THIS MONTH!!! Blu-Ray outselling HD-DVD 9:2

Well, good thing M$ did'nt add the HD-Dvd drive.GatoFeo

Well, good thing M$ did'nt add the HD-Dvd drive.GatoFeo

[QUOTE="Password1233456"]LOLGO!!!!!! 360....you have the upper hand now....toot toot
http://www.n4g.com/industrynews/News-34490.aspx [/QUOTE]

From the article: "According to the numbers from VideoScan, since its inception there have been 844,000 Blu-ray units sold, while there have been 708,600 units sold for HD-DVD. "

Is that it? They haven't even sold a million Blu-Rays unless you add in the PS3. How many DVD's are in people homes. Over 300 million or more? What does the XBox 360 has to do with this. It's a game console, not a movie player.

Just so you guys know, sales are not all that great for either format. Follow the link and you will see what I have always known, the hD/blu ray formats are not taking off in the mass market. I was a little surprised at just how low sales actually are.

And don't buy into 9:2 when your sales are nothing to smile about on either side.

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Sony/Disc_Sales/Sony_Report_Reveals_First_Look_at_Absolute_Blu-ray_and_HD_DVD_Disc_Sales_Figures/564

 Sony Report Reveals First Look at Absolute Blu-ray and HD DVD Disc Sales Figures Mon Apr 09, 2007 at 01:54 AM ET Tags: Disc Sales, Sony (all tags) Thanks to a new research report from Sony, industry watchers are getting their best look yet at hard high-def disc sales numbers from Nielsen VideoScan, including per-title sales figures for high-def discs released on both next-gen formats.

Focusing on sales data for the week ending March 18 (the same week that Sony's 'Casino Royale' smashed high-def records by shipping 100,000 units to retail), it should come as no surprise that the VideoScan numbers released by Sony are favorable to the studio, with five of its releases ranking among the top-selling next-gen discs that week. The numbers that week were equally as impressive for Blu-ray, which outsold HD DVD by a ratio of 9:2, and dominated the list of top-selling next-gen discs -- the HD DVD edition of 'The Departed' was the only HD DVD disc to appear among the top ten best selling high-def discs.

But while abstract ratios and percentages like these have been bandied about for several months now, the Sony report goes one step further, providing the first public release of hard sales figures for HD DVD and Blu-ray discs from Nielsen VideoScan, the home entertainment industry's leading source for competitive sales data. Among the numbers revealed: as of March 18, VideoScan put the cumulative number of Blu-ray titles sold since the format's inception at 844,000 units, versus HD DVD at 708,600.

 But perhaps most interesting are the per-title sales numbers for the top ten selling discs across both formats, which are provided both in the form of a weekly tally (again for the week ending March 1, and as year-to-date totals. While these charts confirm the previously reported strong showings for such A-list titles as 'The Departed' 'Batman Begins' and 'Superman Returns' (with each clocking per-format sales totals since-inception of at least 28,000 units sold), they also demonstrate a very steep drop-off for titles outside of that top rung, with even discs among the top-ten best sellers that week moving fewer than 1000 units apiece:

While we should note that the VideoScan numbers are not all-inclusive (for example, they don't include discs sold at Wal-Mart or some online merchants), the lower sales numbers at the bottom end of weekly list and on display elsewhere in the report (where some titles are listed as selling fewer than 200 units since inception) are certainly still a sobering reminder that both formats still have a long way to go in their shared quest to supplant standard-def DVD.

Casino Royale only sold over 28,000 in it's first week. This war hasn't taken off for consumers and we finally have proof. DVD will be around for way too many years to come.

HD-DVD add-on buyers got owned hard, maybe now I can get Children of Men on Blu-RayKeyWii

I think anyone who bought a HD-DVD or Blu-Ray player got owned hard. What a waste of money.

