Blu-rays sale percentage tracking

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Yakuzaice on 23 July 2008

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konnichiwa said:
^ That are higher numbers than expected..

Not really. Blu-ray has been in Japan since 2003.

It's 5 years into it's life cycle overthere.

That was just a Blu-Ray recorder, I don't even think there was any media to buy outside of the blank discs (actually cartridges, since this is before they developed the coating to prevent scratches). They hadn't finished BD-ROM specs until 2006.

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LOL MATURE on 02 August 2008

^ yup. Blu-ray was just a storage medium for Japan in 2003.

Anyway anyone have the last 2 weeks of numbers?

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LOL MATURE on 02 August 2008

^ The actual drop and increase aren't as bad as the percentages make it out to be for Blu-ray.

Thanks for the charts.

Wonder when blu-ray will get 8% ALTD...

I remember a lot of people saying it won't even break 2% (Since last year it was less than 2% with 2 formats)

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johnsobas on 02 August 2008

in reality it still probably is only a few percent market share. I'm sure the top 20 makes up a massive percentage of blu-ray sales, but for DVD that's not exactly the case

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johnsobas said:
in reality it still probably is only a few percent market share. I'm sure the top 20 makes up a massive percentage of blu-ray sales, but for DVD that's not exactly the case

Yawn at the same old song and dance.

Tracked the same way this year as it was last year as it was 15 years ago.

And you would have an argument if it was still early in the Blu-rays life with only a handful of titles but the selection now is over abundance.

Also do you have figures to say otherwise? Do you have a link saying otherwise? Do you have anything to support your claim? If not then it looks like we are going with these numbers. Especially since there are links all over the internet talking about how phenomenal the growth is for Bluray, even faster than DVD all those years ago. Also how Blu-ray sales have rocketed upward since HD-DVD death.

It isn't even the holiday season yet either.

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johnsobas said:
in reality it still probably is only a few percent market share. I'm sure the top 20 makes up a massive percentage of blu-ray sales, but for DVD that's not exactly the case

They show total revenue too. This week it was DVD: 93.5% / BD: 6.5%.

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JaggedSac on 03 August 2008

Damnit, I wish Blu-Ray players were cheaper. I feel like they are fleecing us with those damn things. Any idea if they are gonna drop the prices to $199 by Christmas.

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JaggedSac said:
Damnit, I wish Blu-Ray players were cheaper. I feel like they are fleecing us with those damn things. Any idea if they are gonna drop the prices to $199 by Christmas.

I bet some of the cheaper off-brand players will reach the $199 mark this Christmas.

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