Yeah, if the cost of seeing a movie for my family of 4 is $80, if instead of going to the movies I take that and save for a TV, staying at home 4-5 times gets me a 75 inch 4K TV.
If I’m going to watch some unimaginative retread of an established IP, I’d rather do it on my couch, drinking a beer, and eating my own popcorn.
My wife and I used to go to the movies every Tuesday for like $5 a ticket. Didn’t matter if there was something we were really interested in, we would take the chance on something. If that price tracked with inflation, it’d be $7 a ticket and we’d probably go with kids a couple times a month still. But it’s more than double that and so are the snacks, so we instead go maybe twice a year.
But, yeah, some executive with an MBA knows best how to price empty goddamn seats.
Yeah, if the cost of seeing a movie for my family of 4 is $80, if instead of going to the movies I take that and save for a TV, staying at home 4-5 times gets me a 75 inch 4K TV.
If I’m going to watch some unimaginative retread of an established IP, I’d rather do it on my couch, drinking a beer, and eating my own popcorn.
My wife and I used to go to the movies every Tuesday for like $5 a ticket. Didn’t matter if there was something we were really interested in, we would take the chance on something. If that price tracked with inflation, it’d be $7 a ticket and we’d probably go with kids a couple times a month still. But it’s more than double that and so are the snacks, so we instead go maybe twice a year.
But, yeah, some executive with an MBA knows best how to price empty goddamn seats.