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How long til Blu-rays get phased out
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i haven't seen a blu-ray in at least a decade, what are you on about?
There are these things called "stores", you may have heard of them.
Target and Best Buy are just NOW talking about phasing Blu Ray out in 2024.
In 2014? Frozen sold over 7 million copies. Guardians of the Galaxy? Over 3 million.
Everyone with an Xbox Series X (2020), Xbox One X (2017) and Xbox One S (2016) has a 4K Blu Ray player. Same for the disc based PS5 (2020).
Ahh, so just 2 or 3 years ago.
While a decade is a stretch, there are some barren areas for Blu-ray Discs.
A few months ago I wanted to build a collection of Blu-rays as a conversation starter in my living room. I checked out well over two dozen Best Buy, Target, and Walmarts in a ~50mi radius (DC area) to find any that had a reasonable selection for sale. I was incredibly disappointed with how much effort I had to put in for this.
It seemed that DVDs were still a higher priority in my hunt.
i don't have a single device with a disc drive in it like what you're referring to
Oh, you're the one.
How long til stores get phased out?
Never. Even Amazon is making stores now.
https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/amazon-now-operates-seven-different-kinds-of-physical-stores-heres-why/