Is Disney's aggressive pricing driving HBO Max? Original news was that this was going to have a 16-17$ price point. Obviously this is a starting point
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[NBCNEWS] HBO Max to launch with a 14.99$ sources say
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Cinemax is included now.
Which I also consider to be too much per month.
still a pretty steep price compared to other streaming services, but maybe it'll work for them, idk
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HBO Now is just an HBO ala carte service (So just HBO shows). HBO Max will be (all?) of Time Warner's shows, channels, library etc. including HBO.
I already pay that much for HBO Now, so I'm pretty much in.
Frankly if they're going this route, they may as well just discontinue HBO Now & roll this out for the same price.
Frankly if they're going this route, they may as well just discontinue HBO Now & roll this out for the same price.
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They might, until they decide to raise the price of HBO Max to like 16-17..so you might want to keep HBO Now around for 15? I dunno
Yeah, rolling all this other stuff into HBO makes it a pretty great value. I'd pay $10 a month just for the HBO back-catalog.
Hm...
Unless I'm remember wrong, this apparently includes live programming, so that price point probably makes more sense in hindsight if that's still the plan.
I'm leaning towards yes, but I'm unsure at the moment. Really want to make sure what the full details are. Particularly I'm wondering if I can link this to my Crunchyroll account, similar to VRV, which I already pay $10 as it is.
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Oh for the love of... I'm not surprised, but still.
Unless I'm remember wrong, this apparently includes live programming, so that price point probably makes more sense in hindsight if that's still the plan.
I'm leaning towards yes, but I'm unsure at the moment. Really want to make sure what the full details are. Particularly I'm wondering if I can link this to my Crunchyroll account, similar to VRV, which I already pay $10 as it is.
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Oh for the love of... I'm not surprised, but still.
It sounds like "Max" is HBO Now + a bunch of stuff from Time Warner networks. I would assume that Max would replace Now, especially if it launches at the exact same price, and doesn't drop anything from the content already included in Now, which both appear to be true.
I see the appeal for me of just having HBO (The MAX stuff seems pretty weak, without much besides the second season of Doom Patrol) - but from Warner's perspective, they might as well just leverage the HBO audience to get more people on MAX.
Either they drop Now to $7-9 a month, or they just have a deeply confusing pair of streaming services.
I don't think they will because of this:
Edit - Someone already made that point.
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There is speculation that there might be some sort of bundling/discount with AT&T unlimited data folks (Like you, I get free HBO lol)
So why would anyone get HBO Now if this is the same price? Or are they rolling HBO Now in to this?
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As someone already mentioned, they might dip the price a bit of HBO NOW, or raise prices on HBO Max, or both. How many people who are currently paying 15$ a month for HBO Now, won't just switch over to Max.
It looks like this is where I'll have to go to watch AEW, so yeah I'll buy it. But I'm going to be cancelling some other subs.
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I know Warner just picked up Bad Robot production to make original series. That was a pretty $$$$ affair.
Yep, pretty much. What could have been a way to drastically reduce piracy is just going to increase it because all of these companies are too greedy and try take more and more from a customer base that only has a finite amount of money.
It depends on the service offering. HBO max seems to be every Warner content. Warner themselves have far greater amount of content than most. Basically equal if not more than Disney as a whole. If they offer 4k, it'll be well worth it even for the original thought price I think and doesn't seem steep in particular to something like Netflix 4K tier.
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I can see that, I've seen surveys where people are saying 3 services is about their max. some of these services are going to get squeezed out.
Should have most if not everything that at&t has. i know once i get this, imma go on a boomerang binge.
Well most places don't have all the content that warner has. It's freakin deep.
I pay that much for HBO Now so sure. Disney Plus honestly doesn't interest me outside of The Mandalorian. Like with all these services I'll probably just sub month to month depending on who has a show to binge.
All these new services are going to offer an attractive price at first to get feet in the door and then jack it up over time. Which is the only way they're gonna get any traction, so it's a smart move I guess. But we're all gonna be picking and choosing eventually and I can't even imagine how much Disney+ is gonna jack their price up after a year.
Like, let's see what I'd get (I don't have subscriptions other than Amazon Prime which automatically gets me Prime Video) if I were really interested in streaming subscriptions:
Amazon Prime Video
Netflix
WWE Network
Crunchyroll
Funimation
That's 5 services already right there, and I sure as hell wouldn't want to pay even more to get HBO Max, Disney+, Hulu, etc.
I'm also curious what form CR content will take on this new service. I have HBO Now (at that same $15 price) now, but finally dropped my CR sub because their Fire TV app is always broken.
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Yeah, I notice some people don't consider Prime video when they count their paid subscriptions, since most people signed up with Prime due to the 2 day shipping
think cruchy will be part of hbo max, might be a bundle or something for current subscribers.
My AT&T Wireless plan gives me HBO for free, I could see myself swapping over to this if HBO Max was offered.
I'm about hitting my limit on these subscription services though.
I'm about hitting my limit on these subscription services though.
Same. If it'll work similar to VRV, I'm not gonna complain, because I can at least hook it into the website itself. Still, I know VRV has only a few titles they can't stream due to some agreements (forget which), so my guess it'll probably be similar to whatever isn't available on VRV, which is to say only a handful of titles.
I'll say this: I do hope that Sentai/Hidive continue their agreements, because I have a feeling VRV will probably fold when this finally launches. It'd be good exposure if they can get their stuff on HBO Max.
Well, I don't know if I'd really want to pay the extra price of HBO Max though if I'd only really use it for Crunchyroll.
So will this take over what HBONow currently is? Will new episodes of Westworld be uploaded here as they air? I'm already paying $15 per month for HBONow as it is.
$14.99 lol No. I'll just stick with Netflix and add Disney + in November for $7, thanks.
All these competing streaming services is starting to become about as bad as multiple cable packages from the old days.
All these competing streaming services is starting to become about as bad as multiple cable packages from the old days.