While we’re at it, why won’t the US adopt the marketing model of other countries and offer the Bluray by itself rather than bundling it with a DVD. I no longer own a DVD player; I no longer purchase DVDs; I only want my 1080p merch. Forcing me to buy both because soccer moms have a DVD player in their car and then little Johnny can watch the movie in the back seat, well quite frankly, fuck 'em, make them buy 2 copies, not me. Why is this an issue here in the US?
Bumping this thread with new data - today is the release of the blu-ray of “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”, another Disney property. Amazon is only listing it as available from 3rd party sellers. Target, Best Buy, and Walmart all list it as shipping immediately and available in stores, so it’s only Amazon who isn’t selling it.
And “Moana” is still showing up as out-of-stock, even though it’s been out for over a month.
As a contrasting data point - “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” - the big release of last week, and NOT a Disney property, is in stock at Amazon and shipping, in blu-ray, DVD, 3D, 4K, and a special limited edition with a figurine.
I still think it’s weird that there is absolutely no News stories about this. The last time it happened it was all over the news. This time just a handful of blogs that noticed the same things we did. We don’t even know if Disney or Amazon is the one refusing to let the other sell.
I wanted to resurrect this thread because the feud is still going strong. Guardians of the Galaxy 2 is currently unavailable. I also find it extremely extremely odd that there is absolutely no news about why this is happening. If you google you get stories from 2014 about the first feud and a few stories about people noticing the problem now but no facts or statements from either Amazon or Disney.
GoG 2 DVD & Blu Ray is being released Aug 22. No one has it yet.
They won’t let you preorder it unlike other stores.
True. And investigating further, the new “Beauty & the Beast” is only available for Prime members, even though it’s been out for 2 full months.
Another bump, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. is available from Amazon today (the release date). Sold by Amazon.com, in stock & shipping immediately.