Kasz216 on 20 July 2008
| akuma587 said: Part of the reason there is a slowdown currently in BOTH the Blu-Ray and DVD markets is more than likely due to the recession the U.S. and other parts of the world are in. Honestly, if Blu-Ray is only that far behind DVD, 11 billion vs. 16.3 billion discs, then that is pretty impressive considering there was a format war and DVD was running unopposed. It did not also require that users upgrade their TV to fully experience the product. Although Blu-Ray player prices are actually cheaper than DVD player prices were in many of the same timeframes (not adjusting for inflation at least). |
Actually at the time the 16.3 number was taken it was against a combined 8.3 HDVD/Blu-ray sales. Blu-ray is actually very much farther behind at this point.
It was the easiest number to find however.
Blu-ray is in it's third year. While the 16.3 number was taken by DVD in it's SECOND year in June.
Bluray is 5.3 million behind with a whole extra year under it's belt. With a MUCH expanded audience.
