Blu-ray stomps all over HD-DVD

[madskillz]

Interesting ...

For the record, we didn't get the charts from NPD... we created them ourselves based on the actual NPD unit sales data. And here, in the interest of transparency, is that actual sales data. Again, these numbers do NOT include the PS3 or the Xbox 360 add-on drive - these are just straight set-top players.

Here's how the January Week 1 unit sales looked for each format (week ending 1/5)...

Blu-ray Disc - 15,257 units
HD-DVD - 14,558 units

That was prior to the Warner announcement, which came on 1/4. Now here's how the January Week 2 unit sales data for each format looked AFTER the announcement (for the week ending 1/12)...

Blu-ray Disc - 21,770 units
HD-DVD - 1,758 units

As you can see, the HD-DVD player numbers dropped dramatically. However, it's also true that 21,770 isn't a doubling of the 15,257 of the previous week, so we stand corrected on the Blu-ray comment - Blu-ray player sales did not double, but they did increase significantly. It was always our intention that the data would speak for itself, which is why we were very careful in accurately creating the pie charts, and it's why we're posting the unit sales data for you now. We think the data DOES speak for itself, but now you can all draw your own conclusions.

While we're at it, here are the unit sales numbers for the month of December as well (weeks ending 12/8 to 12/29)...

Blu-ray Disc - 115,132 units
HD-DVD - 76,148 units

So there you go. FYI, we will post the numbers for the second half of January as they become available, to track how sales of both formats are affected by the various recent sales and discounts.

Source: http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents

Basically, yeah, the units sold were under 2K for HD DVD, but ... that chart, made by the blogger and NOT NPD makes it look even worse.

HD DVD isn't going into the great beyond yet ...