For me, ________ is basically all sports games that have ever been broadcast. Most of them are just locked away somewhere, with literally no legal way for anyone to see them.

  • Chill Dude 69@lemmynsfw.comOP
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    7 months ago

    The infuriating thing is, I truly believe the dragons would make more money if they conceded to everything you just said. As it stands, collector’s style box sets still make a lot of money, and everyone knows that merch is where the really sweet cash gets raked in.

    If they just hosted basically everything on the Internet, for everyone to watch, for free, that would massively increase the mindshare install base of all their media, which would make way more people likely to buy shirts, bobbleheads, posters, etc.

    The profit margins on that stuff = ABSOLUTELY VAST, BEYOND ALL BELIEF. And the fucked up thing is, you sometimes DO see official merch being sold for properties that can’t be legally watched, anywhere. You already paid for that show to be made, possibly 60 years ago. You could increase those merch sales any time you want, just by letting people see it.

    But dragons are gonna dragon. Hoarding behavior.