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Post by iyfwkidzc on May 28, 2008 9:53:44 GMT -5
At the stockholder meeting, Vince McMahon described pay-per-view as a dying industry, and that the direction is to move PPVs to the Internet (  ) to bypass the cable and satellite companies. Credit: Wrestling Observer and Gerweck.Net Discuss. |
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Post by lariato on May 28, 2008 10:16:37 GMT -5
Horrible, HORRIBLE move, in my opinion. Not everybody HAS the internet, believe it or not, and how many people are going to want to just sit around the computer for WM, or the Rumble? Vince could make a lot more money, and make a lot more people pleased just keeping it on PPV.
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Post by OmegaGaijin on May 28, 2008 10:31:19 GMT -5
i dont mind them being avaible on the net,aslong as there on telly aswell....which is what i think he is saying
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Post by Official WF Ghostbuster on May 28, 2008 10:37:57 GMT -5
In order to take advantage of streaming PPV's online, you need a solid broadband connection, which, while becoming more common, is not everywhere.
Going online only for big events is pretty dumb. Look at the order numbers for Wrestlemania. Do they think their server(s) can hold that many customers streaming at the same time? They better hope so.
They have a good plan right now, by offering online streams while doing PPV services, too.
My question is, does that include their "On Demand" stuff? Whatever they call it, the "Fanatics Series"? Will those all be online only too? Or will that service keep going?
It sounds like it's a ways off, but at least for now, it sounds like a fairly bad idea.
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Post by Kemp2k on May 28, 2008 10:59:25 GMT -5
The reason why the PPVs are a dying thing, well, there is way too many PPVs. If they were to cut down on the PPVs, the more viewers to get.
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Post by wordlifekiller on May 28, 2008 11:00:48 GMT -5
WWE PPV's are dieing because the jackass's are having ppv's every 3 damn weeks.If they cut it back to atleast one ppv a month or one every two months,then they would be in better shape.People or shall i say myself are tired of seeing Judgement Day,then ONS 3 weeks later being the EXACT SAME PPV basically,just a different stip for a match.Prices of the PPV's dont help either these days.I remember when wwf ppvs were 19.99...and now there 39.99 or is it 44.99?
My internet runs good,but with all the traffic hitting the servers,they will end up crashing,plain and simple.Like Shef said above,alot of ppl dont have fast internet,or internet at all but mostly everyone has cable tv.So taking it off tv and putting it on the Net will kill them alot more then it is now..or is it because WWE doesnt want to pay cable/sat anymore to air the programming?
IF Vince was smart,he would give the US wrestling fans a free ppv like the UK get free ppvs all the time.The point is,many of us think what we see on raw is identical on PPV.Most of the time,thats true but not always..So if they showed us what we could get for our "cash",then maybe buyrates would jump?
All in a nutshell...if WWE does this,it will help TNA out majorly,as the die hard wrestling fans will end up buying a TNA ppv off the tv,rather then going to sit infront of a computer for 2-4 hours.I would rather order a TNA ppv and sit on my couch and watch it on a big tv and not having to worry with it lagging,compared to sitting on a pc chair,and watching it on a 20 inch computer monitor with the possibilty of it lagging/freezing.
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Post by cia on May 28, 2008 11:22:41 GMT -5
Just sounds like one of those bullcrap stories that will never come to fruition.
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Post by bc - RockAFire Style on May 28, 2008 11:25:53 GMT -5
I disagree in the fact I don't want to be confined to my desk for 3 hours... I'd rather be on my leather sofa watching Wrestlemania on a Big Screen HD tv.....
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Post by superhappywax on May 28, 2008 11:45:49 GMT -5
I might be wrong but don't they already stream their PPVs? I thought they did a few years back. He had to have meant transitioning them to online. In a few years your TV & computer will be the same probably anyway. They need to stop with the seemingly bi-weekly ppvs though.
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Post by HHH316 on May 28, 2008 12:02:39 GMT -5
I seriously doubt Vince is going to turn his back on PPV
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Post by kotetsu on May 28, 2008 12:03:11 GMT -5
The reason why they're dying is because they suck.
And there are too many of them. I can't shell out $120 in 2 months. I can't even shell out $40 in 2 months. Especially since it's always nothing that I can't watch on free TV anyway.
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Post by himfan2007 on May 28, 2008 12:08:05 GMT -5
man you guys are ing hyprocits you bitch about wwe having a pvv every mounth yet you don't bitch about the ufc or tha doing they exact same thing bunch of cock sucking hyprocits you people are.
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Post by kotetsu on May 28, 2008 12:13:07 GMT -5
man you guys are ing hyprocits you bitch about wwe having a pvv every mounth yet you don't bitch about the ufc or tha doing they exact same thing bunch of cock sucking hyprocits you people are. Believe me, I think they suck too. And the reason why no one is bitching about TNA and UFC PPVs is because this a WWE forum. |
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Post by tnafan4life on May 28, 2008 12:15:37 GMT -5
man you guys are ing hyprocits you bitch about wwe having a pvv every mounth yet you don't bitch about the ufc or tha doing they exact same thing bunch of cock sucking hyprocits you people are. Maybe they don't watch UFC. |
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Post by irishcollector on May 28, 2008 12:51:14 GMT -5
I disagree in the fact I don't want to be confined to my desk for 3 hours... I'd rather be on my leather sofa watching Wrestlemania on a Big Screen HD tv..... You can still do that you could connect your monitor to your TV I do not think its a good idea.It may work when the whole world has highspeed Internet but some countries don't |
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Post by iyfwkidzc on May 28, 2008 13:03:33 GMT -5
man you guys are ing hyprocits you bitch about wwe having a pvv every mounth yet you don't bitch about the ufc or tha doing they exact same thing bunch of cock sucking hyprocits you people are. At least we can: 1. Spell 2. Use proper grammar. |
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Post by superhappywax on May 28, 2008 13:07:43 GMT -5
man you guys are ing hyprocits you bitch about wwe having a pvv every mounth yet you don't bitch about the ufc or tha doing they exact same thing bunch of cock sucking hyprocits you people are. Dude seriously, aggro much? No one even mentioned UFC, I've never bought or watched a UFC. Just commenting on the fact that as of this Sunday there have been 3 ppvs since Mania which was on March 30th. (a bit over a month and a half) They can't build the stories that fast at all thus making them 1) A glorified RAW, and 2) all about WWE cashing in... |
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Post by chumped on May 28, 2008 13:07:52 GMT -5
I don't think anyone within the E' would be that stupid. Not everyone has the internet, and not everyone with it has a good enough connection to stream a whole PPV.
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Post by The Sexy Psychotic on May 28, 2008 13:20:51 GMT -5
I'd love if they went back to "In Your House" style PPV's, and not having the smae names, and having 1 every 2 months
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Post by Lord Ragnarok on May 28, 2008 14:03:18 GMT -5
They should just lower the price of PPVs they're way too much.
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