Just so you guys know, sales are not all that great for either format. Follow the link and you will see what I have always known, the hD/blu ray formats are not taking off in the mass market. I was a little surprised at just how low sales actually are. And don't buy into 9:2 when your sales are nothing to smile about on either side. http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Sony/Disc_Sales/Sony_Report_Reveals_First_Look_at_Absolute_Blu-ray_and_HD_DVD_Disc_Sales_Figures/564 Sony Report Reveals First Look at Absolute Blu-ray and HD DVD Disc Sales Figures Mon Apr 09, 2007 at 01:54 AM ET Tags: Disc Sales, Sony (all tags) Thanks to a new research report from Sony, industry watchers are getting their best look yet at hard high-def disc sales numbers from Nielsen VideoScan, including per-title sales figures for high-def discs released on both next-gen formats. Focusing on sales data for the week ending March 18 (the same week that Sony's 'Casino Royale' smashed high-def records by shipping 100,000 units to retail), it should come as no surprise that the VideoScan numbers released by Sony are favorable to the studio, with five of its releases ranking among the top-selling next-gen discs that week. The numbers that week were equally as impressive for Blu-ray, which outsold HD DVD by a ratio of 9:2, and dominated the list of top-selling next-gen discs -- the HD DVD edition of 'The Departed' was the only HD DVD disc to appear among the top ten best selling high-def discs. But while abstract ratios and percentages like these have been bandied about for several months now, the Sony report goes one step further, providing the first public release of hard sales figures for HD DVD and Blu-ray discs from Nielsen VideoScan, the home entertainment industry's leading source for competitive sales data. Among the numbers revealed: as of March 18, VideoScan put the cumulative number of Blu-ray titles sold since the format's inception at 844,000 units, versus HD DVD at 708,600. But perhaps most interesting are the per-title sales numbers for the top ten selling discs across both formats, which are provided both in the form of a weekly tally (again for the week ending March 1, and as year-to-date totals. While these charts confirm the previously reported strong showings for such A-list titles as 'The Departed' 'Batman Begins' and 'Superman Returns' (with each clocking per-format sales totals since-inception of at least 28,000 units sold), they also demonstrate a very steep drop-off for titles outside of that top rung, with even discs among the top-ten best sellers that week moving fewer than 1000 units apiece: While we should note that the VideoScan numbers are not all-inclusive (for example, they don't include discs sold at Wal-Mart or some online merchants), the lower sales numbers at the bottom end of weekly list and on display elsewhere in the report (where some titles are listed as selling fewer than 200 units since inception) are certainly still a sobering reminder that both formats still have a long way to go in their shared quest to supplant standard-def DVD. Casino Royale only sold over 28,000 in it's first week. This war hasn't taken off for consumers and we finally have proof. DVD will be around for way too many years to come.cjnwo4life

Who cares, Blue Ray don't stand a chance without the Porn industry!Cubs360

Inernet porn is where its at. And Blu ray does have porn.

[QUOTE="cjnwo4life"]Just so you guys know, sales are not all that great for either format. Follow the link and you will see what I have always known, the hD/blu ray formats are not taking off in the mass market. I was a little surprised at just how low sales actually are. And don't buy into 9:2 when your sales are nothing to smile about on either side. http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Sony/Disc_Sales/Sony_Report_Reveals_First_Look_at_Absolute_Blu-ray_and_HD_DVD_Disc_Sales_Figures/564 Sony Report Reveals First Look at Absolute Blu-ray and HD DVD Disc Sales Figures Mon Apr 09, 2007 at 01:54 AM ET Tags: Disc Sales, Sony (all tags) Thanks to a new research report from Sony, industry watchers are getting their best look yet at hard high-def disc sales numbers from Nielsen VideoScan, including per-title sales figures for high-def discs released on both next-gen formats. Focusing on sales data for the week ending March 18 (the same week that Sony's 'Casino Royale' smashed high-def records by shipping 100,000 units to retail), it should come as no surprise that the VideoScan numbers released by Sony are favorable to the studio, with five of its releases ranking among the top-selling next-gen discs that week. The numbers that week were equally as impressive for Blu-ray, which outsold HD DVD by a ratio of 9:2, and dominated the list of top-selling next-gen discs -- the HD DVD edition of 'The Departed' was the only HD DVD disc to appear among the top ten best selling high-def discs. But while abstract ratios and percentages like these have been bandied about for several months now, the Sony report goes one step further, providing the first public release of hard sales figures for HD DVD and Blu-ray discs from Nielsen VideoScan, the home entertainment industry's leading source for competitive sales data. Among the numbers revealed: as of March 18, VideoScan put the cumulative number of Blu-ray titles sold since the format's inception at 844,000 units, versus HD DVD at 708,600. But perhaps most interesting are the per-title sales numbers for the top ten selling discs across both formats, which are provided both in the form of a weekly tally (again for the week ending March 1, and as year-to-date totals. While these charts confirm the previously reported strong showings for such A-list titles as 'The Departed' 'Batman Begins' and 'Superman Returns' (with each clocking per-format sales totals since-inception of at least 28,000 units sold), they also demonstrate a very steep drop-off for titles outside of that top rung, with even discs among the top-ten best sellers that week moving fewer than 1000 units apiece: While we should note that the VideoScan numbers are not all-inclusive (for example, they don't include discs sold at Wal-Mart or some online merchants), the lower sales numbers at the bottom end of weekly list and on display elsewhere in the report (where some titles are listed as selling fewer than 200 units since inception) are certainly still a sobering reminder that both formats still have a long way to go in their shared quest to supplant standard-def DVD. Casino Royale only sold over 28,000 in it's first week. This war hasn't taken off for consumers and we finally have proof. DVD will be around for way too many years to come.Cubs360

