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Originally Posted by Stephen@Cult Labs  Most of their sales come from people browsing HMV, and there are still lots of people who have never imported a dvd or blu-ray. Plus, if no other country ever brought out a disc just because another country has already released it, there would be a hell of a lot of people who'd miss out on films. |
My thoughts exactly. When we were representing Arrow, I'm pretty sure it was the case for most of their sales came from people browsing in store and buying on the spur of the moment.
I have no way of backing this up, but I imagine those of us with multi-region home cinema setups who purchase from overseas in order to get the best (or only) version of films are in the minority, and most people buy from Amazon/HMV online or HMV in store or supermarket. I know a couple of people who haven't even upgraded their Disney films from VHS to DVD, and know some here have mentioned that's the case for some of their films because the uncut versions (or ones with exclusive commentaries/extra features) are (still) on VHS or LaserDisc!