Turning Blu
December 11th, 2009
In the video rental place I go to in Japan–Tsutaya, a huge chain–they have one narrow shelf of Blu-Ray titles. They say it’s because not many titles have gone to Blu-ray yet. I went to a local electronics store in the SF Bay Area today. This was their Blu-Ray section:
I think I mentioned this before: what the heck is going on with Blu-Ray in Japan?
It sounds like they step on someone’s heel…
Someone influential enough to interfere with them
20 years of recession has made the Japanese frugal bastards?
Yes it’s strange. I always thought the Japanese were early adopters. Perhaps it IS the price, although wouldn’t the rental price be the same?