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Originally Posted by billywatson
Not comical my friend...it's a fucking lie.
No one wants to really admit how much sales are down.
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I agree. There are companies in porn valley that can?t break the 1,000 piece barrier on a new release anymore. Let?s do the math; 5 scenes at an average cost of $2,000.00 per scene, editing, artwork, and replication. With a new release average price of $10 per piece combined with the aforementioned expenses, this means that on street date, they are already in the red on a DVD release. Why do they still produce? So they may collect on outstanding invoices. It?s common practice that if the distributor does not get any new releases, they don?t pay previous invoices. There are distributors that are over 365 days in arrears and the producers want their money.
A number of companies have stopped shooting and are now releasing comps as new releases or simply buying content to put on DVD. They can?t afford to shoot anymore.
The good news is that some of these companies are now doing other things to supplement their income.