Blu-ray Surpasses DVD in Japan

Link: http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=2153

Blu-ray Surpasses DVD in Japan Posted December 9, 2008 10:06 AM by Josh Dreuth According to the latest GfK Retail and Technology Japan data, Blu-ray recorders broke the 50% barrier during the first week of November, meaning that unit sales of Blu-ray recorders surpassed that of DVD recorders for the first time ever. Compared to the same time last year, when Blu-ray's market share was only 10%, the format has shown rapid growth. Additionally, statistics show that the Blu-ray format is outpacing DVD in replacement speed as well. The high definition format is replacing DVD recorders 1.5 times faster than DVD recorders replaced VHS decks. The trend is expected to continue as recorder prices continue to drop. Source: GfK Japan | Permalink | Relevant for:

According to the latest GfK Retail and Technology Japan data, Blu-ray recorders broke the 50% barrier during the first week of November, meaning that unit sales of Blu-ray recorders surpassed that of DVD recorders for the first time ever. Compared to the same time last year, when Blu-ray's market share was only 10%, the format has shown rapid growth.

Additionally, statistics show that the Blu-ray format is outpacing DVD in replacement speed as well. The high definition format is replacing DVD recorders 1.5 times faster than DVD recorders replaced VHS decks. The trend is expected to continue as recorder prices continue to drop.

(Sorry for the double post, the article was cut off in the first.)

so people are buying blu-ray players instead of the ps3?

this is good news for blu-ray, but actually bad for sony.

Thats the fucking stupidest thing I have ever heard.

don't f*ck with logic!

Don't say stupid things!

No it's not. Remember what sony wanted with the ps3? they want the ps3 to be used as the primary blu-ray player. As this article states, there are a lot of blu-ray players being sold. That's all fine and such, but if we look at our weekly ps3 numbers, you see there are only about 20-30k sold. I really think this article means there are a lot more players sold. And this is not what sony wants.

Sony wanted that Blu Ray would beat HD DVD and it did.

Maybe the Japanese just dont like dvds anymore...

LOLOLOL Tombi I love you xD That was a fantasticly blunt response :P

Good for blu-ray ^_^ Only going to get better from here on out :)

Keep in mind Neos, the more popular blu-ray gets, the more incentive Microsoft will have to put it in they're next box ;)