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Total Blu-ray Disc movie sales across Europe have topped one million units, it was announced today by the Blu-ray Disc Association European Promotions Committee. Of the High Definition movie discs bought by consumers year-to-date in Europe, 73% were in the Blu-ray Disc format and 27% were HD DVD, according to sales data provided by Media Control Gfk International.While selling a million discs is a commendable feat, its still a drop in the bucket compared to the number of standard DVD's being sold. If you'd like to read more, the Blu-ray Disc Association's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
The only High Definition packaged media universally supported by the film, music, gaming and computer industries, BD is the #1 selling High Definition packaged media. The one million unit milestone relates to movies only. If BD game disc production is added into the equation, then total number of discs produced for sale in Europe already exceeds 21 million units. The so-called ‘PlayStation effect’ is important since it is creating major economies of scale and makes BD disc replication cost effective.
Blu-ray Disc movie sales experienced their highest weekly sales since the inception of the format, in week 44, topping 66,000 units. This is due to the launch of new release titles such as 300, Spider-Man 3, Die Hard 4.0 and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.
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Following landmark Black Fridaypromotions through major retail chains, the North American HD DVDPromotional Group today announced that sales of dedicated HD DVD playersexceeded the 750,000 mark. The data is based on retailer reports and otherpoint of sale data, and includes standalone set-top players as well as theXbox 360 HD DVD player.The latest round of promotions and price cuts have apparently paid off. Nevertheless, Toshiba and other HD DVD backers still have a way to go if they want to catch up with the Playstation 3, which has already sold millions of units. If you'd like to read more, the HD DVD Promotional Group's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
"HD DVD continues to gain momentum and market share with consumers,"said Ken Graffeo, executive vice president of HD strategic marketing forUniversal Studios Home Entertainment, and co-president of the HD DVDPromotional Group. "With more than four weeks left for holiday shopping, HDDVD is turning out to be a perfect consumer electronics gift."
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U.S. sales of Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 (PS3) more than doubled in the weeks following a price cut and the launch of a lower-priced version, the company said on Friday, in a sign of changing fortunes for the game console.While these price cuts have given PS3 sales a much needed boost, it still has a long way to go to catch up to the Wii and Xbox 360. If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
Sony said it sold about 75,000 PS3 consoles in the week of October 29 in the United States, and more than 100,000 in the following week, compared with weekly sales of 30,000 to 40,000 before.
Sony cut the U.S. price of its PS3 with an 80-gigabyte hard disk drive by 17 percent to $499 in mid-October. It started selling a new model with a 40-GB hard drive on November 2 for $399 in an effort to ignite demand ahead of the crucial holiday season.
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New Medium Enterprises, Inc.(NME) (OTC Bulletin Board: NMEN), provider of the affordable, high-qualityHD VMD (Versatile Multilayer Disc) format, announced today its sale of10,000 Multilayer Players for Central Europe to FKH Electronic, who will bedistributing its 1080p HD VMD Multilayer Players to retail outlets inPoland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia. This initial order is valuedat US$1.3 million. The order will complement the HD VMD film contentcurrently available in Central Europe.As I've said in the past, HD VMD is joining the party a bit late. With HD DVD player prices already dipping below $200, HD VMD really doesn't have much of an advantage anymore. If you'd like to read more, NME's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
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The European HD DVD Promotional Group has announced that European HD DVD player owners have already bought an average of 3.8 movies each, compared to 0.6 movies sold per Blu-ray player.Take note that these figures are for all HD players which, in this case, includes both standalone players and consoles. Considering how many PS3 owners aren't using the console to watch Blu-ray movies, it shouldn't be too surprising that the numbers are skewed in HD DVD's favor. If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
The figures were collated by independent research group GfK and analyse the number of movies sold for all HD players (standalone players and consoles) across the UK, France, Germany, Spain Italy and Benelux countries.
The overall attach rate is highest in Spain, where HD DVD owners have bought an average of 5.7 movies per player, which is over 14 times the attach rate for Blu ray (at 0.4 per player).
