| Dolla Dolla said: Here is an interesting article that came out about two weeks after the PS3 launched in Europe: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070409-hd-dvd-takes-early-lead-in-european-market.html Look at the cost breakdown of HD-DVD vs Blu-ray: Quoted from article: "An HD DVD replication line costs about €800,000 and you can make 40,000 discs a day on it. A Blu-Ray replication line costs €1.7m or €1.8m and you can make 10,000 to 15,000 discs a day." |
This as well:
"Although Blu-ray may be edging out HD DVD sales in the US, it's not as if the general public is scrambling to buy either player—or movies for them—en masse just yet. A recent report released by Sony showed that among the top ten movie titles for both HD DVD and Blu-ray sales for the week ending on March 18, 2007, three spots were held by movies that sold fewer than 1,000 units each. In fact, only one movie on the entire top ten list had five-figure sales digits at all, with the remaining nine titles adding up to a combined sales total of 12,430 units.
These paltry sales numbers confirm that both HD DVD and Blu-ray have a long way to go before claiming victory in any sense of the word. Both formats have different studios on their respective sides and there has yet to be a major catalyst to get the public to tip one way or another by any meaningful metric."Anyone, who declares victory for either side right now, is a fool.
A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.
Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs
