,000 disc packages [£67,500] with a surplus nett cost of £1.50 per unit for the LE) that leaves a gross profit of £25,500 per title.

If they sold the same amount of purely unlimited stock, there'd be a nett profit of £90,000 with the same base production costs (£67,500) leaving a £22,500 GP per title.

Therefore, theoretically, keeping the Limited Edition titles will actually make more money.

Baseball Fury is actually......

[BAKA]

Someone noticed on Blu-ray.com that the Arrow Academy release of Miracle in Milan's artwork has changed to a similar looking package as the Unlimited discs. It kind of makes me wonder if these kind of packages are sustainable on such a widespread level (every single Arrow Blu-ray).

While I hope they do listen to what the consumers want, I hope they do what's best for them in the long term. Only they can crunch the numbers.

Originally Posted by Reaper@Cult Labs

Baseball Fury is actually......

Fired?

[Mojo]

As far as I'm concerned, the limited editions are superb and make for a great collection. They look fantastic.

The BFI came in for some stick some time ago ( and rightly so in my opinion ) by trying to force people into going Blu-ray by omitting certain features ( or releasing the uncut version on Blu-ray only ) for example.

Although I am now a Blu-ray convert , thanks to Arrow's City Of The Living Dead ( this is how to convert people to Blu-ray! ) I have no problem with the Unlimited editions, particularly if it means it puts more coffers in the bank account and leads to more releases.

The only things I'm not bothered about are Steelbooks.

[the blob]

Well, how about this for an option? If Arrow do decide to ditch the limited editions, for those who really desperately need the continuity from the spine side, why not release the Unlimited with a simple fully printed slipcover? You won't be able to change the cover obviously but the spines would remain consistent.