How Netflix DESTROYED Blockbuster

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How Netflix DESTROYED Blockbuster; The End of the Brick and Mortar Rental Era
Tweet Topic Started: Feb 25 2011, 03:41 PM (1,221 Views)
Lord Bowie	Feb 25 2011, 03:41 PM Post #1
What is the difference between a duck? Posts: 4,799 Group: Former Monarchs Member #7,312 Joined: April 10, 2008 Playstation Network ID: Allbowdown Xbox Live Gamertag: allbowdown	I love how Blockbuster could have bought out the company for less than it owes to other companies now.. Because it stupidly didn't make this move, it basically dug its own grave, having to play catchup in the online rental industry once Flix took off.. then Gamefly finished off the other half of its revenue. Blockbuster is now selling itself for a little over 200 Million I believe and probably isn't long for this world, at least not as a brick and mortar institution... much like Hollywood Video.
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Lord English	Feb 25 2011, 03:45 PM Post #2
Sandopolis Act 2 Posts: 2,066 Group: S Rank Hero Member #10,696 Joined: January 19, 2010	Too bad Netflix in Canada is absolutely awful. To be honest I've never really used Blockbuster, but I remember when I was little it was always fun to rent a game every now and then.



Breezy	Feb 25 2011, 04:06 PM Post #3
We all make choices. But in the end, our choices make us Posts: 2,868 Group: E Rank Legend Member #10,732 Joined: February 3, 2010 Game Currently Playing: The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap	Blockbusters were getting closed down from left to right over here. Not much of a shocker. It is quite sad. There's just something exciting about driving to the video store and checking out the movies and games and maybe picking up some candy. It makes me wonder if video stores in general will be a thing of the past. Im truly hoping not since we would pretty much be obligated to subscribe to Netflix. Hm. Some digital age.
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Lady BlizShadow	Feb 25 2011, 04:36 PM Post #4
I still can't use this. Posts: 6,546 Group: Former Monarchs Member #6,722 Joined: March 16, 2008	The test was simple: (a) Adapt (b) Die Blockbuster chose B. Call me stubborn, but I wonder about the proposed end of physical media. There is still an inherent value in having a physical copy of something, (limited and special editions specifically), that I'm not confident can be recreated fully with digital mediums, hence why I'm not convinced the end is near. Digital files are not tangible, nor are they difficult to distribute. Pirates are going to drive the inherent value of digital media down while people are still happy to pay $30 plus for a single Blu-Ray of one film, and I can't see this being rectified anytime soon.
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Phoenix-Saturn	Feb 25 2011, 04:46 PM Post #5
i just wwant to be beautiful for this one month Posts: 7,528 Group: A Rank Legend Member #10,191 Joined: July 27, 2009	Netflix is utter shit in Canada, and after seeing how crappy it was at my friend's house, I'll never be inclined to use it. Not that I've gone to Blockbuster in ages... But the one near my house is still open, might as well see if I can buy a copy of Heathers. But I agree that Blockbuster should have at least tried to set up streaming.
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Masamune	Feb 25 2011, 04:52 PM Post #6
Back from the Dead Posts: 366 Group: E Rank Knight Member #11,401 Joined: September 11, 2010 Game Currently Playing: Bastion	What sucks is that the 1/3 of locations closed included my local Blockbuster. Now I either have to go to a different store or start using Netflix. And chances are most of the games my local store had that I enjoyed, every other Blockbuster near me doesn't carry them. And since Netflix doesn't provide rental games, I'm pretty much screwed in that department. I never used Blockbuster to rent movies so Netflix won't be useful to me at all.



Phoenix-Saturn	Feb 25 2011, 04:54 PM Post #7
i just wwant to be beautiful for this one month Posts: 7,528 Group: A Rank Legend Member #10,191 Joined: July 27, 2009	Try Gamestop? It's a bit disappointing to me as well, though I haven't noticed ANY closures in the city I live in.
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Crooked Axle	Feb 25 2011, 05:01 PM Post #8
I seem to be all out of fucks Posts: 1,180 Group: A Rank Hero Member #11,124 Joined: June 9, 2010 Gender: Undisclosed Game Currently Playing: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn	Phoenix-Saturn Feb 25 2011, 04:54 PM Try Gamestop? It's a bit disappointing to me as well, though I haven't noticed ANY closures in the city I live in. Truefax. I haven't seen any Blockbusters closing around here. Plenty of the smaller rental places have though. On a side note, I actually quite like Netflix in Canada. It's pretty cool to be able to watch movies with my friends over Xbox Live.



