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Forums - General - Why Has Blu-ray Failed to Catch Hold?

Kasz216 said:

Well... saw this coming.

I'm surprised nobody is popping out of the woodwork like when i kept comparing pure disc sales and numbers and marketshare vs DVD  and how it did vs VHS.... and the flaws with the player studies including things like PS3s.

Still though, honestly Blu-ray isn't doing THAT badly.  

Blu-ray was NEVER DVD in terms of adoption.  The earlier claims that it was is all smoke and mirrors focusing on whatever way they could frame it to make Blu-ray look like the biggest hit ever. 

Nobody is just willing to push people off the cliff and say "blu-ray only" probably do too things like Netflix and the economy tanking.

For people who have kept a realistic view of the whole thing rather then buying into all the fake PR numbers... i'd say Blu-ray is doing quite well.


I agree with this one. Blu-ray was never going to be as big as DVD, which was a huge leap in user interface, storage and build quality but its doing pretty damn well for what it is.