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Post by bad guy™ on Jan 8, 2014 22:49:24 GMT -5
Part of me is just not understand how they'll make money from this. Yes, a huge amount of people will buy it, but they're going to lose so much money from the loss of PPVs (Especially Mania) and god knows if it'll affect DVD sales. That price just seems ridiculously low. I wouldn't be surprised if a few months in, it gets jacked up. They're saying they break even once they hit 800,000 subscribers. And that to be frank sounds about right because that would be about $8 million. Yep. Pretty much. And then tack on the international sales they will get when it hits outside of the USA...mucho dinero for the WWE.
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Post by jeffro2000 on Jan 8, 2014 22:49:36 GMT -5
On their FAQ about the Network it reads that you will be billed $9.99 a month automatically, so it isn't $60 up front. It is no different from you Cell phone or Satellite deal. You sign a commitment and they bill you for the duration of that commitment. Basically signing a 6month contract at a time. It's a great deal. Also means I got a lot of DVDs that I could get rid of.
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Post by Flair Forever on Jan 8, 2014 22:51:09 GMT -5
On their FAQ about the Network it reads that you will be billed $9.99 a month automatically, so it isn't $60 up front. It is no different from you Cell phone or Satellite deal. You sign a commitment and they bill you for the duration of that commitment. It's a great deal. Also means I got a lot of DVDs that I could get rid of. I'll never get rid of my DVDs.... if this thing goes offline ever (like WWE Classics has) I still want my own library....
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Post by J12 on Jan 8, 2014 22:51:51 GMT -5
Part of me is just not understand how they'll make money from this. Yes, a huge amount of people will buy it, but they're going to lose so much money from the loss of PPVs (Especially Mania) and god knows if it'll affect DVD sales. That price just seems ridiculously low. I wouldn't be surprised if a few months in, it gets jacked up. It has been said that, after the cable companies take their cut and WWE pays its various fees for operating on Pay-Per-View, they only take home about $20 per buy. They're charging 50% of that for the Network, and will undoubtedly net more than double the subscribers than they do Pay-Per-View buys. The venture will be expensive out of the gate, establishing and proper framework for the service and whatnot, but once it becomes self-sustaining a year or two down the road, the profit margins on this are likely quite large.
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Post by Chip on Jan 8, 2014 22:52:36 GMT -5
they arent stupid enough to get people to pay $9.99 a month then after 6 months they jack the price to $15.00 or more people will cancel in DROVES.
I could see after a couple of years if they dont have the numbers they might increase to make up for it. But by then there will be so much content you wont care. The WWE 24/7 was like $15 and it was far more basic and less interesting that the Network is going to be
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2014 22:52:39 GMT -5
They blew me away with this. just little things like having wwe home videos in the vault makes me even more excited
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Jan 8, 2014 22:53:52 GMT -5
Part of me is just not understand how they'll make money from this. Yes, a huge amount of people will buy it, but they're going to lose so much money from the loss of PPVs (Especially Mania) and god knows if it'll affect DVD sales. That price just seems ridiculously low. I wouldn't be surprised if a few months in, it gets jacked up. WWE currently makes about $20 from a PPV sale after the cable company cut etc. The idea is that rather than 180,000 people paying $45, they can get a million or more people paying $10. For the other eleven PPVs, I could see the network being more profitable than the old system. But I think they're gonna take a huge hit on WrestleMania this year, even in a best-case scenario. Basically, the only way this thing's a success is if 25-50% of the Raw audience buys it. It's a big gamble.
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Post by jeffro2000 on Jan 8, 2014 22:55:08 GMT -5
On their FAQ about the Network it reads that you will be billed $9.99 a month automatically, so it isn't $60 up front. It is no different from you Cell phone or Satellite deal. You sign a commitment and they bill you for the duration of that commitment. It's a great deal. Also means I got a lot of DVDs that I could get rid of. I'll never get rid of my DVDs.... if this thing goes offline ever (like WWE Classics has) I still want my own library.... I will keep My Anthologies definitely. I have tons of Old PPVs but they were recorded on VHS, then DVD etc so I technically can't sell them. Most of my real DvDs are the original big 4 so I will likely keep them. I have a lot of the Docs, and recent releases but no guarantee they will be on the Network especially complete with matches.
