Agreed,  there is always a little backlash that follows a move like this,  and the decreased sales would hurt Sony more than the removing of DVD support would help.   So thy will stick it out until the marketshare rises a little more by the end of the year and we may start to see a drastic move hear and there.  But I still do expect a few blockbuster titles this year to have Blu-ray exclusive releases, with the DVD release coming weeks later. 

Here are the numbers for week ending 01/31/10

Another poor showing from Blu-ray, the ratio was 11:89.  These numbers should be better, especially considering the amount of blu-ray players sold over the holiday season.  Although everything was up YoY, so its noice to see this market doing better.  Maybe its because I havent bought a movie 4 weeks.  

Top 20 Sellers

Sony pictures is making a hell of alot of money..

These last few weeks for blu-ray have been quite pathetic, I know its the down season and all. And its even up a decent amoount over last year. But these numbers should be better and they arent.

What was last years %... if it was only 8% this week and its up YoY and DVD is down YoY... man.

Thats about what it was but that was back when they were only counting Top 20 revenue I believe and not total revenue.   So that could be why we are seeing it up YoY.  

I think Blu-Ray releases really need to come down in price. Everyone I know, even with HDTVs, still buys more DVDs than Blu-Rays. Seeing as Blu-Rays are still so expensive, I haven't bought a film in a while (I'm not going to buy DVD just to repurchase when Blu-Ray comes down in price).

Best buy just in their weekly ad had a few Blu-rays for $17,  a few were only a couple weeks old.  Also  most new releases are only about $22 at Best Buy,   Which is what DVD new releases used to beabout 3 years ago.   So they are cheap.