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Originally Posted by Nathan
Paul,
So as you said "it's really all guess work" so you have no back up for those numbers, its you guessing.. AVG sales per video title were also clearly not 10000. Thats a way too high number. Sure, some have sold 100000 times, but many were sold, also back then, only 1000 times.
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And how are you arriving at that figure?
Your knowledge of the video business prior to 200 is about the same as every other punter who walked into a porn shop. Unless you can tell me different and prove it. My knowledge is producing for them directly and working as a stills shooter on productions. 10,000 copies selling wholesale to distributors and retail isn't a high figure. Do you know what it use to cost to duplicate 1,000 and 10,000 copies in 1995, what the cost of the tape, box and cover cost?
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Also softcore, cable, all that is still around.
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Not as strong as it used to be. Softcore could sell in every shop in the land. Do you think the shooting time was trebled by shooting hard, medium and soft versions of the same scene because it didn't make money?
Cable subscriptions were huge, I forgot to add Hotel Chains, add that figure.
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Today, there is clearly at least still 10000 video titles a year, and they on avg I would say are sold around 1000 times nowadays. But thats hard to say for sure, as it is for you to say for sure too.
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As it is for you to talk about an industry in a time that you are clueless about.
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Cable, Softcore, Magazine is still around. Although also for Mag sales, 300k per title is definitely not an avg number of circulation for a mag back in the day...
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And you would know that because??
That's right, you don't.
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Your knowledge of online is limited, so let's not even talk about your flawed calculation regarding what a $30 join profits.
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I gave figures, estimates admittedly. You say nothing but limited. So give figures.
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Penthouse went bankrupt and the owner that bought it out of bankruptcy got a loan and bought AFF. They did not get a loan because penthouse was so awesome though, they got a loan because AFF was.
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So someone else bought it and then bought AFF. Was it an online buyer buying Penthouse?
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Manwin did not buy Wicked since thats a stupid thing to do. Buying out an offline porn company usually removes the talent from it since the owners are usually the creative minds. Buying Wicked completely would likely mean losing Steve and thus making Wicked invaluable as an asset, except for its back-catalog. But that simply is not enough to really gain.
Buying Private, today, is also a big issue, since it will be very complicated to do so simply because of how Birth Milton is. He is also sadly destroying the Brand currently, and it will lose all its value until the end of this year if not sooner. Regardless of a back catalog. If everyone hates Private, the back catalog is worthless too.
Evil Angel, for some reason, I have not looked at closely enough yet, good idea though...
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It's about their back catalog, not the future. Are you saying they still have a great future?
There are many companies that have awesome back catalogs that would, if you're right, make a fortune. Porn 1995 was far better than porn 2011. I'm guessing but what would 10,000 scenes shot by a great shooter for a good company be worth online with a company like yours?
You tell us how well Brazzers and your other sites are doing. And that's with pretty average content and some of it awful. Did you see my review of Brazzers Irish Jig scene? Worse porn scene I've seen in a very very long time.