DVD Market
By Scott Keith on 1 October 2017
What kind of impact has WWE Network had in DVD and Blu Ray sales the last few years? I've noticed SummerSlam this year didn't even get the Blu Ray treatment and a lot of PPVs are being released in two-packs now (i.e. Great Balls of Fire / Battleground).
How big of a hit have they taken in this regard? I'd imagine they can't be selling too many copies of their non-PPV DVDs like Attitude Era, Vol. 47 anymore either.
It's big. I don't have the numbers from the most recent investors call handy, but in the KPI (key performance indicator) documents they make public, they don't even list home video performance anymore. It's essentially a dead category for them, and as noted they just release PPVs as two-packs now. I occasionally see new releases in Walmart but they're pretty much non-existent everywhere else I shop. I think as far as they're concerned, they've sacrificed the entire division and amalgamated it into the Network, and the video arm is just for the hicks who can't get the Network.