Australian Disney fans looking to add to their movie collection will have to get in quickly as the entertainment giant moves to stop releasing DVDs and Blu-ray discs nationally.
The Walt Disney Company confirmed it is pulling out of Australia’s physical media market, and the limited number of Australian and New Zealand stockists will no longer receive DVDs after Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 3.
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7NEWs.com.au understands the decision is due to dwindling physical sales and the increasing popularity of online home entertainment, such as Disney+.
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 3 will be the last physical release in Australia and is set to arrive in stores in August.
Previously released titles are expected to be available while local retailers sell down their existing stock.
Once sold out, Australian Disney fans keen to get their hands on a DVD will have to turn to international online retailers.
‘End of an era’
Several Disney fans lamented the “depressing” news on social media.
“Disney is pulling out of the physical media market in Australia. That means no more DVDs or Blu-rays. This covers Marvel, 20th Century Fox, all of it,” one person said.
“A domino effect with other companies will begin, then likely to happen all over the world. It is the end of an era.”
Another person said it was a “sad indication as to what’s to come around the world”.
“Hang onto that Rocketeer Blu-ray, kids,” they added.
However, popular movie and pop-culture reviewer Dave Lee, who posts to 133,000 subscribers on his Dave Lee Down Under YouTube channel, said the move was not surprising given the state of Australia’s physical media market.
“I’ll be very candid about home media in Australia. It’s doing terribly,” he tweeted.
“Almost no one I know in real life buys physical, the physical ‘collectors’ online are a very, very small bubble.
“It’s been dire straits out here for a while. This has been a long time coming … doesn’t mean it doesn’t suck.”
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