AndrewW Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 http://gear.ign.com/articles/783/783545p1.html HD-DVD Movie Sales Only 2k Behind Blu-rayMost recent sales data shows formats almost neck and neck. by Gerry Block April 25, 2007 - The recent pres-release-bickering between the HD-DVD and Blu-ray camps isn't terribly new, though most previous spats have gone down in the midst of large trade shows. The most recent squabbling began when HD-DVD celebrated the format's birthday by announcing that 100,000 dedicated players had been sold, preserving the format's hardware lead, not counting the PlayStation 3 (story). Blu-ray fired back, announcing that Blu-ray movie sales had reached the 1,000,000-sold milestone, and added a little salt to the wound with the data that 70-percent of Q1 HD-movie sales were thanks to Blu-ray (story). Today, HD-DVD's representatives from Webersh & Wick public relations wrote to IGN Gear directly with updated HD-DVD news. According to their figures, HD-DVD movie sales lag only 2,000 units behind Blu-ray with 998,059 units sold. The firm points out that pre-orders of Planet Earth and The Matrix Trilogy will propel HD-DVD over the million-mark quite shortly. Representatives also stated that hardware sales have continued with strength in April, maintaining a 4 to 1 margin over Blu-ray. Though consumers would likely benefit to a resolution to this format war sooner rather than later, it's looking like the struggle may continue for quite some time. The upshot of it all, however, will be a long and amusing PR battle. Honestly, it's rare in technology to get this much back-and-forth in claims, counter claims, dueling sales statistics, and one sided announcements of victory, so kick back and enjoy it, maybe while rocking some undeniably pretty 1080p movies on the format of your choice.
Hydrology Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 Interesting, and probably expected from those of us who are format neutral.
attilathepun Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 I can imagine the howls of outrage and claims of "hydra" that would result if an article was posted based on figures provided by BDA's PR firm... I have no problem believing the figures though, as the figure quoted in previous articles were 937,000 HD DVD's sold - so another 60,000 is perfectly reasonable. Of course the BD figure quoted was 1.2 million, which is slightly more than 2000 higher than 998,859.
AndrewW Posted April 26, 2007 Author Posted April 26, 2007 I can imagine the howls of outrage and claims of "hydra" that would result if an article was posted based on figures provided by BDA's PR firm... The difference here is that 1) the figures are actually believable, and 2) not a single mention of "winning the war" Andrew.
momaw Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 I can imagine the howls of outrage and claims of "hydra" that would result if an article was posted based on figures provided by BDA's PR firm...I have no problem believing the figures though, as the figure quoted in previous articles were 937,000 HD DVD's sold - so another 60,000 is perfectly reasonable. Of course the BD figure quoted was 1.2 million, which is slightly more than 2000 higher than 998,859. The BD figure of 1.2million is players (including PS3's), the software sales is 1million as announced earlier this week. As to the Hydra, I must agree that figures provided by either camps PR people are sus. that said the 1 million BD discs I believe was also from BDA PR and I don't remember any bashing on that announcement.........
attilathepun Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 The BD figure of 1.2million is players (including PS3's), the software sales is 1million as announced earlier this week.As to the Hydra, I must agree that figures provided by either camps PR people are sus. that said the 1 million BD discs I believe was also from BDA PR and I don't remember any bashing on that announcement......... Eh? From the story posted in this thread: http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtopic=48901 "Since the high-def format's inception -- HD DVD launched in April 2006, while Blu-ray got rolling two months later -- more than 2.14 million discs have been purchased by consumers: 1.2 million Blu-ray Discs and about 937,500 HD DVDs." This got responses including: "Hydra from the Junkyard " And the BDA PR release, posted here: http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtop...8672&st=100 Got responses including: "Looks a lot like more spin rather than quality independant sales figures........."
momaw Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 Eh? From the story posted in this thread:http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtopic=48901 "Since the high-def format's inception -- HD DVD launched in April 2006, while Blu-ray got rolling two months later -- more than 2.14 million discs have been purchased by consumers: 1.2 million Blu-ray Discs and about 937,500 HD DVDs." This got responses including: "Hydra from the Junkyard " And the BDA PR release, posted here: http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtop...8672&st=100 Got responses including: "Looks a lot like more spin rather than quality independant sales figures........." Gee can't even agree with you without an attack. You need some sun dude. But since that article is bogus, those remarks seem apt. Before you hit me with the proof argument, here is the actual press release from the BDA. No mention of actual numbers just that they have surpassed 1 million. Note the date on the release....the same as the date of the post claiming not 1 million but 1.2 million and if you go to the link to the original article it somehow manages to be dated the day before the BDA's press release. If the figure was 20% higher than 1 million (or even 10% higher) you can bet your last dollar they would have put it in the press release. PS press release includes a nice list of upcoming releases complete with date - of course they can't date The Matrix as BD can't get it's sh!t together.
attilathepun Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 Not an attack, just keen on facts Reuters and the Washington Post also carried the 1.2 million figure though, quoting Home Media Magazine: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...7042300663.html The BDA press release doesn't actually say how many were sold - just that they had broken the 1 million barrier. Whilst you may argue (with some justification) that they would have quoted a higher figure if it existed, it is just as likely that they concentrated on the nice round "headline" figure of 1 million. Much like with Casino Royale shipping 100,000. I am sure it shipped some figure more than 100,000, but they just wanted to claim to be the first to break the 100,000 barrier. Either way, I agree that the sales are very close, and that compared to SD DVD they are both a drop in the ocean either way. Cheers
momaw Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 We agreed on something and the world didn't explode! Mind you, that is the problem with modern journalism, everyone gets their "facts" from the same web opinion and it gets repeated til it is considered "fact"
attilathepun Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 We agreed on something and the world didn't explode! No we didn't! Oh, wait...
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