Blu-ray Sales Up 119%, DVD down 13%

Home Media Magazine has now published the already-familiar pie chart comparing aggregate unit sales of the top 20 BDs versus the top 20 DVDs. The split for this week is 14% BD: 86% DVD.

Total revenue from BD sales was $20.92 million, up 119.47% from the same week last year. DVD revenue was $178.53 million, down 13.10% year-on-year.

BD accounted for 10.5% of total packaged-media sales revenue.

[whoelse]

Oh dear BD is not coping very well is it. /sarcasm

[Mr_Bun]

Guess this means Blu-ray is dead

[Pennywise]

DOOOOOOMED I tell ya!

[darthv72]

I would expect BD to have been better than last year which is no surprise. For DVD to be down only 13% from this time last year is the surprising part.

[DelbertGrady]

Total revenue from BD sales was $20.92 million...DVD revenue was $178.53 million.

And lets just ignore the fact that DVD has been on the market for 13 years.

No, DVD is not doing good at all ;)

[doG_beLIEfs]

The only people that are shocked about this FACT are those who don't own a PS3 or Blu-ray player.

It is going to be nearly impossible to post a negative article about the PS3 by the end of E3 2009.

[DelbertGrady]

Because I question the statistics? DVD was at it's peak 10 years ago, Blu-Ray is peaking right now. It's a silly comparison.

If calling me an idiot is the best you can resort to I pity your intellect.

[Sarcasm]

A good indication I've seen on the growth of Blu-Ray is through blockbuster.

2 Years ago, I asked one of the employees "When are you guys going to have a Blu-Ray section?"

"Not for awhile man. It's just not that popular and it's too expensive."

Today, when I go into the blockbuster they went from a few shelves to having about 20% of their shelf space for blu-rays. I always see people looking at the Blu-Ray sections too. And it pisses me off sometimes cause I want to rent the BD version just for it to be all rented out.

But indeed, despite this economic crisis, blu-ray or entertainment is still growing.

[D4RkNIKON]

"Because I question the statistics? DVD was at it's peak 10 years ago, Blu-Ray is peaking right now."

You just proved his point in calling you stupid. lol Blu-Ray is only going up from here man, and you are blind not to see it. As if BD has "Peaked" and this is its high point, and it is only going to go down from here? Do you understand what peak is? Blu-Ray is climbing.

@ Sarcasm

Yeah, my local Hollywood video started with such a small Blu-Ray section at first, and it is now over 6 times the shelf space now about 20% of the store. The selection is growing because all new movies that release are out on DVD and Blu-Ray.

[table]

so you honestly believe DVD will remain the standard because it is still being widely used when it's passed its peak? BS. Blu-ray is now the standard, these figures reflect that since more people are moving on to the tech. I know it may be hard for you to take but DVD will become obsolete sooner rather than later. And how is the comparison silly? It shows how people are moving away from DVD and onto Blu-ray.

[Pennywise]

Pay no attention to Sodapoop. He is just an angry little man.

Explain to us genius how DVD peaked 10 years ago when the only format to challenge it came out 3 years ago?

You are really digging. If you think Bluray is at its peak it just proves to everyone on N4G how irrelevant your comments are. What a joke.

[Sitdown]

I use to be in that boat........until I found out the system........now I usually do not have to worry about missing out on the bluray version.

In addition, you can tell the changing of times......used blurays are hitting that sweet spot, and consumers are loving it.

And finally...its always funny and sad to come into such articles and see the first 50 posters say "b b buu but bluray is dead" despite the contrary......and all the other unoriginal lines.

[darthv72]

Why does dvd have to be obsolete? Are they not still playable in the current and future generation of bd players? Unless there is another revised spec happening that removes regular dvd playabck.....?

[table]

I don't think they will ever remove DVD playback, but eventally they will stop making DVD players and selling DVDs in shops. Tech doesn't stand still and the market will move where the money is.

@soda- no, blu-ray has not hit its peak it is clearly still growing or did you just ignore those figures.

Boo at the mods for deleting my comment. It was clearly fact.

[Argento-Nox]

@Soda Popinsky

Let's all just ignore the fact that DVD also took 7 full years to overtake VHS. Blu-ray's doing fine, no reason for you to get your panties in a bunch!

[darthv72]

If anything, they should have already stopped making the players. Especially Sony who is a big supporter of the hd format. To move forward they must be willing to take risks. Why should sony continue to make players and support the old format when they really want to move forward? Let the other studios continue to support DVD as well as other mfg make players.

