Brazz 412 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 I figure most of you guys watch shit ILLEGALLY but what do you guys think of the whole charging a premium to watch a movie early on a subscription service you've already paid for? Seems like this is a pretty heated debate online atm with Raya: The Last Dragon and Mulan charging $35 to watch recently. Do you think this sort of thing is the future with simultaneous theatre releases? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@True 2k8 3,224 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Just now, Brazz said: I figure most of you guys watch shit ILLEGALLY but what do you guys think of the whole charging a premium to watch a movie early on a subscription service you've already paid for? Seems like this is a pretty heated debate online atm with Raya: The Last Dragon and Mulan charging $35 to watch recently. Do you think this sort of thing is the future with simultaneous theatre releases? What? Fuck that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazz 412 Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 1 minute ago, true said: What? Fuck that. $35 CAD, not sure what the US price is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pengy 109 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Personally not interested enough to pay that much on-top of a subscription to watch those movies. But I guess to some extent it makes some sense (to Disney) since the movies would typically be in theatres and unavailable to stream. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickus 781 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 I wouldn't necessarily mind paying a premium on top of my subscription for highly anticipated movie, but when I say that I mean like $5-10 extra. Not fucking $35 lol. 3 Quote The Titans Officer Ronin PK Leader Tempy Legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey 370 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 It's bullshit, shouldn't have to pay again to see a certain movie on the streaming service. Especially when in another month or so it'll be on the site for free 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssj 909 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 5 minutes ago, Casey said: It's bullshit, shouldn't have to pay again to see a certain movie on the streaming service. Especially when in another month or so it'll be on the site for free Very powerful words good sir 1 Quote Ex-Envy Leader / Ex-Genesis Council / Ex-Divine Forces App Reviewer / Tempest Legend / Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam_ 1,040 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 no that's pretty dumb the main reason you pay for those services is to see stuff, then going and saying pay us again to see this or wait is a bit scummy tbh but they know ppl will do it anyways ofc so i get why they do it lmao i hope it's not the future but as i said people will do it and they know that, so it's really just a matter of how much they tilt their userbase vs. how much money they make from the premium, if the money outweighs any sort of loss of business of course other platforms will follow suit 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
£Blogs 452 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 7 minutes ago, Dickus said: I wouldn't necessarily mind paying a premium on top of my subscription for highly anticipated movie, but when I say that I mean like $5-10 extra. Not fucking $35 lol. 1 Quote - Damage Inc May 2006 - October 2009 - - Damage Inc Warlord / General - Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
£Sir Severed 593 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Personally don't care enough about movies to pay a huge premium to see it a little early but sounds fair enough imo. Same way you can go see a movie in theaters or wait a year for it to be on TNT or whatever 1 Quote Proud Tempest 1st Division forever unbreakable 🌽 Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickus 781 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 5 minutes ago, Adam_ said: no that's pretty dumb the main reason you pay for those services is to see stuff, then going and saying pay us again to see this or wait is a bit scummy tbh but they know ppl will do it anyways ofc so i get why they do it lmao i hope it's not the future but as i said people will do it and they know that, so it's really just a matter of how much they tilt their userbase vs. how much money they make from the premium, if the money outweighs any sort of loss of business of course other platforms will follow suit you're gonna lose your mind when i tell you about pay-per-view on cable 1 Quote The Titans Officer Ronin PK Leader Tempy Legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam_ 1,040 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 1 minute ago, Dickus said: you're gonna lose your mind when i tell you about pay-per-view on cable dont rlly watch live events anymore tbh but when i did a friend of mine's dad worked for the cable company so we just went to his house with drinks and watched it free anyways lmao 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope 1 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Tbf, when it comes to Disney movies and such I don't really see $30 USD being that big of a deal. At least not for the target audience. Most of the people who will be buying the premium access will be families. So that's 3, 4, 5 people or more. If you take movie ticket price into consideration, you're saving money tbh. And then there are a lot of spoiled kids out there who make their parents take them to see it AGAIN. But with D+, you can watch it as many times as you want and in the comfort of your own home. So... Main point is I can see why Disney charges extra, but I don't think another service could likely get away with it (HBO Max is currently releasing theatrical movies for no extra cost (watched Kong vs Godzilla earlier for example)). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
≈Flukejiver 1,185 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 I wouldn't mind paying a little bit on cash on top of the month cost but $35? fuck outta here 1 Quote Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch 1,116 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Nah. I'll wait the few hours for it to be ripped and uploaded on fmovies lol 2 Quote PDlMitch ~ Ex: Knights of Order ~ Collision ~ Syndicate ~ Exodus ~ Crimson Raiders ~ Downfall ~ Divine Forces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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