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>>meetpa+(OP)
I never imagined that a service that ships DVD via mail would one day buy Warner Brothers. It is amazing how innovation and focus can change the game. Someday a new startup will piggy bank on Netflix and probably buy it later.

>>srames+n3
More like how did these companies drop the ball so bad. Most notably Sony which produced TVs, Computers, DVD players, Media Centers. They owned a movie studio and record label. They also have in house expertise with cloud content distribution via PlayStation.

Unfortunately for them around the time of Netflix's ascent they were embroiled with all kinds of financial issues but still the mind boggles

>>djtang+t6
> Most notably Sony which produced TVs, Computers, DVD players, Media Centers. They owned a movie studio and record label.

They still do all those things? And they're still successful in most of them? They haven't "failed" or "dropped the ball" based on any metric I can think of. I'm not sure what you're referring to here to be honest.

>>embedd+7c
Yeah lol, Sony still doing good in Music,Film etc

Sony just focus at their home market more

>>tonyha+vc
They purposefully stayed out of the money losing streaming wars and sell their content to the highest bidder

>>raw_an+dd
They have a streaming platform though! Sony Pictures Core. Seems half the comments in this submission is just straight up guessing and assuming whatever guesses they make are correct. Would take like 30 seconds to just fact-check what you're about to write.

>>embedd+Td
It looks like it’s mostly focused on renting and buying movies on demand. We are talking about pay a fee and streaming all you want.

That’s a completely different market. They are not trying to compete with Netflix and in fact have a deal with them that Netflix has first right of refusal to stream any Sony film

https://www.sonypictures.com/corp/press_releases/2021/0408

Sony created KPop Demon Hunters and sold the streaming rights to Netflix .

If you look at any of their popular back catalog TV content, it is all being streamed on other services.

>>raw_an+ag
> It looks like it’s mostly focused on renting and buying movies on demand. We are talking about pay a fee and streaming all you want.

Then you might have to look a bit closer :) There are plans out there that give you a fixed monthly fee and stream all you want, so that effectively makes it a streaming service even by your definition.

Not saying they are trying to compete with Netflix, but they do have a streaming service.

>>embedd+Fg
You can’t watch the full catalog of movies they have for rent or purchase for one price.

You know you’re being pedantic.

>>raw_an+Oh
Same is true for Amazon, you can't watch 100% of the content unless you "Buy"/Rent, so is Amazon Prime Video not a streaming service?

You know you're trying to be misleading, but not everyone falls for those sort of things.

>>embedd+6l
Prime video is more than just prime content, they are more of a marketplace where you can watch competitors content as well. Like their web marketplace for tv and movies. That's why you can sign up for things like HBO and even Apple TV directly via Prime.