To truly cause a shift into the next gen format it has to start somewhere. Why not let that bold company be Sony? I always wondered if they really believe in the format enough to commit full force or if they themselves have reservations on whether or not it will succeed. As long as there are low budget studios making direct to video movies, there will be a need for DVD. The major push for adotion has to come from the studios with more clout. Sure it was enough to win the hddvd/blu battle but each one of those studios seems scared of letting go of DVD.

It has happened before in the music industry. There has to be the first one to completely cut off support for an older format in favor of a newer. Look at the first CD only release of Vanilla Ice (ugh...I know i know) yet it was a release that had no record or tape version of the album. It may have caused some to be put off because they had not gotten a cd player yet but it did have an impact on the adoption of the format.

You would think that a studio with as much backing as Sony would flat out start releasing their movies ONLY on bluray. It may piss off some people but it could spark the adoption of the format all the investors are wanting.

[table]

Good points some that I agree with. Time will tell lord vader, but I reckon we will probably see a moment where someone stops making DVD players to spawn an almost complete adoption to Blu-ray. It doesn't have to be SONY as they are not the only company whos best interets are with blu-ray. Infact, there are actually some companies still making VHS even though it is technically obsolete so one could argue DVD never took over... but that would be silly, just like its silly to think blu-ray will never lead the market. VHS didn't just stop being made when DVD came along it took time and was a gradual process. btw, I've never bought a blu-ray disc other than a ps3 game I'm not really a tech nut.

Interesting thought but what if the 360 was built with HD DVD in mind. Would blu-ray have won then? Ps3 had alot to do with the blu-ray winning the battle but if the 360 was already using HD DVD we might have just adopted it.

[darthv72]

If the 360 had hddvd then we would not be having to swap discs or hear as many complaints about lack of space for game content.

Realistically, between the two for movies I feel blu would have still won. Simple fact is toshiba is not a content provider like sony is. the ace in the blu pocket is not only one of the major developers of the format but also a major studio backing the format. Sony has their hand in many cookie jars. Toshiba made a great product and I can't tell the visual difference between the two. Audibly there is a difference but you really have to have the right equipment to notice.

I still think MS should have kept the hddvd drives as replacements to the dvd in the 360. It may have been a failed format for movies but for games it would have pleased many a dev who complained about space limitations. Honestly, the lack of space is what is really hurting the 360 when it comes to games on the same level of the ps3. Power wise they are about equal but it really isnt about power. It is about the talent that uses that power. I can tell you I have seen some games on the genesis that should never have been possible and made the snes take notice. That isnt the power of the system but the talent of the programmers.

Sorry...that last part was off topic.

[rockleex]

Bluray should have outdone DVD the moment it was launched!

Just like how the PS3 was supposed to sell 8 million units during its launch to beat the 360's 7 million unit headstart!

It doesn't matter that DVD had been in the market for years, Bluray is supposed to slay it within a matter of seconds!

[DelbertGrady]

I don't think DVD will be around for much longer. And I didn't say Blu-Ray has peaked. I said it is peaking ie. it's climbing and will do so for the next years.

I think digital distribution will take over pretty soon. If you take Moore's law into account and look at how music and movies are being downloaded in a much greater extent than they are being bought on Blu-Ray this discussion becomes obsolete.

@Argento-Nox - Lets not ignore it instead. That's a perfect example. Blu-Ray won't have 7 years to overcome DVD. Digital distribution will have become much more accessible in much less than 7 years.

Blu-Ray is not the future. It's a trojan horse to sell PS3's.

[Argento-Nox]

What current public/private infrastructure in N.A is good enough for HD streaming downloads on par with blu-ray? My country, Canada isn't going completely digital for TV broadcasting until 2011 (meaning we can expect several years of lag time after 2011 before HD TV becomes the norm). None of the major internet providers north of the border, currently has a DL speed fast enough to make HD streaming downloads a standard.

Some U.S internet providers have caps on how much you can download or a cap on the DL speed. The largest obstacle to U.S internet and TV providers is government regulations/restrictions on internet and digital TV speeds.

We're not talking about small mp3 files that can be downloaded on oldschool dial-up internet, but rather huge 10+ GB files. This isn't Korea or Japan where internet regulations for the internet are more lax, with dl speeds of roughly 10 MB/sec. Until some drastic changes are made on both sides of the border to truly usher in HD as a standard, blu-ray is here to stay.

