Last week Netflix announced a price hike in the continuing world of subscription based services hiking prices. News of the hike came after announcing a significant increase in subscribers. Likely thanks broadcasting boxing events, NFL games, and now carrying WWE's flagship program Monday night Raw. More importantly their crackdown on password sharing likely played a bigger role.
At this point though it seems like there are price hikes every couple weeks from some streaming service. And honestly for most services, what they are offering is starting not to match the price tag. Ya know the same trouble cable TV has ran into. There's only so many price hikes one can tolerate, especially spread across a handful of services who all carry the same programs minus a few brand exclusives.
With the high cost of living felt everywhere the tide is starting to turn a bit.
While it will take some time, the tide will eventually turn back towards physical media. Yes physical media does take up space, but when you're in a mood to watch a particular film you can grab it out the collection. If your collection is big enough you may have enough content to skip streaming services completely. Especially if you don't watch much TV and mainly use it as background noise.
Or maybe you have just enough to supplement a streaming service or two. Besides streaming fatigue, another factor that will revitalize physical media are the younger members of Generation Z. Who either never experienced using a DVD/Blu ray or were too young to remember. As they come of age a new interest in the "relic" will develop.
So you may get some money for your collection in the future. No matter how you slice it, I for one am still team physical media (I still own several VHS tapes and a dvd/vcr combo player). The medium will gain new life through various factors so hold on to what you can.
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