Excuse me, but how is the PS3/Blu-Ray demographic any different than the HD-DVD demographic?

Maybe Transformers felt short because it was such an awesome ride that time just flew by, seeing as the movie clocked in at 2 hours and 23 minutes. And almost everyone agrees that the action was top notch, even critics that didn't like the movie that much. Also Optimus got his ass kicked by Megatron in the movie, which is nothing like the cartoons where they are on par with each other. At my work about 95% of the people I talk to loved Transformers and can't wait for the sequel. I have my doubts if Spiderman 3 will beat disc sales from Transformers.

All I know is that I bought the HD-DVD and I don't even have an HD-DVD player. I just had to get one.

2 million ps3s and 400k standalone hd dvd players yet only outsold  them 2:1???  And I wonder how much money Paramount may have to invest to get a working blu-ray version of transformers without bugs.

Anyways, I got a ps3 now, but I'm not going to buy spiderman.  Transformers rock!  (Not Michael Bay though).

You're a capitalist's wet dream.

Ps3 owners, or gamers, are more into action flicks with awesome CGI effects.  HD DVD owners tend to represent the more upscale, money conscious consumers that aren't necessarily interested in a movie just because it's full of flashy effects.

This is why 300 on Blu-Ray outsold 300 on HD DVD 2:1, yet Planet Earth on Blu-Ray sold roughly the same as Planet Earth on HD DVD.

 Blu-Ray only outsells HD DVD by that much because 70% of ps3 owners don't buy Blu-Ray movies.  Why? Because 70% of the ps3 userbase doesn't own an HDTV.

 As the percentage of HDTV owners rises, so will the percentage of ps3 owners that buy Blu-Ray.

HD-DVD is just an additional revenue stream, and will be treated as such for 5-10 years - if not longer.

98% of sales were on DVD - 2% on HD-DVD. All this means, is they managed to squeeze a premium purchase (think "special box set") out of 2% of the consumers that bought the movie.

DVD is still by far the most important format - 95% of their revenue came in via DVD sales.

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The same will happen with BluRay. Do you think Sony will delay or hold back the DVD release of Spiderman? I think not - they want their 95% of revenue, just like any sane company would.

Its also hard to measure these sales fairly IMO. Transformers was a "bonus" when buying some HD-DVD players? Spiderman will be the same, and a pack-in for PS3 purchases?

Just to clarify, the DVD sales are not #1 all-time, but #1 for this year. You may want to edit the thread title.

 I saw that movie in the theatre...  what shot are you talking about???