Did you not take into consideration that even with new digital broadcasting standards, that the material in question might need a physical media to put some of the digital broadcasted shows and movies onto for the general consumers that still buy in the store?

My point is, blu-ray is the "current" future, whether or not it's a trojan horse or not, customers will decide. The PS2 afterall, was probably the biggest reason for the success of DVD as a format.

[JoySticksFTW]

Actually, most would say that it's the other way around...

PS3 was the trojan horse for Blu-ray to gain a sizable market over hd-dvd. Winning the next-gen dvd format war was the real prize. The next gen game console war is small potatoes in comparison.

EVERYONE buys / rents movie disks. Only gamers buy large libraries of games. And that Wii crowd buys even less... maybe Wii Play and Wii Fit with a random Mario title. Grand-parents and moms aren't buying Mad World, but they'll buy their favorite movies.

Some would say that the blu-ray drive is what initially hindered PS3 sales, making debut months later and at a much higher price point.

But why am I having a discussion with a guy in Klan robes?

[Montreafart]

"PS3 was the trojan horse for Blu-ray to gain a sizable market over hd-dvd. Winning the next-gen dvd format war was the real prize. The next gen game console war is small potatoes in comparison."

>> That is correct observation. Sony has won the multi billion dollar market that is the high definition format market with Blu Ray.

The way things are going, its clear however that Sony will also win the HD gaming market.

[TheColbertinator]

Looks like blu-ray will fail /sarcasm

I knew blu-ray would succeed since Disney announced its support for the format

[OmarJA]

Who told this ? that retarded -MoOoKs- ?

[Nelson M]

Still sore that his HDVD Disc is now being used as a Coaster

[TheColbertinator]

I never got into HD DVD.I never supported that sh!t format.

You're a fool,Nelson.This has little to do with the PS3 anymore.Sony has to fight two wars now,assuring the success of blu-ray and making sure the PS3 can make them at least 1$ in profit

[n to the b]

wtf?! droids will say anything, won't they?

[frayer]

This is what winning feels like

bots wouldn't know they still get RROD, E47, bought HD-DVD players, are stuck with proprietary hard drives, pay full price to beta test games, have no games for 09 and they pay for laggy online

sucks to be a bot, i know

[NegativeCreep427]

but you have to admire their passion. You could threatened to cut their balls off with a rusty razor and they would still not admit any of that is last-gen tech, near obsolete, or true.

[ultimolu]

Poor children.

Just pray for them. They will see the light sooner or later.

[Marcello]

Yep Blu-ray is finished, on it`s last legs

[Jrome]

buh-buh-buh bluray is dying. Digital downloads r teh fuch0rz! (future)

[Daoshai]

Don't think bluray is dying, BUT

I think digital download is the future ;) just not anytime soon

[Information Minister]

Digital downloads still have a long way to go before reaching the quality of a Blu-Ray disc. And even when they do, many people will still prefer to have a physical copy of their media.

As it stands right now, after you get a taste of "Transformers" or "Wanted" in 1080p blu-ray, there's just no going back. Everything else will look horrible.

[kaelix]

When I can click DWL then click PLAY then yeah I'll be interested. Other than that if it requires waiting then no thanks o.O Hard copy will do for now until instant dwl and play features become a reality :D

[-x.Red.x-]

won't last one more year

dvd has more then enough memory /s

[iHEARTboobs]

I just hope it lasts long enough for me to get Star Trek. That's going to own on blu-ray. I was never into Star Trek but damn that was a fun movie.

[ReBurn]

Star Trek is definitely coming home with me on Blu-ray.

[thereapersson]

Good to see the format continue is upward climb into widespread mainstream success. :)

[hatchimatchi]

exactly!! blu ray is a complete failure.......wait a minute...

lol

photo of typical hd-dvd supporter

[Sarcasm]

LMAO Morans

[table]

The only people who ever doubted blu-ray were the 360 fanboys. Sad bunch.

[Sarcasm]

Yup, the whole "I bought my 360 to play games and only games."

Then the same group goes into a Netflix or Hulu to 360 thread

"HAHAHHAHA PS3 owners suck it! We get netflix for free!"
"Hulu is going to be great on the 360!"

Then has the nerves to say
"I don't see much of a difference in Blu-Ray"

"HA! I told you, in this multiplatform title the 360 version has 2 more pixels!"

