RE: Cinemas Going The Way Of Arcades
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The comparison to arcades is interesting and nice. There are still arcades in Japan and the Philippines, and while there are still some arcade games there like Tekken and racing games, they have shifted to include a lot of claw games. While I agree that the availability of movies in streaming, and people being able to easily make movies in the future hurts cinemas, I don't think all is lost for them.
Like what arcades did with the claw games, cinemas need to improve. They need to make going to cinemas a big deal again. One funny example was the Dune popcorn bucket. Dune was a great movie, but a lot of people were also lining up in cinemas because of how insane the bucket was. They need to make watching in cinemas an experience again. Maybe they can offer other merchandise.
The business model could change, that is true. And, it looks like that is what will have to happen for it to succeed.