Netflix's plans to open physical stores spark amusing responses from the streamer's former video rental competitors Blockbuster and Redbox.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Video rental companies Blockbuster and Redbox have posted hilarious reactions to Netflix’s surprising new plans to open brick-and-mortar stores. Beginning its own operations as a mail-order DVD rental service, Netflix would ultimately change the face of modern entertainment by helping to usher in the age of internet streaming services, resulting in the closure of countless physical video stores in the process.
On hearing the news, the official Twitter accounts for Blockbuster and Redbox offered their own thoughts on the move with a healthy dose of sarcasm. Check out their reactions below: Blockbuster, which now only has one franchise store still operating, jokingly asked whether they should tell Netflix how their plans will end.Netflix’s New Stores Will Be About IP, Not DVDs While commentators may be quick to point out the irony of Netflix seeking to establish physical locations after being responsible for closing so many of its early competitors’ own stores, these new plans do not appear to indicate any immediate desire to return to physical media rentals.
From hit series like Stranger Things, Wednesday and The Witcher to ambitious sci-fi epics such as Zack Snyder’s upcoming Rebel Moon, these new storefronts will allow Netflix to capitalize on the enormous popularity of its own rapidly expanding list of original IP.
Moreover, the model that Netflix is seeking to establish is something that has already been successfully done by Disney for decades. While it is debatable that Netflix movies and shows constitute the same kind of expansive, and instantly recognizable IP library that Disney commands, it would seem the company is still confident in the potential appeal of its own steadily expanding catalog.
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