Comments on: Companies That Suck: Warner Brothers Hates Its Customers, So Does Netflix: Michael Kirschner

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:18:13 +0000

If I am correct Netflix made this deal as a way of garnering more streaming content, which is likely the future (and present) of home entertainment. WB on the other hand is just trying to protect its DVD profits. As a long time netflix user I like that there will be more quality streaming content and could care less about waiting an extra month to see something new. I don’t agree that companies marketing and selling their products in a way that they feel will ultimately, in their eyes, lead to sustained revenue is bad. These movies are paid for by the studios and are theirs to sell as they wish. If someone can’t wait a month to see a film and goes and buys it, that is their choice.

By: Will

Will — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:44:23 +0000

I’m interested in seeing what the effects of this decision will be on Netflix and WB.

It doesn’t affect me much because I don’t usually watch new releases when they first come out anyway. I’m usually way behind on new release rentals. Life the previous poster, I buy the movies that I’m extremely interested in.

By: ManilaRaf

ManilaRaf — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:57:16 +0000

In the end, Warner Brothers loses.

Instead of buying the DVDs, people will just download them off the internet. So any revenue WB thinks they’ll gain by doing this won’t be as much as they think it’ll be. All it takes is for one person to obtain a retail DVD, use a ripper/encoder, and an internet connection and the whole world has potential access to the DVD.

Anyone who buys a DVD within a month of release probably would have done so anyway. (e.g Dark Knight, Up). Part of the reason I’m subscribed to Netflix is to see movies I missed in the theaters. If I like it enough, I’ll buy it. But I won’t go out and buy it just to see it because it isn’t on Netflix.