Just so you guys know, sales are not all that great for either format. Follow the link and you will see what I have always known, the hD/blu ray formats are not taking off in the mass market. I was a little surprised at just how low sales actually are.

And don't buy into 9:2 when your sales are nothing to smile about on either side.

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Sony/Disc_Sales/Sony_Report_Reveals_First_Look_at_Absolute_Blu-ray_and_HD_DVD_Disc_Sales_Figures/564

Sony Report Reveals First Look at Absolute Blu-ray and HD DVD Disc Sales Figures Mon Apr 09, 2007 at 01:54 AM ET Tags: Disc Sales, Sony (all tags) Thanks to a new research report from Sony, industry watchers are getting their best look yet at hard high-def disc sales numbers from Nielsen VideoScan, including per-title sales figures for high-def discs released on both next-gen formats.

Focusing on sales data for the week ending March 18 (the same week that Sony's 'Casino Royale' smashed high-def records by shipping 100,000 units to retail), it should come as no surprise that the VideoScan numbers released by Sony are favorable to the studio, with five of its releases ranking among the top-selling next-gen discs that week. The numbers that week were equally as impressive for Blu-ray, which outsold HD DVD by a ratio of 9:2, and dominated the list of top-selling next-gen discs -- the HD DVD edition of 'The Departed' was the only HD DVD disc to appear among the top ten best selling high-def discs.

But while abstract ratios and percentages like these have been bandied about for several months now, the Sony report goes one step further, providing the first public release of hard sales figures for HD DVD and Blu-ray discs from Nielsen VideoScan, the home entertainment industry's leading source for competitive sales data. Among the numbers revealed: as of March 18, VideoScan put the cumulative number of Blu-ray titles sold since the format's inception at 844,000 units, versus HD DVD at 708,600.

But perhaps most interesting are the per-title sales numbers for the top ten selling discs across both formats, which are provided both in the form of a weekly tally (again for the week ending March 1, and as year-to-date totals. While these charts confirm the previously reported strong showings for such A-list titles as 'The Departed' 'Batman Begins' and 'Superman Returns' (with each clocking per-format sales totals since-inception of at least 28,000 units sold), they also demonstrate a very steep drop-off for titles outside of that top rung, with even discs among the top-ten best sellers that week moving fewer than 1000 units apiece:

While we should note that the VideoScan numbers are not all-inclusive (for example, they don't include discs sold at Wal-Mart or some online merchants), the lower sales numbers at the bottom end of weekly list and on display elsewhere in the report (where some titles are listed as selling fewer than 200 units since inception) are certainly still a sobering reminder that both formats still have a long way to go in their shared quest to supplant standard-def DVD.

Casino Royale only sold over 28,000 in it's first week. This war hasn't taken off for consumers and we finally have proof. DVD will be around for way too many years to come.

cjnwo4life

that's normal, it's not selling that much yet, because it's a new technology. The DVD took some time to replace the VHS, and the Blu-ray will required even more time to replace the DVD in the mass market. But it will. 

LOL!! That sales list was great. Movies that just got released selling less then 2000 units for it's first week. :D Wait a minute, aren't there over 2 million PS3 with Blu-Ray out there. Why are sales of Blu-Ray movies so low. LMAO!! Because no one cares about Blu-Ray movies, that's why.

Anybody who thinks Blu-Ray isn't going to win really needs to rethink their stance on the issue.Wasdie

I don't think either format is going to win. Both formats will be losers when it's over and done with. Consumers aren't buying either formats. Their is over 3 milliom Blu-Ray plays in people homes and they are only selling over 2000 copies of newly released movies. No one cares about Blu-Ray or HD-DVD movies.

