TravisR
Senior HTF Member
I agree that the studios would love for people to pay for things over and over but I don't see any way that they can actually achieve that goal. How are studios going to make anywhere near the amount of money that they currently make from selling a Blu-ray or DVD? People won't pay over and over to see the same movie (pay per view has been around for decades and it hasn't come anywhere close to eclipsing physical media sales). As much as they'd love to, studios can't each have their own individual streaming service because the average consumer isn't going to pay for streaming from studio X, studio Y and studio Z. It's one thing when it's Netflix and there's basically one bill and one place where people get to watch movies but they aren't going pay for half a dozen streaming services every month. Does anyone remember when Netflix raised their prices a few dollars and people reacted as if Netflix had killed their children? People are cheap and they want everything in one place. Those two things alone mean that studios can't- as much as they'd love to- go to only streaming.