Why does Disney think the vault is a good idea

Why does Disney think the vault is a good idea.

I dunno. Why is there a new edition of Star Wars every 18 months?

Artificial scarcity?

Because it lets the novelty regenerate. Physical media is sold through feelies, not usefulness.

>oh gee whiz now my kids can watch this classic on an actual disk and not a pirated .mkv on my laptop

Actually that was a very common practice of most films back in the day but that was due to tech limitations. The Vault system was not an original idea for them.
Disney keeps it up because they are so popular that keeping this practice going creates:
a sense of limitations and rarity
an illusion of value and urgency to buy the product
a detour for any of the films to hit bargain bin prices

Why does McDonald's think the McRib is a good idea?
Why does the jewelry market pretend diamonds are worth a shit?

Artificial rarity/ scarcity is powerful

THE MCRIB IS BACK?

Before the advent of disks, the costs of manufacture for VHS and other physical media was much higher, this gave Disney a way to spin why every one of their movies wasn't available constantly.

The other reason is artificial scarcity: that is to say, they make the product seem rarer than it actually is so make people want it more so more people buy copies while they're in stores.

As for why they don't get rid of it? It cuts down on production costs, and increases revenue.

Aren't we all slaves?

Test drive the new Lincoln Continental.

Because it reminds everyone who is in charge.

I always want this exclamation to be followed by a breaking news bulletin, like a natural disaster.
>MICRIB IS BACK - THOUSANDS OF CASUALTIES REPORTED ACROSS EASTERN SEABOARD

>you will never eat Austria's deep-fried McRib with bacon and cheese

I want to take a mcrib...and slip a kfc double down inside it.

The fact that the McRib is on rotational availability is the only reason it's on the menu at all. The things suck. I had one once, and the only reason I can ever see myself eating one again is to maybe see if I'd gotten a bad one. Other than that, the I will never willingly buy one of the damn things.

We got a madman over here!

I suppose a better question is why do people fall for it.

They pretty much advertised that they were creating artificial scarcity

>baaaaahhhhh

MOMS GONNA FREAK!

Nintendo does the same with retail releases

This is why their games keep their prices (even used) for years

Now that you bring it up I could go for two for five

Well, Beauty and the Beast is getting a Blu-Ray Re-released this fall. The last time it got a Blu-Ray releases was six years ago.

>AND THE WORLD ASKS- WHERE IS SUPERMAN?

Is there any popular disney movie that isnt on blu ray yet?

I was telling myself that maybe they were still releasing shit like peter pan on blu ray for the first time but i guess its really been way too long for that.

I just hope they rerelease Fantasia on Blu Ray with Deems Taylor's original audio restored, or Saludos Amigos, Make Mine Music, and Melody Time Uncut on Blu-Ray. And by uncut, I mean the smoking scenes resorted on Melody Time and Saludos Amigos, and "The Martins and the "Martins and the Coys" segment restored on Make Mine Music.

You must be stopped.

I wish fantasia 2000 haden't failed.

Why did it fail the first one has well understood reasons for failure was the second one just people having shit taste.

Probably because it was made for IMAX, which was still fairly uncommon at the time. By the time it was released to normal theaters, it was already four months old.

Said everyone that ate a Mcrib ever.

The Deems audio being replaced is because in restoring the film to its roadshow presentation, the audio for the intermission section was in shit shape, so they just decided to redub with Corey Burton for consistency

eating a McRib obviously

The Disney Vault was introduced back before home video existed and was used to promote theatrical rereleases of their movies since attending those was the only way you could watch those movies. Back then, that concept made sense.

Do people fall for it? I figure nowadays, most people would either pirate the movie or look up a cheap vhs copy.

This only applies to Mario and Pokemon games from my experience. Amazon had just discounted Star Fox Zero to $35 last week.

>Is there any popular disney movie that isnt on blu ray yet?
Goofy Movie

yep people try to sell you their product so now you cant do anything on your own :( i watched a hot pockets commercial last night man i miss freedom

What's even different about the "25th Anniversary Edition"? or is it just the same movie but on Bluray with a new label.

Also I'm not sure if Black Cauldron is on Bluray, not sure why it would be desu

Back in the day I could understand, but these days such practices are ridiculous since if people can't buy something, they'll just pirate it.

The Song of the South.

Like diamond manufacturers, if they limit the sales of specific movies, later when they re-release them the value will have gone up

I always thought this just promoted piracy, even in the 90's.

They ran out of metaphors for the type of edition already?

The DVD sets were gold edition, then the special extra deleted scenes ones were platinum edition then the first Blu Rays were Diamond edition....now nothing?

It makes money, of course.

>Why did it fail the first one has well understood reasons for failure was the second one just people having shit taste.

Like peopl in 2000 are bigger fans of classical music than they were in the 40's?

Are we going to expect people 60 years from now to somehow be more interested in music from centuries ago?

Speak for yourself.

The boy has escaped!

Why does Disney even need to try to actively make money anymore? They own Marvel and Star Wars in addition to everything under the Disney name. Do you realize how much power that is? They make more money per second than you'll ever see in your entire lifetime, cumulatively. They're not really a corporation so much as a deity. The closest thing to the God-Emperor of Man in real life is Disney.