PS3 uses BD

360 uses DVD

DVD is outselling BD ??? : ???

 360 wins.

Anybody who thinks Blu-Ray isn't going to win really needs to rethink their stance on the issue.Wasdie

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]Anybody who thinks Blu-Ray isn't going to win really needs to rethink their stance on the issue.blackace

I don't think either format is going to win. Both formats will be losers when it's over and done with. Consumers aren't buying either formats. Their is over 3 milliom Blu-Ray plays in people homes and they are only selling over 2000 copies of newly released movies. No one cares about Blu-Ray or HD-DVD movies.

like no one cared for DVDs in the begining.

the success to go away as quickly as it came. as much as i love to hear it, i dont think its over yetarm9218

Just so you guys know, sales are not all that great for either format. Follow the link and you will see what I have always known, the hD/blu ray formats are not taking off in the mass market. I was a little surprised at just how low sales actually are.

And don't buy into 9:2 when your sales are nothing to smile about on either side.

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Sony/Disc_Sales/Sony_Report_Reveals_First_Look_at_Absolute_Blu-ray_and_HD_DVD_Disc_Sales_Figures/564

Sony Report Reveals First Look at Absolute Blu-ray and HD DVD Disc Sales Figures Mon Apr 09, 2007 at 01:54 AM ET Tags: Disc Sales, Sony (all tags) Thanks to a new research report from Sony, industry watchers are getting their best look yet at hard high-def disc sales numbers from Nielsen VideoScan, including per-title sales figures for high-def discs released on both next-gen formats.

Focusing on sales data for the week ending March 18 (the same week that Sony's 'Casino Royale' smashed high-def records by shipping 100,000 units to retail), it should come as no surprise that the VideoScan numbers released by Sony are favorable to the studio, with five of its releases ranking among the top-selling next-gen discs that week. The numbers that week were equally as impressive for Blu-ray, which outsold HD DVD by a ratio of 9:2, and dominated the list of top-selling next-gen discs -- the HD DVD edition of 'The Departed' was the only HD DVD disc to appear among the top ten best selling high-def discs.

But while abstract ratios and percentages like these have been bandied about for several months now, the Sony report goes one step further, providing the first public release of hard sales figures for HD DVD and Blu-ray discs from Nielsen VideoScan, the home entertainment industry's leading source for competitive sales data. Among the numbers revealed: as of March 18, VideoScan put the cumulative number of Blu-ray titles sold since the format's inception at 844,000 units, versus HD DVD at 708,600.

But perhaps most interesting are the per-title sales numbers for the top ten selling discs across both formats, which are provided both in the form of a weekly tally (again for the week ending March 1, and as year-to-date totals. While these charts confirm the previously reported strong showings for such A-list titles as 'The Departed' 'Batman Begins' and 'Superman Returns' (with each clocking per-format sales totals since-inception of at least 28,000 units sold), they also demonstrate a very steep drop-off for titles outside of that top rung, with even discs among the top-ten best sellers that week moving fewer than 1000 units apiece:

While we should note that the VideoScan numbers are not all-inclusive (for example, they don't include discs sold at Wal-Mart or some online merchants), the lower sales numbers at the bottom end of weekly list and on display elsewhere in the report (where some titles are listed as selling fewer than 200 units since inception) are certainly still a sobering reminder that both formats still have a long way to go in their shared quest to supplant standard-def DVD.

Casino Royale only sold over 28,000 in it's first week. This war hasn't taken off for consumers and we finally have proof. DVD will be around for way too many years to come.

cjnwo4life

[QUOTE="cjnwo4life"]

Just so you guys know, sales are not all that great for either format. Follow the link and you will see what I have always known, the hD/blu ray formats are not taking off in the mass market. I was a little surprised at just how low sales actually are.

And don't buy into 9:2 when your sales are nothing to smile about on either side.

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Sony/Disc_Sales/Sony_Report_Reveals_First_Look_at_Absolute_Blu-ray_and_HD_DVD_Disc_Sales_Figures/564

Sony Report Reveals First Look at Absolute Blu-ray and HD DVD Disc Sales Figures Mon Apr 09, 2007 at 01:54 AM ET Tags: Disc Sales, Sony (all tags) Thanks to a new research report from Sony, industry watchers are getting their best look yet at hard high-def disc sales numbers from Nielsen VideoScan, including per-title sales figures for high-def discs released on both next-gen formats.

