Quote Originally Posted by JSE
As stated before, I do think Downloads will be the future.

But.............................

Download and VOD are not the reason Blockbuster is not as busy these days. Competition like Netflix, McDonald's Red Box and the other bazillion DVD Rental vending machines in just about every Grocery Store around are a bigger reason. DVD sales are also a big reason. Many more people of just buying DVDs now instead of renting them. Also BB has online rental now. BB also has done away with "no-late fees" in most areas. No more poeple holding onto new releases for 7 days at a time. I notice in my local BB no late fees really cause a depletion in inventory levels at any given time. These things are the reason the BB stores are not as busy, not downloads.......Yet.
Not to mention that Blockbuster also does business by mail like Netflix now.