That's a pretty good number, but I wonder how much it will go down later (in total sales). This is just my instinct talking, but I imagine first-day sales would be more favorable towards Blu-Ray than total sales (unless Blu-Ray really takes off).
Regarding long-term prospects for Blu-Ray, I think it depends a lot on how big the impending recession is. I don't think unemployed people will buy Blu-Ray players, big screen TVs and more expensive movies when they can just use their existing equipment to watch bargain bin DVDs.
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