Sad... sad bunch...

[Oner]

Just one minor correction Sarcasm ~ Netflix is not "free" for 360 users, you have to have a Gold LIVE! account to use it so it's not technically "free" ;)

[rockleex]

That comment pretty much explains it all. O_O

Is that all they have to say? I mean, that's IT?!? -_-"

[no-spin]

Blu Ray is dead (bashers dream)

wow and all this growth in a recession.

Oh of course DLC is the big ticket (MS dreams)

[San Frandisco]

blu-ray up 119% DVD down 13%,HD-DVD up.. wait i mean down,oh snap ,were the h3ll is it?

[ReBurn]

Trolling is not necessary. Everyone knows that HD-DVD is dead.

[darthv72]

I have a ps3 and yet still buy dvd's. Is that wrong? I won't make fun of you if you do.

Others might but not me.

[Myst]

Yeah I still buy DVDs, a few of anime series that I just had to have didn't have it on Blu-ray.

[ReBurn]

It depends on the movie. I buy many new releases on DVD still, but I always get my favorites on Blu-ray. Especially action with lots of explosions.

[DevastationEve]

i only buy the new stuff on bluray. most older movies looked perfect when they got upgraded to DVD, so i won't be buying the super ultra limited director's exclusive repackaged collector's edition of godfather. not for part 3 anyway ;)

[darthv72]

lately I have been getting hddvd's for around $5 ea at my local Fry's. I try to find ones that I don't already have on dvd.

[joydestroy]

i mean...blu-ray movies look stunning (excluding a lot of older films).
especially the action movies...omg. just amazing on my tv.

[Ninjamonkey]

Ive got a part time job at a supermarket (pays for college cough *games* cough) and I have to say blu ray sales have definately gone up hugely.

A year ago hardly anyone got them, but now lots more are selling and its proof that blu ray is set to be DVD's successor.

[LevDog]

I dont remember the last time I bought a dvd.. I look at dvds and think.. "Wow they still have those???"" Like when your at a grocery store and they have dvds at the check out stand!! When that happens you know its on its way out..

[darthv72]

I have seen both dvd and bluray at the checkstands......

@below:

If we were talking dept store, I have seen both types of movies at the check out lines of target, wal-mart. Electronic stores: Best buy, Fry's elec. Grocery: Safeway, Raley's, Bel-Air and a few others.

I am just saying your logic may be flawed. Having them up front is more of a convenience to the sale than a sign of a failure. You are there and see a new release along with some other mid-high profile flicks and can pick them up without having to leave the line.

[LevDog]

HaHa.. What Store?? The Only store that has them remotely close is best buy... but at my best buy its near a HD Tv and Ps3 set up they have has your walking toward the check out with their least selling blu rays, they have in 3 packs.. but nothing at the check out stand like at all the grocery stores here

[sugard0]

One factor of the DVD dropping 13% is because Piracy is on the rise. Blu-ray is currently unhacked so there would be no losses..... I just go on the PS3's internet and go to one of my sites with a whole range of movies ready to be streamed for free so I dont need to buy anything. Blu-ray is doing very well though...... Digital Distribution is at 0.1%.......... poor poor poor Microsoft.

[darthv72]

It is more of a matter of cost. I think the current prices of the bd recorders and media are still above what people are willing to pay. I have seen blu-rip movies and software to do them. It isnt cost effective like dvd is.

Just to note...I do not condone piracy. Those who rip movies for personal gain are no better than those who rip games (saturn, dc, ps1/2, etc). All should be drawn and quartered.

[Nexy]

"BD accounted for 10.5% of total packaged-media sales revenue. "

After about two years on the market only 10%...

Poor, poor, very poor SONY...

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

Sorry to say but Bluray movies are easily hacked. Ripping them into a computer is a peace of cake. The only slight problem is that blank blurays are a lil expensive. You can get a 25G disc for about 5 bucks.

[dogmeat eater]

The newest platform will always take over the old.

[SmokingMonkey]

how do you disagree with that?!

[Theoneneo81]

Waits for the but but digital download comment and or article in the next few hrs.

[skyfire2261]

I was waiting for a sarcastic remark towards Digital Distribution as it always seems pop up in these pro blu-ray articles. Glad to see i wasn't disappointed.

Even more funny that a big feature of Blu-ray is that of ONLINE content.