Focusing on sales data for the week ending March 18 (the same week that Sony's 'Casino Royale' smashed high-def records by shipping 100,000 units to retail), it should come as no surprise that the VideoScan numbers released by Sony are favorable to the studio, with five of its releases ranking among the top-selling next-gen discs that week. The numbers that week were equally as impressive for Blu-ray, which outsold HD DVD by a ratio of 9:2, and dominated the list of top-selling next-gen discs -- the HD DVD edition of 'The Departed' was the only HD DVD disc to appear among the top ten best selling high-def discs.

But while abstract ratios and percentages like these have been bandied about for several months now, the Sony report goes one step further, providing the first public release of hard sales figures for HD DVD and Blu-ray discs from Nielsen VideoScan, the home entertainment industry's leading source for competitive sales data. Among the numbers revealed: as of March 18, VideoScan put the cumulative number of Blu-ray titles sold since the format's inception at 844,000 units, versus HD DVD at 708,600.

But perhaps most interesting are the per-title sales numbers for the top ten selling discs across both formats, which are provided both in the form of a weekly tally (again for the week ending March 1, and as year-to-date totals. While these charts confirm the previously reported strong showings for such A-list titles as 'The Departed' 'Batman Begins' and 'Superman Returns' (with each clocking per-format sales totals since-inception of at least 28,000 units sold), they also demonstrate a very steep drop-off for titles outside of that top rung, with even discs among the top-ten best sellers that week moving fewer than 1000 units apiece:

While we should note that the VideoScan numbers are not all-inclusive (for example, they don't include discs sold at Wal-Mart or some online merchants), the lower sales numbers at the bottom end of weekly list and on display elsewhere in the report (where some titles are listed as selling fewer than 200 units since inception) are certainly still a sobering reminder that both formats still have a long way to go in their shared quest to supplant standard-def DVD.

Casino Royale only sold over 28,000 in it's first week. This war hasn't taken off for consumers and we finally have proof. DVD will be around for way too many years to come.

SambaLele

that's normal, it's not selling that much yet, because it's a new technology. The DVD took some time to replace the VHS, and the Blu-ray will required even more time to replace the DVD in the mass market. But it will. 

[QUOTE="Cubs360"]Who cares, Blue Ray don't stand a chance without the Porn industry!Haseokicksass

Inernet porn is where its at. And Blu ray does have porn.

HD-DVD add-on buyers got owned hard, maybe now I can get Children of Men on Blu-RayKeyWii

:lol:

It was destined to lose wasn't it? 

[QUOTE="arm9218"]the success to go away as quickly as it came. as much as i love to hear it, i dont think its over yetcarl2tan

Arent they completely diffrent? Wasent UMB the disk that could only play on PSPs?

Ok I don't get what this has to do with GAMING? :|

[QUOTE="arm9218"]the success to go away as quickly as it came. as much as i love to hear it, i dont think its over yetcarl2tan

UMD is selling well? really? 

Ok I don't get what this has to do with GAMING? :|

 

PS3_3DO

it means Blue-Ray will be the standard.

Meaning people will buy ps3 to use as a blueray player and as a games console. Which is a big advantage PS3 has. 

[QUOTE="cjnwo4life"]

Just so you guys know, sales are not all that great for either format. Follow the link and you will see what I have always known, the hD/blu ray formats are not taking off in the mass market. I was a little surprised at just how low sales actually are.

And don't buy into 9:2 when your sales are nothing to smile about on either side.

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Sony/Disc_Sales/Sony_Report_Reveals_First_Look_at_Absolute_Blu-ray_and_HD_DVD_Disc_Sales_Figures/564

Sony Report Reveals First Look at Absolute Blu-ray and HD DVD Disc Sales Figures Mon Apr 09, 2007 at 01:54 AM ET Tags: Disc Sales, Sony (all tags) Thanks to a new research report from Sony, industry watchers are getting their best look yet at hard high-def disc sales numbers from Nielsen VideoScan, including per-title sales figures for high-def discs released on both next-gen formats.