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Post by J12 on Jan 8, 2014 22:56:16 GMT -5
Part of me is just not understand how they'll make money from this. Yes, a huge amount of people will buy it, but they're going to lose so much money from the loss of PPVs (Especially Mania) and god knows if it'll affect DVD sales. That price just seems ridiculously low. I wouldn't be surprised if a few months in, it gets jacked up. WWE currently makes about $20 from a PPV sale after the cable company cut etc. The idea is that rather than 180,000 people paying $45, they can get a million or more people paying $10. For the other eleven PPVs, I could see the network being more profitable than the old system. But I think they're gonna take a huge hit on WrestleMania this year, even in a best-case scenario.Basically, the only way this thing's a success is if 25-50% of the Raw audience buys it. It's a big gamble. They don't have to worry about Wrestlemania, because they're holding you to a 6 month contract up front. So, theoretically, you could subscribe to the network, watch Wrestlemania, never touch it again, and drop out after six months. No matter how much or how little you use it, they're going to get $60 out of you the first year, which is the cost of Mania anyway. Not to mention, their take-home on your $60 going to the network is going to be higher than if you ordered on Pay-Per-View. It's win-win for them.
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Post by Jamie on Jan 8, 2014 22:57:37 GMT -5
The Network actually looks kinda cool.... I'm probably the only one...
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Post by JWC on Jan 8, 2014 22:58:52 GMT -5
Does this mean raw and smackdown won't be on regular tv anymore (USA, syfy) ?
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Post by J12 on Jan 8, 2014 23:00:40 GMT -5
Does this mean raw and smackdown won't be on regular tv anymore (USA, syfy) ? Not at all. WWE's TV contracts are still in place and will be for the foreseeable future. WWE generates a large amount of its revenue through its TV and sponsorship deals, there's absolutely no way they're going to risk losing that. They're going to continue to operate on television until it's no longer profitable to do so. That's not going to come any time soon.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2014 23:00:42 GMT -5
$9.99 is a great ing deal. I will for sure be getting it. I'm wondering how far "unedited and uncut" will go when it comes to ECW lmao
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2014 23:01:55 GMT -5
Hell I chip in more than $9.99 to watch the monthly ppv s at my friends house so I'm definitely getting this.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2014 23:02:23 GMT -5
Does this mean raw and smackdown won't be on regular tv anymore (USA, syfy) ? No replays will be on the network
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Post by Evil Abed on Jan 8, 2014 23:03:46 GMT -5
I was hoping they would have given a bigger walkthrough of the actual app instead of showing the royal rumble and nxt a million times. Im way more interested in the raw and smackdown archived episodes, archived ppv's, if all nitro, thunder, and ecw tv stuff will be on there too. The 2006-2010 era as discredited as it was, was interesting for me in bringing up new stars and elevating others like CM Punk, Sheamus, Swagger, Christian, Miz, Morrison, etc... and they're hard to come by on youtube or dailymotion. I was hoping to find out if that was on there. Very excited for this service nonetheless and I definitely will be subscribing for a long time.
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Post by J12 on Jan 8, 2014 23:04:56 GMT -5
Hey, bad guy™ , would you want to change the thread title to "WWE Network Info/FAQ" or something along those lines and throw my list of things in there (and maybe a link to WWE's FAQ as well)? Might help those just coming on if we direct them to the first page with all the info laid out.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2014 23:08:21 GMT -5
Well that announcement just killed TNA! If I can relive every moment in HD, why on earth would I ever tune into TNA again on a weekly basis!
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Post by gordosupreme on Jan 8, 2014 23:12:16 GMT -5
$9.99 per month? Sold.
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Post by East Coast on Jan 8, 2014 23:15:04 GMT -5
im a huge wrestling fan. HUGE.
but at this point.....who in their right mind wants another monthly bill.
Xbox Live, Comcast, Verizon, Netflix.
I cancelled my Hulu and PS Plus this year. These companies provide great services.....but u can't squeeze blood from a stone. I only got so much to give.
I was hoping it would just be a cable channel. Its essentially a better version of what they have on Hulu.
Hopefully the Raw replays aren't heavily edited like they are on Hulu. They remove about 4 matches a week.
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