tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469636020759157043.post3790126163132408348..comments2023-09-26T08:55:24.681-04:00Comments on The Angry Otaku: Fools, You Know Not What You Do: How American Otakus are going to use Tanaka's RIETI Report to make themselves look stupid.The Angry Otakuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17612607966215860535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469636020759157043.post-73369146090617931032011-02-07T22:11:31.149-05:002011-02-07T22:11:31.149-05:00Well, I do find it unfortunate that you think that...Well, I do find it unfortunate that you think that prices are too expensive. But that's to be expected in the (i am assuming) U.S. market, where packaged media prices have been pounded down so hard that it's impossible not to sell DVDs as loss leader. Even I see a DVD for $19.95 and think "too much" when in reality, when you know what goes into this stuff, it's apparent that any less means the company putting them out is not going to make money to pay their employees.<br> <br>HOWEVER, the crux of your argument still seems to be relying on the incorrect notion of "all things being equal" in terms of markets, which they are not. Is it possible that some sort of piracy could have a posative effect on packaged media in the USA? It is possible, but THIS PAPER can not be used at all to support such a conclusion, because it doesn't look at the US market at all. It's a question of losing revenue not through lost sales, but of devalued licenses. It's no different from someone stealing a print of the final Harry Potter movie and putting it out on the internet before it opened. Theaters wouldn't even want it at that point since everyone who was going to go see it has seen it. Now theaters are going to fire people because they can't pay them. <br><br> Fansubs and scanlations are a type of piracy that in Japan would be IMPOSSIBLE without a time machine, and so can not effect this papers findings. You are making assertions based on a premise that the type of piracy this paper studies is quantitatively and qualitatively equal to that of fansubs and scanlations, when that is not the case. To make a fair comparison, you can only compare DOMESTIC media here in the US market such as TV programs (like Sex & the City or Walking Dead) or films (like Harry Potter or True Grit). Those TV shows and films are able to make accurate predictions of their audience even in the face of piracy, because there hasn't been 3 months of those titles being available on the internet before their commercial release. <br><br> In short, if you're not part of the domestic Japanese market, you are not part of this equation, and your purchasing patterns are not applicable one way or the other.The Angry Otakuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17612607966215860535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469636020759157043.post-34868292363921936482011-02-07T13:46:44.729-05:002011-02-07T13:46:44.729-05:00Interesting.
Then again, I could also accuse you ...Interesting.<br /><br />Then again, I could also accuse you of tunnel vision as well, considering your viewpoints.<br /><br />Personally, though, I think it's a different mindset. The otaku in Japan are already willing to buy their overpriced Blu-Rays and DVDs in the first place, so to them, downloading a copy means nothing to them since they're gonna buy it anyway.<br /><br />On the other hand, overseas consumers of anime and otaku-targeted products rarely have that kind of desire to buy even legal, R1 DVDs. Or even buy legal streams. Hell, I download anime, but if I even get 1/10 of the stuff I view on the internet, I'm happy enough.<br /><br />Then again, you'll probably hate me for the fact that I illegally obtain my anime without feeding some cash back into the industry, but then again, I don't even believe in plonking down insane amounts of cash for (what I feel is) insanely overpriced DVDs and BDs. And I buy games off Steam. Sometimes at full price.drmchsr0https://www.blogger.com/profile/15632039065826429598noreply@blogger.com