Because like other companies they want as many people to switch away from physical media to digital streaming so they can exert more control over your entertainment library to better suit their needs such as smothering the second hand market and shifting to direct sales.
The moment anime switches to digital only is the moment I stop buying. You never truly own anything digital as you're reliant on the servers being maintained/existing to access your product. At least with physical you always have a means of watching something regardless of when you decide to watch.
Don't worry the physical market maybe shrinking but the niche won't disapear altogether. Though the prices are increasing as a consequence sadly. I'm still buying physical PS5 games so I'm right there with you
At least until all your Blu-rays and DVDs rot away or the last available disc players die. Hopefully that would happen beyond my lifetime; streaming-only is a world I have no desire to live in. I only use streaming services to view a few episodes of a series, strictly to determine if I will be buying it on Blu-ray or not. Very, very rarely do I ever watch an entire series all the way through via streaming.
It was only a matter of time after they seriously nerfed a few previously in what was obvioulsy a test run.
We are seeing that Funi influence already. Still 3 episodes is fine for testing any potential blu-ray purchases
I know what you mean I never understand these people who think streaming is just fine or seem to have no concept of ownership when it comes to media, they seem to think you'll be able to stream it forever but that's not always the case and you can't admire a collection that way. Physical will always be better for ownership and eventually people will realise that.
I would say definitely Mugen Train and possibly Your Name., but even though it came to cinemas a few different times there was only a few showings each time, so probably another Shounen film.
The Q2 slate will likely keep the Funimation name, but expect Q3 onwards to use the Crunchyroll name going forward.So, I havent been following things much but does this mean Manga UK / Funimation UK will now only be Crunchyroll? or will they keep the Funimation name for most of their releases
Funimation's Anime Titles Now Listed Under Crunchyroll for Home Video in June
Dragon Ball Z dub, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball GT sub and dub also addedwww.animenewsnetwork.com
Either way I'm going to be happy sitting here to see how long this lasts until the bubble bursts
