Best Buy to End DVD, Blu-ray Disc Sales
variety.com
Best Buy plans to phase out sales of DVDs and Blu-ray discs both in-store and online by early 2024, the company said.

Best Buy to end DVD & Blu-ray disc sales::Best Buy plans to phase out sales of DVDs and Blu-ray discs both in-store and online by early 2024, the company said.

    • MeatsOfRage@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      1 year ago

      Exactly. A lot of people in the thread seem to miss that point. Best Buy is a physical space with limited real estate. They carry things that people want to buy and taking things off their shelves is a clear indicator of something that isn’t selling anymore. Streaming is not going away. The quality of streaming is good enough for the vast majority of the public.

      • QuarterSwede@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Honestly, most people can’t tell a difference. Heck, I know what I’m looking for and I can’t either half the time. Convenience over quality will win every time.

    • devfuuu@lemmy.worldEnglish
      43·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, I haven’t met a single person that that has owned nor have never seen anyone buy bluerays in all the years that it has been available.

      It really got a weird timeframe, when internet started to become fast and readily available everywhere, streaming services starting to exist, computers getting smaller and without optical drives… In the last 15 years or more I haven’t owned a computer with a reading optical drive.

      People I know with playstations only use it to play mostly and the games are usually digital buys.

      • Olhonestjim@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I only stream music while driving. I’ve got about 600 vinyl and 400 movies in the various disc formats. I’ve been buying more of them than ever, after watching streaming sites remove content.