[Shadow Man]

Good for blu-ray

[Nelson M]

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[saimcheeda]

blu ray comes soon to Oman!!I want to experience true HD!!

[StanLee]

When I read the comments I realise how young most posters are and how pathetic the console war has become. Especially when an article that has nothing to do with either console continues a console argument.

[koehler83]

Are we talking DVD movies only or DVD discs? Obviously for storage purposes, DVD is going to be selling for a long time yet. Especially considering the price of them. Very cheap storage, even compared to CDs.

[ReBurn]

I've started buying more movies on Blu-ray because the prices have been coming down. You can get a wide selection of movies for between $10 and $15 these days. You can also pick up new releases at many retailers for 20% off in the first few days and many come with digital download copies of the movies, which my iPod really appreciates.

And now that Vista SP2 supports Blu-ray natively I'm going to pick up a drive for my laptop. Sweet!

[-MoOkS-]

Bluray has failed......

At providing any trully beneficial advantages for gaming.

It was an unneeded accessory that has cemented the PS3 in last place

$ony sacrificed it's games division, just so bluray could succeed. Thats just pure greed

[MGOelite]

lol there is no way to put a negative spin on this lol!!!

[NegativeCreep427]

Yeah go ahead and transfer Metal Gear Solid 4 or Killzone 2, Intact with no kind of sacrificies made in visuals, audio, or content onto an Xbox 360 DVD-9.

There is your proof...not like you would ever admit to being wrong though.

Edit: ...and not like you would be a F*cking coward, not give a substantial rebuttal, and just go on your little disagree-click sprees!

[-MoOkS-]

KZ2 and MGS4 could easily be done on the 360. There is such thing as compression technology....read about it.

The only advantage bluray offers is uncompressed 7.1 audio. But how many people are able to take advantage of it? LESS then 0.5% of the population. And it doesnt add a big revolutionary advantage to gameplay. So it's useless

Don't bother argueing with me, you arent knowledgable and I proove you wrong every time.

[ultimolu]

You're not a programmer so how do you know it can be done on the 360?

Shutup -MoOkS-, just shutup.

[-MoOkS-]

I've read all the programmer articles.

I KNOW for a fact that the only reason MGS4 uses so much space is; because of the uncompressed 7.1 audio and video, uncompressed audio uses up HUGE amounts of data. It could be made to fit on a DVD9 if the audio and video was compressed.

Go and check it out for yourself if you don't believe me. You'll find im right just like I was when you argued about the cost of bluray drives

[air1]

either are you ulti you are no programmer negative isnt either so how do you 2 know it cant be done?

he has a point with the 7.1 audio. hell even jaffe said he doesnt understand why ppl think things cant be done on a 360..

edit......................... .........

ulti and her other accounts are at it with the disagrees, did you use your jeewkin account yet?

[ultimolu]

air1 first of all, you're a douchebag so I'll be ignoring you. you have no proof of me using multiple accounts so stop acting as if you have proof.

And guess what? Juuken is dead. I don't remember the password anymore. Why should I waste my precious time disagreeing with you two? PS3 fans had just about enough of your crap so maybe that's why you're getting disagrees.

You want to talk crap about me having multiple accounts when 360 fanboys have a history of using multiple accounts to harass, threaten, de-bubble, and disagree with people for no reason at all.

Second of all, stop kissing his ass-he doesn't need anyone defending him. Makes me wonder if you guys have a hard-on for each other or something.

And finally -MoOkS-, you are a liar. You don't know what you're talking about. If you did, you would know that bluray does have benefits for games.

And don't give me that crap about looking up things *myself* when half the sh*t that comes out of your mouth are misinformed and biased.

You're just butthurt that bluray sales are going up.

EDIT: Um...can you please read what I said? I asked him how does he know it can be done on the 360? It could be possible, but the problem with -MoOkS- is that he acts as if he knows things when he has no idea what he's talking about.

