By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
misterd on 06 August 2008
Edit Thread
NJ5 said:
WiiStation360 said:
NJ5 said:
slimeattack said:
There are still skeptics who don't believe in Blu-ray adoption... Maybe look at the sales data. Blu-ray sales are up 300% from last year. Blu-ray players are selling better than DVD players at the same time point. Do you guys expect blu-ray to have negative sales?

Blu-Ray sales up 300% from what value? Percentages don't mean much when we're talking about small values.

Blu-ray players selling better than DVD players at the same time point - source for this?

 

 

Blu-ray has outpaced DVD adoption

So that article is based on the assumption that every PS3 owner uses the Blu-Ray functionality?

The last time I read something about Blu-Ray trends, the attach rate was really poor, so either there are many PS3 owners not using Blu-Ray, or they just bought one or two movies.

Here is a report saying total disc sales were at 11 million from 2006 to mid-2008:

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=1355

It's very hard to be impressed with 11 million movies sold in three years, even if that's just for one region.

 

Yep. Very hard to say this is a fair comparison. We still don't know how many people are buying PS3s for the BR as opposed to the games, while, for example, we know that when the PS2 debuted the Japanese market used it as a DVD player almost exclusively for a year. And to me there is a big difference between a person buying a game console that supports a given video format, versus a person who makes a conscious decision to support a format by buying a dedicated player.