Blu-ray outsells HD-DVD by 3:1
We had some interesting comments on our last article, which covered Sony‘s good feelings about Blu-ray. One comment by Mr. Common Sense stood out: “It’s going to be years before there is a clear winner. It’s pretty stupid to say there is one at this point.” (Who said we don’t read the comments?)
This comment made a lot of sense (excuse the pun). After all, it isn’t over till the fat lady sings, right? Well, Sony might want to claim an early victory with the recently-released Nielsen VideoScan results coming in and showing that Blu-ray discs are outselling HD-DVDs by over 2:1.
The actual figures say that for the week ending January 7, for every 47.14 HD-DVDs movies sold, there are 100 Blu-Ray movies sold. But the gap is getting bigger, with the week ending January 14 providing statistics to show that the amount of HD-DVDs sold is more like 38.36 for every 100 Blu-Rays sold. These figures include only video sales and no games.
There’s no clue as to whether this relates to the launch of the PS3, but with almost 2 million PS3s now circulating worldwide, Sony’s next-gen console has to be influencing sales in some way. And with the European launch not far off, will the gap between HD-DVD and Blu-ray sales increase even more?
Via PSXextreme
We had some interesting comments on our last article, which covered Sony‘s good feelings about Blu-ray. One comment by Mr. Common Sense stood out: “It’s going to be years before there is a clear winner. It’s pretty stupid to say there is one at this point.” (Who said we don’t read the comments?)
This comment made a lot of sense (excuse the pun). After all, it isn’t over till the fat lady sings, right? Well, Sony might want to claim an early victory with the recently-released Nielsen VideoScan results coming in and showing that Blu-ray discs are outselling HD-DVDs by over 2:1.
The actual figures say that for the week ending January 7, for every 47.14 HD-DVDs movies sold, there are 100 Blu-Ray movies sold. But the gap is getting bigger, with the week ending January 14 providing statistics to show that the amount of HD-DVDs sold is more like 38.36 for every 100 Blu-Rays sold. These figures include only video sales and no games.
There’s no clue as to whether this relates to the launch of the PS3, but with almost 2 million PS3s now circulating worldwide, Sony’s next-gen console has to be influencing sales in some way. And with the European launch not far off, will the gap between HD-DVD and Blu-ray sales increase even more?
Via PSXextreme
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