[mansilla]

This reminds me of the demise of the brick and mortar chain Egghead Software, which was coincidentally adjacent to the Blockbuster in the town where I grew up. I realize it's not exactly the same because it's not like broadband/streaming/Netflix killed Egghead; however, Egghead and its contemporaries were the only way, at one point, to really see (and salivate over) the latest and greatest software titles. How many standalone software stores do you see these days?

Definitely, the days of the blue-chip brick and mortar movie rental operations are over. Blockbuster has attempted to enter the RedBox kiosk market.. but IMHO, it's too little, too late. Even that market has a very limited life expectancy.

[muhfuhkuh]

I just saw a line of 7-8 in front of a redbox at the grocery store by my house, and _right next to it_ the blockbuster bluebox was sitting idle. The people have spoken.

[pstuart]

The fact that redbox was not a blockbuster development is final proof of why blockbuster should die.