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That was an analogy from the music industry. I'm sure they felt the same as you 20 years ago:

Posted by: stormgod (a.k.a StormGod) on Aug 03, 17:07 in response to Antibody's post This is a messageboard for a game with movies tied to the...

Amid all the talk of music streaming and the renaissance of vinyl, the continued plummeting of CD sales hasn’t been getting a lot of attention in recent years. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), CD album sales in the United States have dropped by 95 percent since peaking in 2000 and are currently at their lowest level since 1986, when Whitney Houston's self-titled debut album topped the Billboard charts.

Having been hit by the rise of filesharing and MP3 players in the early 2000s, CD sales nearly halved between 2000 and 2007, which is when smartphones and the first music streaming services emerged to put the final nail in the compact disc’s little round coffin.

The Rise and Fall of the Compact Disc

THR: S&P Global downgrades AMC Theatres credit yet again, says its latest debt swap is essentially a default notfabio Aug 03, 14:53

"AMC has faced Wall Street speculation that it may not survive the novel coronavirus pandemic and a resulting recession." - Because it won't {nm} stormgod Aug 03, 16:32

i guess you'll have to find another message board for your pessimism then {nm} Moviesnob Aug 03, 16:35

My 'pessimism' (lol) is based on a hypothesis that COVID will prove to be the catalyst that nudges legacies (like the box office) to digital stormgod Aug 03, 16:52

This is a messageboard for a game with movies tied to the box office, not CDs. {nm} Antibody Aug 03, 16:58

That was an analogy from the music industry. I'm sure they felt the same as you 20 years ago: stormgod Aug 03, 17:07

The CD equivalent of Movies is VHS/DVD/Blu-ray, not Cinemas. {nm} Antibody Aug 03, 17:13

Uh-huh {nm} stormgod Aug 03, 17:18

Kevin O Leary is doing press for Shark Tank, he's pushing for the government not to bailout movie theatres among others. notfabio Aug 03, 17:15

I'm personally for an open market, but that belief comes with another from Heraclitus: “There is nothing permanent except change.” {nm} Moviesnob Aug 03, 17:33

the Kevin O'Leary Rule: never listen to Kevin O'Leary {nm} pickle rick! Aug 03, 17:38