By Following Best Buy’s announcement late last year that it is phasing out selling DVDs, Blu-rays and 4K Ultra HD discs in stores and online in early 2024, Target is preparing to do the same by 2025.
Twitter account President of Physical Media reports that according to their sources, Target will stop selling physical media in-store and online by 2025.
In the wake of that posting, the retail chain has officially responded and indicates the report is only partially correct – they will continue to sell physical media but they are significantly reducing their footprint in stores as they will limit the number of copies they sell.
A spokesperson for Target tells IGN that:
“Based on our guests’ shopping patterns and broader industry trends, we’re transitioning the limited assortment of DVDs we carry in our stores to Target.com, where guests will continue to find thousands of titles. Moving forward, we’ll offer select DVDs in stores when they are newly released or during key times throughout the year when they are more popular, like for gift giving during the holidays.”
As with Best Buy, the physical media cutbacks apply only to film and television, with video games unaffected. The move leaves Walmart as the last brick-and-mortar store in the U.S. to carry a wide selection of physical media for films and TV series.
It also continues a seemingly downward spiral for the format with Netflix releasing its final DVDs to customers last year, whilst several Australian distributors for studios like Disney are no longer releasing DVDs, Blu-rays and 4K UHD titles in that market.
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