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NoSanninWa · 2008-01-31, 02:31

You're missing an important difference.

Media Blasters gave the low price and sub only treatment to anime that was older or of questionable salability. Those shows had a very low license fee, so they combined that with low production costs by leaving out a dub track, then passed the savings on to the consumer to increase sales.

By comparison, True Tears and Shigofumi are being released concurrently in R1 and R2. That's the furthest thing from an old title with questionable salability. They expect these will be hot releases. They're merely leaving off the dub track because they doubt its value and it would slow down the release date. They are counting on the consumer to be so eager to get their hands on them that it will be worth a little extra money.

2008-01-31, 02:31	Link #71
NoSanninWa Weapon of Mass Discussion Fansubber Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: New York, USA	You're missing an important difference. Media Blasters gave the low price and sub only treatment to anime that was older or of questionable salability. Those shows had a very low license fee, so they combined that with low production costs by leaving out a dub track, then passed the savings on to the consumer to increase sales. By comparison, True Tears and Shigofumi are being released concurrently in R1 and R2. That's the furthest thing from an old title with questionable salability. They expect these will be hot releases. They're merely leaving off the dub track because they doubt its value and it would slow down the release date. They are counting on the consumer to be so eager to get their hands on them that it will be worth a little extra money. __________________ There's not that fine a line between willing suspension of disbelief and something just being stupid.