Blu-Ray vs DVD sales

[wes]

Originally Posted by The Kipnis Studios

Unfortunately, by the time Sony figures out that short term greed will be superseded by download HD volume in just a few years - and that those companies who own the bandwidth through the internet will be the next winners, then they will most likely wind up out in the cold without any internet connection, not even for PS3.

Probably, which is why I am careful about buying too many BluRay discs and only when they are on sale.

[The Kipnis Studios]

Originally Posted by wes

Probably, which is why I am careful about buying too many BluRay discs and only when they are on sale.

At this point - ME TOOooooo!

[TheMoose]

this weeks numbers

From Engadget

[wes]

Originally Posted by TheMoose

this weeks numbers

From Engadget

If only the market would rebound like that go Blu

[TheMoose]

Nielsen VideoScan High-Def market share for week ending September 28th, 2008

From Engadget,



So much for the theory that only movies that fit in the Blu-ray demographic can hit number one on the Nielsen VideoScan charts -- thanks Home Media Magazine for the data -- as Sex and the City: The Movie easily beat any other title by almost 35 percent. This might sound like a lot but it's nowhere near as much as the DVD version, which outsold Leatherheads by almost 92 percent. This one title easily explains the low market share for Blu-ray this week at 6 percent, in fact the Blu version of S&TC only managed 3.37 percent of the share from DVD -- which is about a third of what a title like Forbidden Kingdom manages. The other interesting thing this week is that while Leatherheads was number two on the DVD charts, it's only number five on Blu, with older titles like Speed Racer and Transformers easily outselling it. This week is fun and all, but next week is when the real fun starts because Iron Man has reportedly already outsold every other Blu-ray Disc to date. Because of the predicted success of just this one title, we'd be so bold as to expect the Blu-ray market share to be the best in record, which would put it over 12 percent.

I can't wait to see what Ironman does!

[TheMoose]

What a week for Blu-ray where -- according to Nielsen VideoScan data from Home Media Magazine -- revenues were an all time high and over twice as much as any other week, ever. Looking at the top twenty it's very apparent this was due all in part to Iron Man, which sold like 20 times more copies than any other release. Iron Man was also able to steal 17 percent of the sales from DVD, which is the highest we've seen from any other day-and-date non-boxset release, ever. This is a great start to the fourth quarter for Blu-ray and while next week doesn't have any titles anywhere near as popular as Iron Man, it does have a wider array that will appeal to a broader audience. This combined with the historical tread that shows that home media sales are up during poor economic times, should make for a very Blu Christmas.