Leafy	Feb 25 2011, 05:09 PM Post #9
Ahh, spring~ Posts: 199 Group: E Rank Guardian Member #11,512 Joined: October 20, 2010	Static Spaz Feb 25 2011, 04:52 PM What sucks is that the 1/3 of locations closed included my local Blockbuster. Now I either have to go to a different store or start using Netflix. And chances are most of the games my local store had that I enjoyed, every other Blockbuster near me doesn't carry them. And since Netflix doesn't provide rental games, I'm pretty much screwed in that department. I never used Blockbuster to rent movies so Netflix won't be useful to me at all. Yeah, my local Blockbuster shut down, too. It kind of sucks, because there are a few movies I want to watch currently, but I don't rent movie enough to order a Netflix plan, and my on-demand service doesn't list them yet. Netflix is a total monopoly.
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Lord Master of Darkness�	Feb 25 2011, 05:11 PM Post #10
Posts: 6,570 Group: Former Monarchs Member #6,063 Joined: February 19, 2008 Xbox Live Gamertag: The Stig Pwnz Steam ID: mod1982	UK guy here... Netflix? Bleh, this thread is irrelevant to my needs.
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Lord English	Feb 25 2011, 05:12 PM Post #11
Sandopolis Act 2 Posts: 2,066 Group: S Rank Hero Member #10,696 Joined: January 19, 2010	Darkfarr Feb 25 2011, 05:01 PM Phoenix-Saturn Feb 25 2011, 04:54 PM Try Gamestop? It's a bit disappointing to me as well, though I haven't noticed ANY closures in the city I live in. Truefax. I haven't seen any Blockbusters closing around here. Plenty of the smaller rental places have though. On a side note, I actually quite like Netflix in Canada. It's pretty cool to be able to watch movies with my friends over Xbox Live. I think the one near Westbrook might be shutting down, since it always seems so empty and is pretty hard to get to with all the LRT construction. Also its not Netflix Canada itself I dislike, it's the lack of movies.



Crooked Axle	Feb 25 2011, 05:19 PM Post #12
I seem to be all out of fucks Posts: 1,180 Group: A Rank Hero Member #11,124 Joined: June 9, 2010 Gender: Undisclosed Game Currently Playing: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn	SilverB Feb 25 2011, 05:12 PM Darkfarr Feb 25 2011, 05:01 PM Phoenix-Saturn Feb 25 2011, 04:54 PM Try Gamestop? It's a bit disappointing to me as well, though I haven't noticed ANY closures in the city I live in. Truefax. I haven't seen any Blockbusters closing around here. Plenty of the smaller rental places have though. On a side note, I actually quite like Netflix in Canada. It's pretty cool to be able to watch movies with my friends over Xbox Live. I think the one near Westbrook might be shutting down, since it always seems so empty and is pretty hard to get to with all the LRT construction. Also its not Netflix Canada itself I dislike, it's the lack of movies. True that. :/ I still watch a lot of the older movies on there, but it'd be nice if they had some of the newer stuff.



Lord Bowie	Feb 25 2011, 05:25 PM Post #13
What is the difference between a duck? Posts: 4,799 Group: Former Monarchs Member #7,312 Joined: April 10, 2008 Playstation Network ID: Allbowdown Xbox Live Gamertag: allbowdown	Static Spaz Feb 25 2011, 04:52 PM What sucks is that the 1/3 of locations closed included my local Blockbuster. Now I either have to go to a different store or start using Netflix. And chances are most of the games my local store had that I enjoyed, every other Blockbuster near me doesn't carry them. And since Netflix doesn't provide rental games, I'm pretty much screwed in that department. I never used Blockbuster to rent movies so Netflix won't be useful to me at all. www.gameaccess.ca. That might work for you, it's kind of like Canadian GameFly. Anyway, my local Blockbuster (Broadway in Everett) is finally shutting down, just realized today AFTER posting this when I went to use a rental coupon that is now worthless.. Bought 3 Blu-Rays (Zombieland, District 9, Saw VI) for $18. There is still a decent Blockbuster over by the mall where most of the stuff seems to be getting consolidated, though I can imagine it being closed in 2012 along with the rest of the stores in the country.
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Cy-Fox	Feb 25 2011, 05:28 PM Post #14
We are still watching Posts: 3,486 Group: =SB= Kings Member #3,975 Joined: November 29, 2007 Gender: Male Country: United States of America Steam ID: cy-fox	Does anyone around here remember the old Video Connection franchise? \|D



Zak	Feb 25 2011, 05:33 PM Post #15
For The Circle Posts: 4,002 Group: D Rank Legend Member #9,748 Joined: February 10, 2009 3DS Friend Code: 1118-0225-4062 Steam ID: zakth686	I don't know about you guys, but LITERALLY every Blockbuster in my area is now either closed or closing. This news has been known in my community for a while. It's true, Blockbuster used to be a family thing for me, We'd go and rent a movie for "Family Movie Night", and maybe I'd be lucky and rent a game too. Of course, now I have OnDemand ~~and ROMs~~ so, no real loss.:P
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