General Blu-ray News and Discussion - Part 6
04-13-08, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Qui Gon Jim
Isn't this a little over the top? Like it or not, HD DVDs sold at a rate of 1 for every 2 BD sold last week. It is easy to say "It doesn't exist" but the whole BDA and the studios should be in hyper-alarm mode about this ratio.
There are people waiting for that last "blow 'em out" price for HD DVD. This spike can't really be attributed to that, especially when the number 10 title for BD is one not readily available at retail.
BDs numbers are way down this week. Now the question is are they trending downwards?
Also, I could definitely see all the studios save Columbia pulling out of HDM altogether if sales don't pick up.
I was really shocked by that chart this week. The one you left out.
There are people waiting for that last "blow 'em out" price for HD DVD. This spike can't really be attributed to that, especially when the number 10 title for BD is one not readily available at retail.
BDs numbers are way down this week. Now the question is are they trending downwards?
Also, I could definitely see all the studios save Columbia pulling out of HDM altogether if sales don't pick up.
I was really shocked by that chart this week. The one you left out.
04-13-08, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Qui Gon Jim
Isn't this a little over the top? Like it or not, HD DVDs sold at a rate of 1 for every 2 BD sold last week. It is easy to say "It doesn't exist" but the whole BDA and the studios should be in hyper-alarm mode about this ratio.
There are people waiting for that last "blow 'em out" price for HD DVD. This spike can't really be attributed to that, especially when the number 10 title for BD is one not readily available at retail.
BDs numbers are way down this week. Now the question is are they trending downwards?
Also, I could definitely see all the studios save Columbia pulling out of HDM altogether if sales don't pick up.
I was really shocked by that chart this week. The one you left out.
There are people waiting for that last "blow 'em out" price for HD DVD. This spike can't really be attributed to that, especially when the number 10 title for BD is one not readily available at retail.
BDs numbers are way down this week. Now the question is are they trending downwards?
Also, I could definitely see all the studios save Columbia pulling out of HDM altogether if sales don't pick up.
I was really shocked by that chart this week. The one you left out.
According to the usual peeps over at Blu-ray.com, the Top 20 Blu-rays sold 319k movies. That would mean the Top 20 HD DVD sold roughly 179k movies last week (a bit more because the other 21-whatever are not counted, but a rough estimate). That's alot of movies sold at Circuit City as they were the only place having any type of advertised clearance sale.
04-13-08, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by bunkaroo
Now if only they sold that way when they weren't on clearance and unavailable everywhere. 
04-13-08, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by GizmoDVD
...They did. Many weeks HD DVD was in the 30-45's...?
04-13-08, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by GizmoDVD
...They did. Many weeks HD DVD was in the 30-45's...?
Titles are marked down to bargain basement levels, and they can barely hold the same unit sales volume they did BEFORE the discounts, and you think that is a black eye for Blu-ray?
Listening to the resident Gloomy Gus posters in here, you'd think that the BDA (apparently aka "Sony" to some people) should just hang it all up today, simply because they haven't already completely eclipsed DVD (despite the fact that it's only been a scant two months since the real single-format "launch").
Just a thought, but maybe you should all wait until a real buying season begins, such as the fall of this year, and then bring out your predictions of imminent failure.
04-13-08, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by GizmoDVD
That's alot of movies sold at Circuit City as they were the only place having any type of advertised clearance sale.
CC was the big B&M sale last week, but a LOT of internet stores have lowered prices.
04-13-08, 06:57 PM
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It's too bad there's so much emphasis on sales and not quality, title selection, etc. This sort of deep emotional attachment to one format or the other really doesn't show any signs of stopping. Closing. If one of the other mods wants to clean this up, feel free. At this point, I really don't think there's any point in having an all-in-one Blu-ray news thread. Just post any relevant news in its own thread.
