It's all about money and every company wants to make as much money as they can off these dvd sets or a company selling anything else. Think about this:
You are the owner of a major dvd maker buisness o_O Let's say you are making a set of Hellsing...you got the box, the printers, the disks, etc;. Now, let's say the cost of one Hellsing Boxset costs 10 dollars for the company (Who cares if im way off)....now would you rather sell each one for 50 bucks to please fans or would you rather sell it for 100 dollars and get some angry fans but people would still buy it since they want only the real stuff and loose only a handleful of people because it was expensive.
Would you rather be earning a profit of $40 a sale or $90 a sale? I would rather get the $90.00....Some companies however are a little more generous and instead put more on a single dvd and so therer are only 3 disks for 13 episode series rather than a 4 disk 13 episode series.
Anyways, each company survives by wanting to make as much money as they can. They set the prices and people WILL buy them. Sure, some may not buy it because of the price and get a HK or just not buy it alltogether but MANY MANY people will still buy it or save up and buy it or wait until their birthday or special event.
Keep in mind though that these more popular series that everyone knows about and want are USUALLY jacked up in price and are spread out in many dvds....while these little shows that does not have such a fanbase is spread out on fewer dvds for a much cheaper price because people are not going to spend 120 bucks for a boxset of something that someone said was good, they would rather play it safe and spend 30 bucks for a boxset of a little show they never heard. Blah blah you get it o_o
BTW, some examples of the above ^^:
Hellsing -- 13 episodes -- pretty much well known...13 episodes spread out on 4 disks and the boxset is $120
Fruits Basket - 26 Epsiodes - not as well known as hellsing....26 episodes spread out on 4 disks and each disk is ~30....30 X 4 = 120.
For the SAME price a more well known series is getting away with their boxset for 120 dollars but it's only 13 episodes compared to a lesser known series that is 120 dollars if you bought all 4 volumes (no boxset yet) but you are getting TWICE as many episodes as that other more popular show.
You are the owner of a major dvd maker buisness o_O Let's say you are making a set of Hellsing...you got the box, the printers, the disks, etc;. Now, let's say the cost of one Hellsing Boxset costs 10 dollars for the company (Who cares if im way off)....now would you rather sell each one for 50 bucks to please fans or would you rather sell it for 100 dollars and get some angry fans but people would still buy it since they want only the real stuff and loose only a handleful of people because it was expensive.
Would you rather be earning a profit of $40 a sale or $90 a sale? I would rather get the $90.00....Some companies however are a little more generous and instead put more on a single dvd and so therer are only 3 disks for 13 episode series rather than a 4 disk 13 episode series.
Anyways, each company survives by wanting to make as much money as they can. They set the prices and people WILL buy them. Sure, some may not buy it because of the price and get a HK or just not buy it alltogether but MANY MANY people will still buy it or save up and buy it or wait until their birthday or special event.
Keep in mind though that these more popular series that everyone knows about and want are USUALLY jacked up in price and are spread out in many dvds....while these little shows that does not have such a fanbase is spread out on fewer dvds for a much cheaper price because people are not going to spend 120 bucks for a boxset of something that someone said was good, they would rather play it safe and spend 30 bucks for a boxset of a little show they never heard. Blah blah you get it o_o
BTW, some examples of the above ^^:
Hellsing -- 13 episodes -- pretty much well known...13 episodes spread out on 4 disks and the boxset is $120
Fruits Basket - 26 Epsiodes - not as well known as hellsing....26 episodes spread out on 4 disks and each disk is ~30....30 X 4 = 120.
For the SAME price a more well known series is getting away with their boxset for 120 dollars but it's only 13 episodes compared to a lesser known series that is 120 dollars if you bought all 4 volumes (no boxset yet) but you are getting TWICE as many episodes as that other more popular show.