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Kasz216 on 21 July 2008
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FilaBrasileiro said:
Kasz216 said:

I've already debunked those two articles in a previous thread. Drive adoption stats are useless when all PS3s are counted as movie players. If you do count it as suck, Blu-ray players have a worse attach rate then the PSP.

Also show me where it says it's America only? Every site i see says it's worldwide.

http://www.techpowerup.com/61987/Blu-ray_Disc_Sales_Hit_11_Million_Mark.html

Even if it were so you would have to deal with the fact that Blu-ray has been on the market for an extra year then the 16.5 figure for DVD. 1997-1998 vs 2006-2008. Up to a year advantage depending on when the first DVD player released.

The second article is just silly. 17 vs 21? What other then home movies is blu-ray used for that DVD wasn't it's first few years? Let alone dual layer machines... which means... like nothing. I mean what does dual layer have to do with total sales? If anything that has to do with nothing but PS3 games... because what else even uses dual layered discs?

That answers that article.

 

Honestly I don't think you've debunked anything, but I'm too tired to counterargue so I'll let you walk way victoriously. And your link is the same as the other one, home media magazine only tracks America/US AFAIK.

That's the point. Not one website has reported it as US only.

All the talk of Blu-ray adoption being ahead of DVD is blu-ray player adoption... and all because of the PS3. Disc adoption is FAR behind.

DVD in it's 2nd quarter of 1999 Shipped 13.9 Million DVDs... in the US alone.

98 Million on the year. I don't see Blu-ray shipping 98 million discs unless you use some funny math including PS3 games... and even then that seems pretty impossible.

http://www.dvdinformation.com/News/press/CES010807.htm

Even if it was just the US that would be 11 Million discs VS DVDs 50.1 Million. Which granted would be shipped... but I don't see over 39 million blu-ray movies sitting on store shelves.

Considering that the US has bought more HD discs then Europe combined... Blu-ray worldwide hasn't even come close to DVD even if it was US only.