Quick side note: Bad 25 more than likely wouldn't have gotten more promotion if they wanted to. They mishandled the money - paying Afrojack, Pitbull and Nero to remix songs, the Pepsi sponsorship, putting together the Bad 25 documentary... that's where most of the budget went.
Zakk;4096582 said:
No one cares for VHS quality anymore, they should transfer the negatives.
The general public were mostly unaware that the Wembley concert was taken from a VHS tape. That had little to do with the poor sales.
But once again, you speak of "transfer[ring] the negatives" when you have no concrete idea of what negatives the Estate has access to. People are asking for specific concert dates (which is easily the most arrogant thing I've seen from any fan base) - how can we be sure that full film reels to these shows even exist in the Estate's possession? It's setting up for disappointment.
mj_frenzy;4096615 said:
Keeping costs down makes (a lot of) sense but, at the same time, I think that a ‘Dangerous’ DVD concert is not a preposterous request from the fans.
A Dangerous tour concert isn't preposterous by any means on its own. But certain fans are putting together a mental idea of a Dangerous 25 project that would combine a Blu-Ray/DVD of the concert, tons of new material, and a significant promotional effort, which would not be cost efficient nor would it be a wise decision.
Perhaps the Estate will prove me wrong next year and put out exactly what fans have been asking for. Who knows? We'll have to see.
HIStoric;4096616 said:
Do concerts even sell that well? I honestly can't remember ever really seeing hype from the general public for the release of a concert on home video. Maybe that Led Zeppelin Celebration Day one a few years back...
Concert films generally don't draw big audiences, particularly when they're released directly to video. There are several classic artists (John Lennon, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix) that have had concerts released posthumously without much promotional hype. Wembley more than likely wouldn't have fared much better with big promotion.