Focusing on sales data for the week ending March 18 (the same week that Sony's 'Casino Royale' smashed high-def records by shipping 100,000 units to retail), it should come as no surprise that the VideoScan numbers released by Sony are favorable to the studio, with five of its releases ranking among the top-selling next-gen discs that week. The numbers that week were equally as impressive for Blu-ray, which outsold HD DVD by a ratio of 9:2, and dominated the list of top-selling next-gen discs -- the HD DVD edition of 'The Departed' was the only HD DVD disc to appear among the top ten best selling high-def discs.

But while abstract ratios and percentages like these have been bandied about for several months now, the Sony report goes one step further, providing the first public release of hard sales figures for HD DVD and Blu-ray discs from Nielsen VideoScan, the home entertainment industry's leading source for competitive sales data. Among the numbers revealed: as of March 18, VideoScan put the cumulative number of Blu-ray titles sold since the format's inception at 844,000 units, versus HD DVD at 708,600.

But perhaps most interesting are the per-title sales numbers for the top ten selling discs across both formats, which are provided both in the form of a weekly tally (again for the week ending March 1, and as year-to-date totals. While these charts confirm the previously reported strong showings for such A-list titles as 'The Departed' 'Batman Begins' and 'Superman Returns' (with each clocking per-format sales totals since-inception of at least 28,000 units sold), they also demonstrate a very steep drop-off for titles outside of that top rung, with even discs among the top-ten best sellers that week moving fewer than 1000 units apiece:

While we should note that the VideoScan numbers are not all-inclusive (for example, they don't include discs sold at Wal-Mart or some online merchants), the lower sales numbers at the bottom end of weekly list and on display elsewhere in the report (where some titles are listed as selling fewer than 200 units since inception) are certainly still a sobering reminder that both formats still have a long way to go in their shared quest to supplant standard-def DVD.

Casino Royale only sold over 28,000 in it's first week. This war hasn't taken off for consumers and we finally have proof. DVD will be around for way too many years to come.

Ps3Solider

LOL!! That sales list was great. Movies that just got released selling less then 2000 units for it's first week. :D Wait a minute, aren't there over 2 million PS3 with Blu-Ray out there. Why are sales of Blu-Ray movies so low. LMAO!! Because no one cares about Blu-Ray movies, that's why.

blackace

[QUOTE="arm9218"]the success to go away as quickly as it came. as much as i love to hear it, i dont think its over yetcarl2tan

No not really, I use myself as an example, Got a psp got a few umd but after a while thought that why dont i just rip my dvd collection ono my memory stich when i want to watch something, I got a 4gig stick and and an extra battrie which gives me roughly 18hrs of power on full and coupled with the ability to carry around 6-8 movies on it then Umd wasnt needed and even then if you didnt use the memory stick i still i wouldnt i got them because 1) You cant watch umd on your tv and the fact i have to buy it on dvd makes me not want to buy it for umd, 2) Its gaming dervice first and foremost and then the other stuff.

With Br i dont have to buy it on dvd so i can watch it on a tv so everybody can watch it, hd tv will become the norm inn two-three years and why would you buy a dvd if you can get a Br movie for a little bit extra or possibly the same price or maybe even cheaper, I dont know how long Br will last due to movie downloads of the internet and such and streaming but it will be a while, I belive the average connection in America is like 2.5mg and i bet with other countries its alot lower, Where i am the average is 1mb connection, I pay $60usd a month for 24mb connection that gets downgraded to 2.5mb because of the poor networking that uses the old telaphone cables instead of the fibre optic cables which can hold 100 lines instead of the 1 line, My point is Br is here to stay, Im from Australia btw which is meant to be a first world countrie.

Nice. I'd like to see Blu-ray take off. It's certainly heading that way.

I think its major competition now is just DVD, not HD-DVD. 

[QUOTE="PS3_3DO"]

Ok I don't get what this has to do with GAMING? :|

 

Trading_Zoner

it means Blue-Ray will be the standard.

Meaning people will buy ps3 to use as a blueray player and as a games console. Which is a big advantage PS3 has. 

this is system wars not format wars

btw on topic: i kinda saw blu ray winning comin.

[QUOTE="SambaLele"][QUOTE="cjnwo4life"]

Just so you guys know, sales are not all that great for either format. Follow the link and you will see what I have always known, the hD/blu ray formats are not taking off in the mass market. I was a little surprised at just how low sales actually are.

And don't buy into 9:2 when your sales are nothing to smile about on either side.

