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Target expands Blu-ray space for hardware, software. Move a response to customer demand

VB:Target has significantly stepped up its Blu-ray Disc software and hardware merchandising, as it responds to rising customer demand for the format.

Starting in July, the chain reconfigured its home entertainment sections, granting Blu-ray titles 18 feet of in-rack display space. For two Los Angeles-area stores, that amounts to room for 150 title facings, marking a 67% jump from these same outlets' disc slots in May.

"Our goal is to create a fun, intuitive shopping environment where our guests will find all of there wants and needs under one roof," Target spokesman Joshua Thomas said. "Our guests are becoming increasingly interested in high-definition, and we are committed to providing them with a great assortment of the industry's best solutions."

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eric1005688d ago (Edited 5688d ago )

Typical MS and their BS

DARK KNIGHT , LBP and RESISTANCE 2 will give the final death blow to X360 , DVD and MS

Makidian5688d ago

That's almost what I was going to say 'but but but blue rae is teh suckz and HD-DVD drools, I mean rulez!' People can speculate that BD is never going to hit like DVD but all signs point to a big fat yes it is. Don Resinger, Aaron 'fatass' Greenberg, and any other naysayers might as well pull their heads out of each others butts and give each other a big fat kiss. Maybe then they will all get sick and die

Shaka2K65688d ago

The xbug 3rd60 sucks still using last gen. dvd no wonder gears of war 1.5 looks like a wii game and its only 2 hours long!

jahcure5688d ago

Greenberg said Bluray is not making inroads. According to him, all people buying HDTVs will prefer sd dvd.

Maybe Target Corp. didn't get the memo?

/sarcasm

MAR-TYR-DOM5688d ago

are Greenberg and Patcher related?

DARKKNIGHT5688d ago (Edited 5688d ago )

I have noticed in-store Best buy, blockbuster,etc + online retailers bluray stock growing.The funniest thing is these guys makes these comments and then hulk makes some STUPID numbers. These guys get blown UP as fanboys, and in the process lose all credibility(what little is left).

Seriously now, how many units do you guys think DARK KNIGHT is gonna push?!?!?!?!?!? LOL. yeah, bluray is teh dooomzed

We can go on all day with facts....but the sales speak for themselves....the PQ and the 7.1 ROAR for themselves. I dont understand how some choose to ignore the same thing that has happened for 2 generations of sony hardware.........in case some dont remember. Currently, All signs point to sony winning the public over with yet another Storage format.

juuken5688d ago

Lol, I thought bluray died? xD;

Bathyj5688d ago

Ha, as soon as I read the title, I knew someone would say "but, but, but".

Oh yeah, go BR !

MNicholas5688d ago

by all except those who are left-overs from the Dreamcast fan club.

badz1495688d ago

are payed retards! GreenB is payed to talk rubbish and stay in the present time forever by refusing to see that the future is blu and Pachter is payed to pull numbers or whatever sh!t out his a$$ and post them as news! those 2 will never learn!

I remember at the time when HDDVD was still around, M$ offered the add-on and when being interviewed about the purpose, GreenB or whoever it was from M$ said that they are giving what the people wants! now that HDDVD is dead, they totally dump the format and stretch their effort to DD! (although at the same time selling a HDD-less SKU) so, what happen to all those "giving what the people wants" thing?

SL1M DADDY5687d ago

Hope the fanboys eat it up. As for me, BD is alive and well in my house. I have yet to buy a standard DVD since I bought the PS3. BD just looks too good to settle for upscaling.

mpmaley5687d ago

TDK will push 1 million in its first week.

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Raoh5688d ago

LOL

every person, store, family, couch, microwaveable popcorn is reading themselves for Batman: Dark Knight on Blu Ray

lol if iron man, the hulk and transformers did well these past few weeks..

imagine batman LOL

Imallvol75688d ago

lol @ jahcure

you know the media hates sony almost as much as they like to make fun of and hate palin!

