Thanks to the folks at High-Def Digest, we've learned that Sony has released a new research report using sales numbers from Nielsen VideoScan for the week ending March 18th. What makes this report special is that it includes per-title sales figures for discs released on Blu-ray and HD DVD.
But while abstract ratios and percentages like these have been bandied about for several months now, the Sony report goes one step further, providing the first public release of hard sales figures for HD DVD and Blu-ray discs from Nielsen VideoScan, the home entertainment industry's leading source for competitive sales data.
Among the numbers revealed: as of March 18, VideoScan put the cumulative number of Blu-ray titles sold since the format's inception at 844,000 units, versus HD DVD at 708,600.
Take note that these numbers do not include include discs sold at Wal-Mart or some online stores. Nevertheless, it does paint an interesting picture, especially when you see that some releases have sold less than 200 copies. If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here.
