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Today, for the first time in a while... easily a year or more, I don't know, I went into a large electronic music/DVD/Video store still in my vicinity.
And the area devoted for physical media has been slashed by half. Or more. Last time I was there, there was one floor, which was devoted to CDs, vinyl, Blu-rays and DVDs. This type of merchandise shared the floor.
Now, half of that floor is reserved for toys (Legos, Toonies, tie-in merchandise)... just maybe a shelf or two for music, and way, way fewer movies on DVD/Bluray than before. I wasn't suprised that there were hardly any CDs there anymore (vinyl seemed unchanged), but the enormous reduction of movies on physical media is something that I didn't quite expect. I know streaming is taking over there as well, but it seems quite drastic the way things are going away from physical media.
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May 28, 2024 - 6:01 AM
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MichaelM
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Today, for the first time in a while... easily a year or more, I don't know, I went into a large electronic music/DVD/Video store still in my vicinity.
And the area devoted for physical media has been slashed by half. Or more. Last time I was there, there was one floor, which was devoted to CDs, vinyl, Blu-rays and DVDs. This type of merchandise shared the floor.
Now, half of that floor is reserved for toys (Legos, Toonies, tie-in merchandise)... just maybe a shelf or two for music, and way, way fewer movies on DVD/Bluray than before. I wasn't suprised that there were hardly any CDs there anymore (vinyl seemed unchanged), but the enormous reduction of movies on physical media is something that I didn't quite expect. I know streaming is taking over there as well, but it seems quite drastic the way things are going away from physical media.
Hi Nicolai,
Is this the Saturn store (or whatever it's called now) you are talking about? That place used to be my Mecca in the 80s and 90s when I lived nearby.
Yes, the ongoing decline of physical media is sad but not surprising. With the rising cost of everything, why would the general public spend $ 20 on one movie or CD when you can get a monthly subscription for thousands of hours worth of content for the same or less?
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Hi Nicolai,
Is this the Saturn store (or whatever it's called now) you are talking about? That place used to be my Mecca in the 80s and 90s when I lived nearby.
Yes, the ongoing decline of physical media is sad but not surprising. With the rising cost of everything, why would the general public spend $ 20 on one movie or CD when you can get a monthly subscription for thousands of hours worth of content for the same or less?
Hi Michael,
the original "Saturn Music Dome" in Cologne, once (by its own account, but probably true) the largest record store in the world, the "Mecca" for collectors in the 80s and 90s, does no longer exist. Where it once reigned, there is now XPERION, a gaming temple (where you can play and experience video games). (I mentioned that earlier in this thread.)
I was talking about another Saturn in Cologne though, the one in the inner city.
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