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Blu-ray Maintains Sales Big Lead in Players and Titles
Monday, December 3rd, 2007 at 3:00 PM - by John Martellaro
The Blu-ray Disc Association has announced that sales of Blu-ray players contained in both stand alone units and Sony PS3s has reached 2.7 million, according to Video Business. The compares to 750,000 HD DVD players sold to date announced by Toshiba.
The situation is still somewhat murky because final numbers havent been announced for Black Friday, the results of a recent $100 price drop in the PS3 price, and the net effect of a US$99 special pricing for certain HD DVD players recently. However, the BDA did say that 2 million of the Blu-ray players were in PS3s, leaving about 700,000 stand alone players sold.
While the HD DVD camp likes to point to this parity in stand alone player sales, the PS3 effect has helped the Blu-ray camp maintain its 2:1 lead in title sales. On Black Friday, nearly 73% of titles sold were Blu-ray, according to Nielsen/VideoScan.
The BDA issued a statement that said, in part, "Despite the $99 HD DVD fire sale, Blu-ray movies were flying off the shelves in this crucial holiday shopping period."
In addition, 18 of the top selling 20 HD disc title releases have been Blu-ray according to the BDA.
The overall 2:1 sales margin for Blu-ray titles has been maintained for all of 2007, and just how long the HD DVD camp can brush that under the rug is a big question for 2008.
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