Dark Knight sells half a million on first day in UK

Mr Bun - 366 days 15 hours ago

Maybe the title should read "Only 21% of Dark Knight sales was on Blu-ray"...maybe then the article wouldn't get reported

or

"The DVD version sold almost 5x more than the Blu-ray version"...I'm sure that would have been approved in record time!!!

I guess the real problem is that no where in the article does it mention "Blu-ray is dead/dying" in order to keep the 360 fanboys happy

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The gaming GOD - 366 days 15 hours ago

The funny thing is though, these are the same people that like to cry and moan the howl of "this is a sony fanboy site". This is a good example of how wrong that is.

Another example, remember when the 360 was outselling the ps3 for about 5 weeks in japan by about 1000 units per week, we saw tons of articles about it, and they were even approving duplicates. Yet now that things are back to normal in Japan, where are the ps3 tons of stories of it beating the 360 in Japan?

The point is, the next time someone says "this is a sony fanboy site", he/she needs to stop being in denial

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darthv72 - 366 days 14 hours ago

Regardless of the amount of bd copies...it is positive news for the movie overall. I think that is what the title properly reflects. "Dark Knight sells half a million on first day in UK"

It does not state dvd or bd it simply reflects the movie in general.

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Darkseider - 366 days 14 hours ago

Reading is your friend, no really it is.

From the article:

"The stats - from Official Charts Company data as revealed by the British Video Association - show that DVDs are still far outstripping Blu-ray sales with 21% of the 513,000 units sold on the next-gen format."

See the whole 21% of the 513,000 were BD sales or for the mathematically challenged, 107,730 BD copies.

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ultimolu - 366 days 11 hours ago

But OF COURSE it's supposed to spell doom and gloom!
Just like the so-called writers who piled on the minute word goes around that Sony are slashing 16,000 jobs. -___-

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Danja - 366 days 11 hours ago

this is great news...more than 100+k PPL bought it for Blu Ray in the UK alone on day one...

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jadenkorri - 366 days 11 hours ago

blu ray sold 21% of half a million on Dark Knight....are you guys seriously expecting blu ray to outsell DVD...In what sort of warped f**ked up mind do you have when dvd is the standard in every home now and blue ray being just a cpl years old...of course its gonna sell more on dvd, you should know that....its not math...its common sense...again i say it... take ur fanboy head out of your own a$$, breathe some fresh air and come to ur senses...

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Tarasque - 366 days 10 hours ago

Ok put it this way, for people that doesnt understand. How many Sold PS3's is there in the U.K.? Which is where sonys biggest install base is, and it sold a little over 100,000. If you want to clap your hands for a big win then so be it. But lets not resort back to old post from actually some people posting now that had a different tune before the release. Sorry i wont spend 25 bucks for something i might watch only one time.

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BrianC6234 - 366 days 9 hours ago

What's funny is if you read the report they act like Blu-ray sales of the movie are horrible. Blu-ray sales were only 21% of the total sales. That's bad? I assume this report is just for the UK or maybe Europe? I'm in California and I haven't bought my copy yet, on Blu-ray of course.

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Tiberium - 365 days 17 hours ago

A great movie deserves these great sales. You should be able to enjoy it whether it's in dvd or bluray.

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Pennywise - 366 days 15 hours ago

Oh the hypocrisy continues to thicken.

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Darkseider - 366 days 14 hours ago

Amen to that brother. Hypocrisy runs deep in folks here.

On another note, something I learned when the whole fanboy thing started with the PS2/XBox. The camp that bashes openly the most and resorts to infantile name calling and spamming is generally the crowd that is supporting the lesser of the consoles. Using this observation I can only come to one conclusion and that is the XBox boys are in for another disappointment.

I refer to this observation simply due to the way the article is reported as spam. Whenever there is a positive Blu-Ray or Sony article posted it gets reported or bashed. Whenever there is an anti blu-ray or anti-Sony article it gets approved in record time.

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Nineball2112 - 366 days 14 hours ago

I agree 100%.

Technically, Home nor NXE is a "Game". Therefore, every article that has to do with either of them should be reported as spam, the reason being "not games".

Of course, that's silly because Home, NXE AND Blu-ray all are intertwined into this gens consoles.

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Mr Bun - 366 days 14 hours ago

I just bought 2 @ lunch...1 for me and another as a Christmas present

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locos85 - 366 days 14 hours ago

Why would anyone disagree with Mr. Bun???

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Sitdown - 366 days 10 hours ago

of it having 21% of the movie market........reality is, that assumption is inaccurate.

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jadenkorri - 366 days 5 hours ago

but whats funny is that bluray has the highest sales percentage in UK, as of July 2008, approx 60,943,912 people live in uk...with the average person now a days having a dvd player of some sort, lets say for argument sake that 40,000,000 have a dvd player of some sort...this is totally probably way off, but definitely way under, but lets stick with this even number, so 79% of half a million is 395000 Dark Knight sold, using proper math, gives us a 0.9875% of dvds sold to a 40 mill install base... As of dec 06, 08, according to a site, 1,709,632 ps3 have been sold, im gonna chalk that up to an even 5 million for blu ray players sold separately including ps3 of course, its easier math...so using 21% of half a mill is 105,000 blu ray movies sold, using proper math we get 2.1% market compared to dvd is a serious blow to dvd. Yes my numbers are flawed, but they are accurate to a certain degree...

