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But when you look at this, the statistics are quite sobering:
2022 US home video sales: streaming still dominates, digital sales also up | Diverse Tech Geek
Looking over 2022 US home video revenue figures, streaming continues its dominance, while the only other category to rise is digital sales.www.diversetechgeek.com
By percentage of overall revenue:
- Subscription streaming: $30.3 billion (up 17.3% from 2021)
- Digital sales (“electronic sell-thru”): $2.5 billion (up 1.7% from 2021)
- Digital rentals (“video on demand”): $1.7 billion (down 14.1% from 2021)
- Physical media sales: $1.6 billion (down 19.8% from 2021)
- Physical video rentals: $502.4 million (down 16.7% from 2021)
- Total: $36.6 billion (up 11.4% from 2021)
- Subscription streaming: 82.8%
- Digital sales (“electronic sell-thru”): 6.8%
- Digital rentals (“video on demand”): 4.6%
- Physical media sales: 4.4%
- Physical video rentals: 1.4%
This is the point I keep making that too many here are simply unwilling to acknowledge.
Disney isn’t eliminating discs in Australia to try to push people towards streaming. Disney is eliminating discs in Australia because people have already chosen streaming and there isn’t enough of a demand for physical media for them to consider that effort worthwhile any longer.