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I’d say I go to see a movie in an actual movie theater once a year, but the truth is I probably go half as often as that.
It isn’t that I am not interested in movies, I just don’t see the value. I am supposed to pay for a ticket, concessions, and whatever goes into travel to the theater to watch a movie with a bunch of (probably annoying) strangers in a fairly gross environment?
My guess is my annual box office contribution is approximately 0.5x the current ticket price.
If, however, there was a $20/month subscription service which would let me watch new releases at home, I would subscribe.
Even if it was relegated to expensive hardware, like an Apple Vision Pro, I would very likely buy the device and sign up for the subscription.
$240/year would be a hell of a lot more revenue than my current $5.50/year—regardless of whether or not it would be exclusive to certain hardware or platforms.
Honestly, my current TV and sound system may not be as impressive as a theater, but they are good and I’d take that experience over the modified bus depot experience of a public movie theater.
don't get consession, just bring a water and call it good
then tickets are then $10-15, at least in that USA, that's easily justifiable to me once a month or so
You speak some truth here. I've been meaning hard to try and go out to movie theaters. I just keep ending up not going. Like, I know I'm missing out on the experience of seeing things on a gigantic screen at the comfort of a chair. I know I'm missing out on the latest and greatest. But it's the expensive concessions and the experience of hearing many sounds coming from people as the movie itself tries drowning out that waters it down for me. Not to mention having to travel to the theater and pay the rising ticket prices just for the negatives.
Man, I would never get a subscription for the Apple Vision / HP Reverb G2
Tbh, even if Valve offered one I don't think I would... I'm sure it would be the most fair subscription service out there, but I just don't think I could get on board.