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ThatArtGuy - 366 days 14 hours ago

You won't watch one of the best movies of 2008 again, but will sit through hours and hours of "this is how we shot this scene" and "I composed the score over the span of months with collaboration."

That makes sense...

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Bathyj - 366 days 5 hours ago

Dude, I watched The Godfather Trilogy in one day once. 2 1/2 hours is nothing.

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BaschPS3 - 366 days 11 hours ago

Well, they should have picked up the Two-Disc Special Edition on Blu-Ray as it comes with a Digital Copy you can either transfer to iTunes or Windows Media Player. Picked my copy up today (one hour ago) for $25. Now I'm going to sit back, relax, and enjoy the Dark Knight in pristine 1080p.

Just curious. How many of you have already picked up the Blu-Ray version? Agree with me if you have or are going to within the week (TODAY!!!), and disagree if you dislike the movie altogether. If you intend to pick up the DVD version instead, reply to this comment stating so. That way you'll have to stick your necks out to the impatient, yet forgiving, Blu-Troopers. :D Now, obviously, this is all voluntary but just interested to see N4G's general response. That and hopefully gather some disagrees. I think it's been over three months now without getting a single person to disagree with me. It's kind of creepy actually. So I hope there is someone brave enough to set my fears aside.

Oh, one last thing, this is not only the day of the Dark Knight, but of the Oceanic Six! Support LOST! Season 4 hits store shelves today; available in both Blu-Ray and DVD. LOST can only get better! And Disney sure does know how to treat the viewer. This is the perfect demo piece as it has the best picture and sound Blu has to offer. On top of that, it is a mind blowing show! Do NOT miss out on LOST! Here's a review to whet your appetite: http://www.blu-ray.com/movi...

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aftrdark21 - 366 days 8 hours ago

people disagreeing because i'm getting my bro in law a blu ray disk

sheesh... or maybe it's the ps3 part...wow...

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Firstkn1ghT - 366 days 11 hours ago

Congratulations. The dumbest comment I have ever read on here.

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Kyur4ThePain - 366 days 11 hours ago

What exactly is dumb about that post?
Do you not think BD will be able to get up to 40% for new movie release sales next year?

You and I both know he wasn't referring to the total number of discs ever sold for each format. But that's just your brain's way of trying to deal with this information, isn't it?

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UnwanteDreamz - 366 days 11 hours ago

Proof that you do not read what you yourself post on here.

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Tiberium - 365 days 17 hours ago

Digital distribution is already happening. I don't think bluray will be the "standard." But more of the base level. Kind of what the CD is today compared to mp3 files. But you are right that dvd users will eventually transition over to bluray.

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Karum - 366 days 11 hours ago

Well as far as media playable on consoles goes, it is a PS3 exclusive :p

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theEnemy - 366 days 9 hours ago

We just have the much much much much better port.

:)

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she00win99 - 366 days 15 hours ago

look at all the jealous xbots reporting:
kevco33
Jack007
Le-mo
PirateThom
sak500
stop crying xbots. you seem to forget that we can also post industry news here..

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Mr Bun - 366 days 15 hours ago

Thom is being sarcastic...thus the part where he says "Sarcasm"...as for sak500/Chrissy...she just loves M$ sack so I expect as much from her

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Sir_Ken_Kutaragi - 366 days 10 hours ago

I got the Blu-ray Film but it don't seem to work on my xBox 360??? WHY??? ;-D

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PirateThom - 366 days 14 hours ago

Me too, going to watch it later!

I think the HD DVD version has been delayed.

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Steven Colbert - 366 days 14 hours ago

Screw Blu-Ray,I got it on Betamax XD

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PirateThom - 366 days 14 hours ago

Again

Seems like Netflix is more appealing than 360 games lol!

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Jenzo - 366 days 14 hours ago

How do you mean?

Dark Night is selling better than Resistance 2 and LBP did in their debut days in the UK.

NetFlix is nowhere near as popular as 360 games when it comes to sales, although I'm sure it will get a boost once MGS4 is released.

So no, NetFlix is not more appealing than 360 games.

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gold5225 - 366 days 11 hours ago

What are you talking about MGS4 has been out on the PS3 since June this year and it is Exclusive to PS3.

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heyheyhey - 366 days 11 hours ago

wow.... gold... turn on your humor sensors if you have them man

i've got to give props to Jenzo for the puns... a cut above the rest of the 360 fanboy drivel around here

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Steven Colbert - 366 days 11 hours ago

"NetFlix is nowhere near as popular as 360 games when it comes to sales, although I'm sure it will get a boost once MGS4 is released"-Jenzo

Hahahahaha very nice

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Wiimaniac - 366 days 14 hours ago

Lol. =D
You think?

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trancefreak - 366 days 14 hours ago

way too expensive 20 us dollars is my cutoff.

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digger18 - 366 days 11 hours ago

Damn you pay alot for new release Blu-Rays over there. Here in the UK, Blu-Ray's are almost on par with DVD prices now.

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psnSkareFace - 365 days 21 hours ago

you can get both batmans for £22 or £25 on blue ray at hmv

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