▲ 130 ▼ The physical media selection at Sony's Crunchyroll is even worse than fans feared after store update: all books removed and Blu-ray lineup gutted (www.gamesradar.com) submitted 2 weeks ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/anime@ani.social 20 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] deus@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children) Sony stopped manufacturing bluray disks about 2 years ago. Apparently it was no longer profitable, or so they say permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) I do not believe that. I do believe they compared it to digital production and decided "why have costs at all?" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago "we don't pay depreciation on lawyers" -taps head permalink fedilink source parent [–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago Interesting, I had no idea, thanks for that. I know Blu-Rays cost around $1-2/disc to produce in bulk, and half of that money is for the DRM, which I think Sony gets back a portion of anyway because they helped develop it or something (I'm a bit murky on the logistics here). It just seems weird to be killing a portion of their business they pioneered and effectively control. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) I do not believe that. I do believe they compared it to digital production and decided "why have costs at all?" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago "we don't pay depreciation on lawyers" -taps head permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago "we don't pay depreciation on lawyers" -taps head permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago Interesting, I had no idea, thanks for that. I know Blu-Rays cost around $1-2/disc to produce in bulk, and half of that money is for the DRM, which I think Sony gets back a portion of anyway because they helped develop it or something (I'm a bit murky on the logistics here). It just seems weird to be killing a portion of their business they pioneered and effectively control. permalink fedilink source parent