Wal-Mart drops online DVD rental prices to a new low

09 Nov 04 02:47 by Crabbyappleton in category Uncategorized To news archive

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ThunderJon used our news submit to tell us “Blockbuster still may be the best overall deal since you get 2 free rentals per month which can be used for in store DVDs or now games!!!–Thunder”

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>Wal-Mart Stores has struck the latest blow in a burgeoning DVD price war, putting new pressure on online rent-movies-by-mail pioneer Netflix.The retail giant this week cut the price of its DVD Standard Plan by 7.5 percent, from $18.76 a month to $17.36. The reduction trumps recent price cuts from Netflix and Blockbuster, which now offer similar plans for $17.99 and $17.49, respectively.

A year ago, Wal-Mart was the first to enter the fray. The bellwether retailer followed its usual strategy of undercutting the market, offering a low-cost $15.54 plan limited to two DVDs at any one time, a middle $18.76 tier allowing three DVDs, and a top $21.99 tier offering four DVDs a month. (This week’s price cuts affected only the middle tier.)

Wow, this is getting hairy, how low can these
prices go? With a gorilla like Wal-Mart now in the picture, the pucker factor has got to be getting intense. This must be a concern for the others that are using the DVD as their only livelyhood. Wal-Mart can make money in other ways, such as selling you a new DVD player so they want you to load up on cheap discs. Don’t forget the $1 dollar McDonalds DVD kiosks that allow you to return the disc at any other participating restaurant. This isn’t a good business to be in right now if you’re trying to make a profit.

Source: ZDNet

7 Comments

divadiow: Posts: 60; Posted on: 09 Nov 04 14:37

4 dvds a month? should that be 4 dvds at a time?

suhksb: Posts: 83; Posted on: 09 Nov 04 14:57

how fast would they deliver those out.thats the real question.
[edited by suhksb on 09.11.2004 14:57]

KickF: Posts: 468; Posted on: 09 Nov 04 17:17

heh so you can now rent a game on wal-mart !! ... sounds good for us consumers , but would't it be a bad idea to rent out a game that can be played online ? rent the game ... copy the CD/DVDs and write down the serial on a pice of paper and return the rented game ... for me it sounds OK, but I don't think that the gameindustry like the idea of renting out games. It will only take a week befor a studio like RockStar, bungie, ore someother gamestudio will sue wal-mart

FreqNasty: Posts: 624; Posted on: 09 Nov 04 17:25

Places have been renting out games for years. The games industry don't have a problem with it as they make a % from the takings I believe.

macrovisionsux: Posts: 102; Posted on: 09 Nov 04 17:56

not sure where u live, but i am in the US- i have never seen any places that rent PC games here. I know they do in the UK though. But also i think walmart is only doing movies - not pc games- wish they would do pc games though.

Andareed: Posts: 348; Posted on: 09 Nov 04 18:37

I've seen quite a few places in Canada.

John Burrow: Posts: 7; Posted on: 10 Nov 04 00:31

There are places here in the US that rent PC games. Just check around the smaller shopping centers. I usually find them in the shopping centers with large grocery stores.

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