PS3 is only 'bright spot' for Blu-ray, says report

[NJ5]

MikeB said:

NJ5 said:

@MikeB: I looked at those links, and I don't see any numbers contradicting the article I posted.

Where is the data which contradicts the 16.3 million DVDs / 11 million Blu-Ray information?

Notice that the 11 million Blu-Ray discs number comes directly from blu-ray.com, I doubt they'd underrepresent Blu-Ray sales.

 

 

Sorry for the late reply as I am currently on vacation in Iran.

I couldn't find the original source for your quote. There are many more Blu-Ray discs out there than there were DVDs on the market taking equal timeframes.

Especially here in Europe the PS3 made a huge difference:

http://www.futuresource-consulting.com/press/2008-06_Blu-rayDisc_release.pdf

I'll post some more information when I get home in a couple of weeks.

What? I posted the links right there:

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

http://www.movieweb.com/dvd/news/20/26720.php

Kasz216 has posted more links to the same effect in this post. Blu-Ray disc sales are growing slower than DVD sales did.

EDIT - That article you posted is not even about disc sales, it's just another article about player sales (including PS3s).

The only conclusion we can take based on all these articles put together is that many PS3 owners don't use the Blu-Ray functionality, or they use it very little.