Blue-ray surpasses 1 m sold mark

[Kwaad]

shams said:

Kwaad said:

ckmlb said:
With 3 exclusives Blu Ray still had 70% of hi def movies sold in Q1....

I'm not sure how many exclusives have been released for BluRay, it is probibally more than 3, but for big-name hitters, HD-DVD has the same number of big releases as the BluRay. (That is a feat in it's own becuase HD-DVD has like 20% the exclusive support of BluRay) When BluRay has a month and drops like 10 exclusives to HD-DVDs 2 or 3... It's gonna get messy.

You are still missing the point, aren't you...

The companies that support HD-DVD are doing WELL, and are EXTREMELY happy with its performance. As long as this continues - and they keep bringing in the profit (which is MORE money than they would with BluRay) there is no reason for them to switch over.

Even if BluRay players outnumber HD-DVD players 3:1 - the number of companies/support for BluRay may outnumber it 10:1. So... when someone wants to buy a movie that runs on their BluRay player, these companies have MORE chance of making a sale.

This is not about wanting to watch a specific movie - its about having some media to show off your new-fangled handware/TV. No one with a HD-DVD player is going to say "Ohh - this movie only comes on on BluRay - I better buy a player" - they will just buy the DVD instead, and complain to their retailer.

 

 So what your saying is. No matter who wins, the customer looses. Kinda like, in HD the customer always looses too right? Kidna like buying a 500$ sound system... everyone looses. Or buying a computer... everyone looses... Hell, buying food. Everyone looses.

Dude. You should explain yourself, and make some sense, becuase it would be hard to make less sense than you just did. Oh, yeah, BTW, the companies that support both, are happier with their BluRay performance than HD-DVD. The HD-DVD exclusive companies are MUCH happier with their HD-DVD sales than their BluRay sales. Mainly because it is ∞:0.