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Sony/Disc_Sales/Sony_Report_Reveals_First_Look_at_Absolute_Blu-ray_and_HD_DVD_Disc_Sales_Figures/564

Sony Report Reveals First Look at Absolute Blu-ray and HD DVD Disc Sales Figures Mon Apr 09, 2007 at 01:54 AM ET Tags: Disc Sales, Sony (all tags) Thanks to a new research report from Sony, industry watchers are getting their best look yet at hard high-def disc sales numbers from Nielsen VideoScan, including per-title sales figures for high-def discs released on both next-gen formats.

Focusing on sales data for the week ending March 18 (the same week that Sony's 'Casino Royale' smashed high-def records by shipping 100,000 units to retail), it should come as no surprise that the VideoScan numbers released by Sony are favorable to the studio, with five of its releases ranking among the top-selling next-gen discs that week. The numbers that week were equally as impressive for Blu-ray, which outsold HD DVD by a ratio of 9:2, and dominated the list of top-selling next-gen discs -- the HD DVD edition of 'The Departed' was the only HD DVD disc to appear among the top ten best selling high-def discs.

But while abstract ratios and percentages like these have been bandied about for several months now, the Sony report goes one step further, providing the first public release of hard sales figures for HD DVD and Blu-ray discs from Nielsen VideoScan, the home entertainment industry's leading source for competitive sales data. Among the numbers revealed: as of March 18, VideoScan put the cumulative number of Blu-ray titles sold since the format's inception at 844,000 units, versus HD DVD at 708,600.

But perhaps most interesting are the per-title sales numbers for the top ten selling discs across both formats, which are provided both in the form of a weekly tally (again for the week ending March 1, and as year-to-date totals. While these charts confirm the previously reported strong showings for such A-list titles as 'The Departed' 'Batman Begins' and 'Superman Returns' (with each clocking per-format sales totals since-inception of at least 28,000 units sold), they also demonstrate a very steep drop-off for titles outside of that top rung, with even discs among the top-ten best sellers that week moving fewer than 1000 units apiece:

While we should note that the VideoScan numbers are not all-inclusive (for example, they don't include discs sold at Wal-Mart or some online merchants), the lower sales numbers at the bottom end of weekly list and on display elsewhere in the report (where some titles are listed as selling fewer than 200 units since inception) are certainly still a sobering reminder that both formats still have a long way to go in their shared quest to supplant standard-def DVD.

Casino Royale only sold over 28,000 in it's first week. This war hasn't taken off for consumers and we finally have proof. DVD will be around for way too many years to come.

cjnwo4life

that's normal, it's not selling that much yet, because it's a new technology. The DVD took some time to replace the VHS, and the Blu-ray will required even more time to replace the DVD in the mass market. But it will.

BR counts all their sales from discounts HD-DVD doesn't.  This stuff is too funny, but luckily I get to be format neutral and sit back and laugh at people tooting their horn so early on.  Using figures from Euro launch and sales that add in buy 'such and such hardware get so many BR discs free' as well.  LOL.  Declare victory, so I can laugh as it gets prolonged when HD-DVD players hit $199.99 and below months faster and eventually, when someone does win, no one really wins because MS is laying the foundation for downloadable content to take over as we speak and also got BR to up their codec on some discs to VC-1 in their HD-DVD efforts.  If you enjoyed the product whether it lasts or not you didn't get 'owned'.  You only get owned if you assume value for others property.  PS3 is a good console and BR movies are nice, but the arrogance of the Sony and their fanbase sold me on buying multiplat games for 360 (achievements, controller and great on-line help as well), as well as HD-DVD multiplats over their BR counterparts.  I wonder how many BR discs I'll have to purchase before Sony ever makes a profit off me.

Just so you guys know, sales are not all that great for either format. Follow the link and you will see what I have always known, the hD/blu ray formats are not taking off in the mass market. I was a little surprised at just how low sales actually are.

And don't buy into 9:2 when your sales are nothing to smile about on either side.

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Sony/Disc_Sales/Sony_Report_Reveals_First_Look_at_Absolute_Blu-ray_and_HD_DVD_Disc_Sales_Figures/564

next time try answering be directly instead of pointing out to an essay. Instead of calling what I wrote zero reason, read and UNDERSTAND it. If you want to keep your readers attention shorten it and get to the point. We all know that blu-ray could be doing better but as of now the data only suggests that it will get better from here on out.