I find it hilarious that Bliggy 1.0 thinks that Blu-Ray will be the
saving grace for the PS3.
Frankly, that's all he had - that Blu-Ray was outselling HD-DVD.
Well, not any more it's not!
According to the Amazon sales league, HD-DVD has taken the lead
considerably over the last week, and that's thanks to a slew ofnew
titles. Now that the post-launch hype of the PS3 has subdued, and
there are no new exciting BLU-RAY disks to buy, along with a lack of
freebie 50% offf offers and discount vouchers, Blu-Ray is settling
back to where it should be - 2nd place.
Instead, the brand advantage and superior range of titles is boosting
HD-DVD back to it's former glory.
What is more, despite the PS3 launching just a month ago and selling
800k machines, it's not Blu-Ray that's leading the european market,
it's HD-DVD!!
http://hidefdvdempire.blogspot.com/2007/04/fox-abandoning-blu-ray.html
"With the exception of the upcoming release of Night At The Museum,
all upcoming FOX Blu-ray titles have been removed from their release
schedule."
http://www.campaignhd.com/407_HDDVD_Sales_Soar.html
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HD DVD Sales Soar To Number One Again - HD DVD Winning In Europe
April 15th, 2007
HD DVD Sales Soar To First Place! And HD DVD Takes The Lead In Europe!
Showing that the sudden drop in HD DVD sales in the first quarter was
likely due to the temporary limited amount of new releases, HD DVD
sales ROARED back to life in late March, as scores of new releases
made their way back into the release pipeline and onto store shelves.
As you will recall from my last opinion piece on the sales of both
formats, there was a surge in Bluray movie sales after the Christmas
launch of the PS3 - but not nearly enough, in my opinion, to eliminate
the people's choice, HD DVD, from the competitive landscape. I
predicted that some of these new PS3 owners would have an initial
curiosity which would result in a sales surge for Bluray -
particularly as Sony included discount vouchers for the movies with
each PS3 sold.
However, it seemed that BD sales started dropping off in February, at
which point a series of "2 week sales" events for Bluray movies,
including a "50% off" (the retail price, not street price) at Amazon
were kicked off, starting around the 6th of March. The effect of the
sales clearly halted the slide in BR sales temporarily, as you can see
by the graph below, but BD sales then plunged again, as you can see.
However, during March, the temporary lull in HD DVD releases ended and
titles were being announced left, right and center. Amazon trackers in
particular showed the effects of these new releases, as HD DVD owners
waved their credit cards at their screens and summoned the titles to
their homes! In fact over 70 titles were announced to land by July
(see links) - including The Matrix Trilogy (see links), in two
different sets for HD DVD only (due to continued BD development
problems apparently (see links).
Buoyed by recent stories and editorials in respected publications,
giving the nod to HD DVD as having the superior picture and the best
Hi Def players on the market, (see links) HD DVD owners shrugged off
repeated assertions by the BDA that the "war is over" and made your
choice - HD DVD!
Top Ten disc sales of each format account for the greater portion of
weekly sales, so we thought you'd be very happy to see the chart for
the last 90 days for a good perspective on HD DVD's resilience (we've
also got the Top 25 sales at the bottom of this page:
Top Ten Sales
You can see the latest updates to this chart here on HDgamedb.com.
Here's the last 30 days:
Top10_30
Here's another perspective from eproductwars:
ewars1030
You can get more info from eproductwars here.
I have listed the MANY HD DVD titles available and announced to date
over (here) and have also created a thread to help you pick your
favourites, here.
For some reason - it appears that Sony has not released its latest
Nielsen/Videoscan sales summary comparing the two formats. Could it be
that they don't like what they are seeing?
The answer seems pretty obvious in my opinion - they probably don't
like what they are seeing. From what we are seeing, HD DVD is once
again taking first place in HD movies sales volume. The enthusiast's
favorite format seems all set to rule again!
And HD DVD Takes the Lead in Europe
In another related story, the The Financial Times, of London (via
MSNBC), proclaims: "Toshiba takes European lead over Sony in HD". This
story is covered in detail here. It also mentions that HD DVD is
preferred by the studios there!
In yet another related story - Business Week has proclaimed that price
DOES matter in this format war. Their story can be found here: "Bluray
vs. HD DVD: Price Matters".
Says Business Week: "And even though Blu-ray, championed by Sony, has
more major movie studios in its camp, that alone is unlikely to give
Blu-ray the edge, says James McQuivey, a principal analyst at
Forrester Research. No major movie studio will ultimately refuse to
support a format compatible with players being used by a significant
slice of the potential audience, McQuivey says.
Now that's what WE'VE been saying all along. Looks like we've reached
our critical mass. HD DVD is here to stay.
Here are the Top 25 Sales for the last 90 days also, to give you a
good perspective:"
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