Blu-ray Sales Up 400% in UK

he British Video Association (BVA) has revealed that 1.5 Million Blu-ray titles were sold during the month of December, representing a nearly 400% increase over the same period last year, despite the tough economic environment. The top Blu-ray seller, not surprisingly, was Warner's 'The Dark Knight' which sold 281,000 units during the month.

[Liquid Snake]

I wonder what the sales figures for HDDVD and Digital Distribution are?

I can just imagine those Digital Downloads stuffed under a Christmas Tree somewhere during Christmas.

[Sony PlayStation 3]

OMG what a BS article! Blu-Ray died last year!

/sarcasm

[Rhythmattic]

B...B.... Bu.... But....

Blu is Poo !!

/sarcasm (1 more time)

[bumnut]

stop sucking blu rays d!ck guys

the format war is long gone, stop been d!cks about it.

im sick of reading the same comments in every blu ray article.

[thereapersson]

Tell that to all the sensationalized bloggers and media sites who seemingly want to continue to propagate the "Blu-Ray is dying; Digital Distribution and DVD are the future" articles that constantly pop up around here.

[SL1M DADDY]

You will continue to see these articles until DVD is no longer for sale and the Digital Download Coalition and HD-DVD revolutionists stop publicizing FUD about BD. Yeah, BD is the winning format but there are a plethora of idiots that would try and say otherwise, even after a year of great sales like 2008 was for BD.

[bumnut]

bluray is great, im just sick of reading these articles with the same predictable comments.

[phosphor112]

BUT TEH PSTREE TEH SUX!!!....
dumbasses.

Anyway, I'm glad I upgraded to 1080p =]. BD's future is sharp.

[MURKERR]

..

[ppthedipshit]

Xbots: Bu bu but teh sales....!, Bluray is de dea dead! Please Big Bill fuk me! DVD's will be around for another 100 years, Kotaku s s said so.... FF13 is better on my Sh1tbox because its on 6 d de de discs, More = Better.

[GiantEnemyLobster]

I'm pretty sure sales of EVERYTHING went up 400% during December. Because you know, theres that one little holiday I think its on the 25th..

[Queers of War]

maybe if you paid close attention to the article, it said a 400% increase over THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. the holiday that was on the 25th...yeah i think it happened last year too. wait lemme check just to make sure i didnt make a fool of myself.....yeap christmas happened last year too.

[GiantEnemyLobster]

Because I doubt the fact that an extra year going by with people continuing to buy PS3s and Bluray players therefore expanding the market had ANY effect on the increase.

/sarcasm

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

Queers of War seriously owned this lobster f@g.

[GiantEnemyLobster]

Aww how cute, you got on your alt account to congratulate yourself.

[Queers of War]

jesus we're not talking about any increases here, its a 400% increase compared to sales 1 year ago, its a pretty big jump for a format. and no thats not my alt account otherwise i'd give myself bubbles

[dukadork2]

GiantDouche, you're such a brave xb!tch XDDD
here's a bubble for amusing us, you've earned it!

[Gerry Mark II]

I bet you guys Firstwanker or Giant Enemy Loser will make an appearance in this article.

[Cartesian3D]

Blu-ray is dead..

[n4gzz]

article says 400% increase same period last year.
Somebody on Open zone jealously says, everything went up 400% 'coz dec 25th is holiday
as there was no dec 25th last year.

that was good laugh.

[Oner]

Just more proof of the idiocy and misinformation that "someone" continually spews....

He just doesn't get it. That's the really sad part.

[d2dahoopa]

Nice, but i still dont feel the need to purchase a blu ray player yet

[LeGenDx]

whats blu-ray?

[Sangria]

It would be interesting to see in comparison the evolution of DVD sales. Did it grow up of 400% as well?

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

I feel really outdated.

[psiom]

This can't be right...the PS3 is dying...

PS3 has Bluray.

Something's not right here!

What's going on?

[Elvfam511]

imagine at the end of this year

[Camper]

bluray sucks dude not even wroth it waste of money cant even tell difference between dvd

[ViceKingz]

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

watch it in HD, douche

[Marty8370]

Cant't tell the difference. lol.

You most be blind or stupid, Or both.

[Oner]

The people who can't tell the difference between DVD and Blu-ray are the same people who can notice a pixel missing on PS3 versions of multiplatform games. The term for this is "selective blindness".

"No difference between DVD & BD"...LMFAO

DVD
http://i166.photobucket.com...

BD
http://i166.photobucket.com...
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Edit: ViceKingz nice find! Here is the direct HD link to make it a bit easier for the obviously inept
http://uk.youtube.com/watch...

[Godmars290]

Lots and lots of articles about how BD's dead/dying in North and South America.

Canada wont count...

On a serious note, love to know how DD is going between the PS3 and 360, especially since MS is often quick to report about it.

[stonecold3]

well as i am going to say bluray is here to stay now and ps3 is the true next generation and is here to stay i cant really comment much about 360 i thought it died and rip with those horrible rrod and scratching dvds9 i guess 360 isnt high def like the ps3 and the dvd are pretty much died rip dvds and microsoft dont have a chance now as sony owns rights to blu ray and microsoft arent got much happeing in xbox 720 plus ps3 will start cleaning up the competition this year leaving 360 in last third place world wide once that price comes and the launching of killzone 2 on the horizon is going to be pretty big

[dazzalfc]

Good to see, i like Blu-ray movies, particularly since i have a pretty decent entertainment set-up to take advantage of what Blu-ray brings.

The only people who would genuinly want download as the future of movies are th lazy ones in my opinion. For me, there is nothing better than going out to a store like HMV and picking up a couple of movies and actually owning them. Much rather have a physical copy of a movie than a digital one anyday

[tk]

Now imagine this...
PS3 is more suited to DD than the XB360. Simply because you can add a bigger drive etc. So the PS3 would be leading the XB360 in DD, with MS trumpeting how DD is going to win... meaning... PS3 will have the biggest market share there as well... ouch!!!!

Still... There is no substitute for space when it comes to HD content. You can not compress the hell out of it and think no-one is going to notice the color banding and artifacts...

[techie]

What the hell is DD?

[Cajun Chicken]

Direct Downloads?

[peeps]

not surprised tbh. nearly every big film is being released on blu-ray as well as dvd and there not much more expensive now. i think more people are deciding to spend the extra few ££'s and see what the fuss is. i could have got the dark knight for £13 on dvd but decided to spend an extra £3 and get the blu-ray version (first blu-ray purchase) - think alot of ppl are doing the same now. they just need 2 get the price down to the same as dvd and i think most ppl will opt for blu-ray

[Greeny1972]

Got my father the planet earth series on blu ray for Xmas. He said it is literally amazing. Good to see it catching on

[ultimolu]

Impossibible! :o

[Karum]

I really need to get me a 5.1 surround system to get the most out of the sound in my growing BR collection.

[malcolm x]

white for C.net to defend they last gen DVD
they well say (bu bu bu but 400% i.. is is n nothing co.. comper t t..to to D D Dv v v D)

[Magic_The_Celt]

You havnt seen The Dark Knight until youv seen it on Blu-Ray