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MikeB on 12 February 2008

Best Buy is going Blu-Ray as well:

http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_After_Best_Buy_Decision_Game_Over_For_HD_DVD_13921.html

Woolworth (UK) earlier revealed they will be backing Blu-Ray exclusively.

The US and UK are HD DVD's strongest markets (despite also lagging behind here). I wish the HD DVD camp finally admits their defeat to benefit the market.



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Retrasado on 12 February 2008

Actually, best buy is only "promoting" BD over HD DVD. Meaning they will give prominant and more shelf space for BD products over HD DVD products and they will instruct their salespeople to try to get customers to go Blu. Personally, I think this is a smart move because they are doing their part to end this ridiculous format war while not completely betraying all their customers that like HD DVD.



Not trying to be a fanboy. Of course, it's hard when you own the best console eve... dang it

MikeB on 13 February 2008

The Blu-Ray format is picking up steam across Europe:

Two months after the million milestone was hit, total Blu-ray disc movie sales across Europe have reached over two million units, it has been announced in a press release issued by the Blu-ray Disc Association European Promotions Committee.

The most recent Gfk figures show Blu-ray disc movie sales totalled 2.37 million, which, the group says, means that 79% of the high definition movie discs bought by consumers year-to-date across Europe were Blu-ray compared with 21% in the HD DVD format.

The PS3 is being credited as one reason for the successful sales figures. "Sony Europe is delighted with the popularity of PS3 and the positive impact it's had on Blu-ray Disc sales," commented David Walstra, director, Home Video Europe, Sony Europe.

Sales up to Christmas saw over half a million Blu-ray movie discs sold in December, outselling HD-DVD by 3:1 with a 75% market share.


http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/12846/13870/two-million-blu-ray-movies-sold.phtml



Naughty Dog: "At Naughty Dog, we're pretty sure we should be able to see leaps between games on the PS3 that are even bigger than they were on the PS2."

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