CrippleH5688d ago

Sarah Palin: Say it ain't so Joe Six Pack *wink wink*

I want to light her on fire.

meepmoopmeep5688d ago

nah, it was Hockey Mom...

or Maverick

:)

shovelbum5687d ago

Make all the space you want but I'm not going to pay $25-30 bucks per Blu ray movie. I have about 50 Blu titles (550-600 dvd titles) but most came from sales where the price was $15-20, which i have no problem paying. I still buy the heck out of used dvd's because if the title isn't heavy on computer animation or effects, then why not get 4 movies for $20? Seriously thirty bucks for a movie. ANyway glad they're expanding because I shop there a lot.

eric1005688d ago

PS3 will tear away TRASH BOX 3 FIX ME in October, November and December

600k PS3s would be sold worldwide just for DARK KNIGHT alone not to mention LBP , Resistance 2 and Motorstorm 2

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RTX 50 series cooling tested up to 600W, but users want Nvidia to fix the adapter first

Nvidia is allegedly testing GPU coolers to handle up to 600W for the 50 series, reigniting discussion of melting 16-pin connectors.

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Former Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider pours scorn on EA's AI dreams.

"They want you to believe the devs under them are super stoked to work generative AI into their processes," continued Gaider, "but I assure you what they took as excitement was really a veiled wail of despair not unlike the time that team was informed of their new 'really cool' live service mandate.".

LordoftheCritics2d ago

Publishers see gaming as another stock market.

isarai2d ago

I think anyone with some common sense knew this, im glad i don't support their games anymore, what a sh!t company.

Psychonaut851d 9h ago

Friends don’t let friends buy EA or Ubisoft.

Chocoburger1d 9h ago

I said this yesterday. AI isn't what we want when it comes to crafting artistry. Alas, these soulless corporate morons don't care about their work, only about cutting corners as much as possible.

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Phil Spencer and the Battle for Xbox’s Soul

Has the rapid growth of Xbox made the ship too heavy? Following the closures of Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin, and Roundhouse, we explore what the future of Xbox could look like.

LG_Fox_Brazil2d ago

This ship was never meant to sail, this ship was made from the get go to sink as fast as possible. It almost feels that they want to lower the standards of quality in the industry so that they can fit in

rlow11d 12h ago

I disagree, Xbox from the get go innovated and changed the industry. They did a lot of firsts and standardized a lot of others. It wasn’t till the beginning of the Xbox1 era that things started to go south.

Stevonidas1d 8h ago

Yep, although I’d argue it started going to shit when they tried to hock Kinect on their audience instead of continuing to invest in their studios and IPs. 2001-2010 Xbox was peak gaming, though.

rlow11d 6h ago

@Stevonidas
I agree they never should have focused on it after the 360 era. But you do have to remember they were faked out by the huge volumes of Kinects sold. To quote info on Wikipedia, “Project Natal, It was first released on November 4, 2010, and would go on to sell eight million units in its first 60 days of availability.” So if your Xbox and see these huge sales on a peripheral where are you going to put some money? Criticism in hindsight is worthless…..if only we could all see our future. In other wards they had no way of knowing. Plus they had engagement numbers and a lot of signs pointed to people wanting it.

Their biggest mistake wasn’t the Kinect, but unlike Sony after the PS3 debacle. They didn’t double on down on exclusive good games. The other huge mistake was letting Call of Duty go to Sony.

Hedstrom1d 15h ago

Phil wants Xbox to be as soulless as him!

Tacoboto1d 14h ago (Edited 1d 14h ago )

Xbox has no soul and Phil has no confidence, and it's impossible to say either do when they killed Tango and Arkane Austin.

Everything they've said since has only made them look worse to a point that they're actually less competent than Embracer.

Markdn1d 14h ago (Edited 1d 14h ago )

Whe you release something like the series S and expect it not to hurt your business model, and developers have to have parity with games. Then you know Microsoft don't care. Series s is the final nail that broke developers,

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