OSNews > Thread > "RE[2]: Blu-Ray eh?" by tyrione

Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 5th Jan 2008 04:08 UTC

While this might be a bold statement, all things point to this. Blu-Ray was already winning in market share slowly but surely, and today's Warner decision to go BD-only puts the final nails into this HD format war as Warner is the biggest movie distributor. The HD-DVD Group didn't seem to know about Warner's decision and they canceled their CES conference out of the blu tonight, amidst making vague references to possible legal action. My take: I wish Blu-Ray had a region-free policy like HD-DVD does. Living in USA today but one day moving to Europe, it will have an impact in my media library.

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RE[2]: Blu-Ray eh?

by tyrione on Sat 5th Jan 2008 11:08 UTC in reply to "RE: Blu-Ray eh?"

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2005-11-21

Xbox 360 sales since Nov 2005 are just over 17 million units sold. 6 million in the US. 8.1 million units of Halo sold.

PS 3 sales since Nov 2006 are approaching 6 million. Definitely third, but in the Oct - Nov 2007 sales in the US are up 285% due in part to price cuts and Wii production failures.

Wii sales since Nov 2006 are 13.17 million units with 11.86 million units sold of Wii Sports.

PS2 Sales World Wide: 120 million

Observation: NO ONE IS THE WINNER FOR THE LATEST CONSOLES.

It's just begun.

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RE[3]: Blu-Ray eh?

by DMAPacket on Sat 5th Jan 2008 11:42 in reply to "RE[2]: Blu-Ray eh?"

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2007-09-13

Microsoft has SHIPPED around 17 million 360s - just under 15 million have been SOLD worldwide.

Sony has SOLD 9 million PS3s worldwide. Shipment numbers won't be out until march for Sony.

The PS3 has SHIPPED 129-130 million consoles worldwide. Sony has SOLD some 127-128 million consoles worldwide.

There is no winner because we are FIVE YEARS AWAY FROM THE END OF THE CURRENT CONSOLE CYCLE.

Grow up guy, spouting inane fanboy numbers for console sales has never worked in previous gens and it isn't going to accomplish anything this gen.

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RE[4]: Blu-Ray eh?

by tyrione on Sat 5th Jan 2008 17:42 in reply to "RE[3]: Blu-Ray eh?"

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2005-11-21

I am supporting the PS3 and that it hasn't lost. Either you can't grasp that or you responded to the wrong post.

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