Quote Originally Posted by Woochifer
I don't know why the point about the higher revenue potential for new releases is always so controversial to you. It holds true, no matter what global market you look at. A movie release will always generate the greatest revenues during its initial release, because that's simply when the audience interest peaks. Consumers are not as interested in catalog titles. That's why older titles migrate over to the $5 bins at Walmart -- because consumer interest has waned.

Why would this not be the case among video pirates as well? The old Napster music charts were always dominated by newer top selling mainstream releases, and the peer counts on torrent trackers also seem to peak with newer titles and drop way off with older titles.
So doesn't it mean that as long as there are people interested in older films (even a few years older for that matter), the DVDs will still be there? I'm not one who only buys new films, in fact I prefer older ones, classics as well. So people like me have tons of DVDs to choose from and only a small number in Blu Ray. And what's the point of watching a black and white in Blu Ray anyway?