Was SONY testing a direct-to-internet market share? No more movie theaters?

Of course

It would stop piracy from theaters that is cutting into profits by making sure everyone in the world with broadband can have access to the movie in a split second, reducing piracy losses

It was up on torrents Dec24th.....for free

So actually a better copy was available for free FASTER

also conveniently cuts out the 30% the middleman ( theatre) gets.

I will not support this

seems like a good reason.

i mean the hack thing was all bullshit that we all know.
now theyve even uploaded the entire movie on to youtube. lol

Huh? You got it backwards. This will cause more piracy. People will buy the new movie stream rental then find a way to mass produce dvd or blu-ray formats. Then sell in supermarket parking lots. We will be like China, with a lot of fuckers selling knockoff.

Last Edited by Lonewolfdorner on 12/29/2014 05:26 PM

Why would people buy a hardcopy of it when they can simply download it to a dvr for the same price?

youre not much of a downloader huh? most movies are available for download way before they come out on dvd or blueray. sometimes/more than a few times even before its in theatres.
so that doesnt mather in this case.

also the day they released this movie online it was availble for illegal download in like 5 differnt versions. and its also on youtube on their own page. this movie is ment to be watched. and just because of that im not watching it :D

Hate us cause they ain't us

Nah, case humans want to be the FIRST.
If they can see it THAT day, they can talk about it in work or school.
They will be able to be included in the conversations about the movie.

No one wil wait for the pirated copy.

Look how tards line up for IPhones and Black Friday!

"FREE" may have it's price in the cost of a harddrive.

Like I said, this is the TRIAL run. They will work the kinks out.

The pirated copy was available the same day

Absolutley.

100%

Its partly due to demand, and partly due to piracy.

What they will now do in the not to distant future - is release movies ONLINIE and IN THE THEATER at the same time.

You can watch at home OR go to the theatre. Your choice.

I don't think this will kill the cinema.

But it will mean that they will get money from the people who otherwise would not go to the theater and wait until in appears on pirate bay.

This is also why torrent sites are being hit hard.

Basically EVERY movie will go straight to 'video' or in this case 'straight to download'.

But will also be straight to cinema too, for people who want a big screen night out experience.

We can only hope that they will start doing this and stop with the movie theaters. I will NOT go to a theater at all. Who in their right mind would want to go? You have to pay $50 for tickets, then pay $20 for a small coke and a small popcorn and then you can NOT watch the movie for blacks screaming and talking over the movie and on top of that you have people blinding you with their cell phones and texting on them...oh, and don't forget about the people behind you kicking your chair. I stopped going to theaters a year ago. I only stream and watch from the internet now so this would be the best thing they could do.

Okay. Let me clarify this for you.

It. was. the. FIRST. TRIAL. RUN.
They. WILL. work. out. kinks.

Soon with the new sopa bill signed. It will make cable companies liable for illegal downloading. By doing that, they will have no problem giving list of people doing the uploading and downloading. No more warning letters lol. You will a new guest in a privatized prison. Sony is just trying to see how many people are honest and the freeloaders.. Believe me, they have your names, so beware. Peer guardian or others were bought out by the studios awhile back. So it's either watch in theater or digital release rental for 48 hrs.

why would you think piracy is not part of the marketing?
piracy has worked for over a decade now. all the companys are still there. box office is still being broken time after time.

they used to pay money to trial watch tvshows and movies etc.
they have us to do that for them now.

Let me see.
Download a movie for free and potential virus and dealing with the BULLSHIT. FREE



Paying $10 for a movie on your TV with cheaper snacks.... $10.


You can BET many people will opt to pay rather than deal with a potential virus

you guys have pay-per-view there?
That isn't pirated yet.


once again. it was a TEST. read the title.

Lets hope they do. Piracy will sky rocket with near retail quality 720/1080p web-rips hours after the digital movies are released.

tv on demand? like watching something youve missed for 1 euro. or watching a brand new movie on demand for like 6? yea they have that here. also netflix for 10 a month. and stuff like that.




you guys have pay-per-view there?
That isn't pirated yet.


once again. it was a TEST. read the title.

Last Edited by T-Man on 12/29/2014 06:12 PM

well they are testing netflix of sorts for brand new movies. but they don;t want to compete with netflix, they want to beat it

It's more likely Sony is aiming at the real New Market the Smart phone. 1 Billion online now 3 Billion in the next 3 years.

The largest Paradigm shift in internet history.

Last Edited by REDSKINS RULE on 12/29/2014 06:34 PM

i think they'd have preferred the $200 Million that Battle of the Five Armies took in.

but that just an opinion.

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Something was certainly off about that whole hacking ordeal.
Not going to show it then they did show it..

fuck SONY