[air1]

well ulti, how can i not have proof when you just admited to having another account? you silly clown face... lol j/k ulti i just like pulling on your nipples.

im just calling it like i see it how fair is it to say that mooks isnt a programmer to know what he is talking but yet you are no programmer either to say it cant be done, do you not see the irony in that?!

no ulti i dont have a thing for mooks. i do have a thing for you though. i know who you are so can you not ignore me? can i add you to my psn?

can i kiss your as$?????

ulti c'mon i remember the days when you had just as many bubbles as i did look at you now some 2 months later yhou are the leader of the ps3 bubble crew. its quite clear that no one has taken bubbles from you sweet lips..

edit.....................

c'mon ulti how you ganna send me a pm then block me? how am i supposed to fix this between us now :(

edit......................... ..........

i know what you mean ulti i see that mooks isnt liked much round here. but seriously though all jokes aside can anyone on n4g prove that it can or cant be done?! sony fanatics make it seem like if the 360 is a wii or something the only real advantage that the ps3 has is disc space. oh and hdd upgrade is sweet..

[Theoneneo81]

and you can enjoy your 10 disc final Fantasy XIII set when it comes out :-P while we have it on one blu ray disck

[air1]

thank you, i will enjoy it..

[FFXI101]

Tell me mooks, what company doesn't want to make profit? if that's greedy then the very company you are supporting now(M$) is beyond evil. The way M$ doing business is the worst example of this industry and probably is one of the worst in the history.

[badbond1]

I never met a hater like you. You need your azz kicked son! Sony this..Sony that... Do you have a problem because it is not American made like Microsoft? Problem with Japan maybe? Let us know.

[n to the b]

go read The Audiophiliac blogs on cnet.com - and the associated comments. people there know what they're talking about when it comes to audio. and do u know what they're saying? 7.1 ain't worth it, somehow sounds more artificial (esp. for music, so yes for movies and gaming surround is a little better I admit). many of them are even swearing off 5.1 now, saying they'd rather have 2 good speakers and maybe a good sub if the speakers need some more low-end.

I tried a 5.1 setup, returned it within a few days. instead I use pro-quality studio monitors (Apple iStore has M-Audio pair for only $150!). just like 5.1, u need to sit in the sweet spot. I love em, of course. and yes, you can get a powered sub for use with studio monitors (saw em at Sam Ash).

so if bluray gaming truly only offers the 7.1 advantage, then -MoOkS- has a point.

oh, and I have a Bachelor of Music and a good ear. don't bother trying to tell me I don't know how to properly set up surround. there's only really individual speaker volume to adjust, no more complicated than that. after messing with it for a few days I decided my studio monitors were better.

[n to the b]

"EDIT: Um...can you please read what I said? I asked him how does he know it can be done on the 360? It could be possible, but the problem with -MoOkS- is that he acts as if he knows things when he has no idea what he's talking about."

lol. 'I said Joe Montanya!' another 1 of ulti's lame tactics.

[fossilfern]

"But there is need for blu-rayz !!!"

Oh how i remember them words well and now look :) tough luck MS and Xbots

[Tykis]

I love how there still articles that say Blu-ray is gunna fail lol

[artgamer]

Cry mooks, cry and pet your hddvd addon, it hasn't eaten for so long.

[ultimolu]

No! This is a conspiracy!
How could bluray sales be up?! It's supposed to be dead, dead!
/epic sarcasm

It's good to see the sales going up and proving people wrong. The future is blu indeed.

[Nathaniel_Drake]

Wherever the sales of HDTV's go is where Blu-ray goes, you can mostly buy HDTV's in every store now, sure there are other tv's but the main tv's being advertised and bought are all HD ready

Logically you would think DVD sales are to be down because of the economy, but would you not think blu-ray sales to even be lower?

[kevnb]

I was scared blu-ray would go the way of dvd-audio... people sometimes dont care about having better quality... Im glad people are catching on to blu-ray.

[devilhunterx]

HAHA! THE BLURAY IS FAILING ... oh wait.

[Godmars290]

De Blu Rayz iz doooomed!

[TheMART]

Well, 119% of what. So lets take a closer look:

"Total revenue from BD sales was $20.92 million, up 119.47% from the same week last year. DVD revenue was $178.53 "

Ah I see. The giant that is called DVD is still on about 180 mln. compared to the dwarf thats BluRay on about 20 mln. It can't even stand in the shadow of the giant. Its trying now for what, 3 years? It won't take over DVD till 2012, 2014 maybe, not even at a 100% growth rate each year.

And by that time, there is certainly something better then BluRay. So sorry PS3 owners that is supporting the format so much, you bought yourself a dead format already out of the box.

[Shadow Man]

blu-ray is here, because if ti wasn't I wouldn't be able to enjoy beautiful blu-ray rips from my laptop to my HD Television.

[Javier19]

Who cares? i couldnt care less if Blu-ray overtakes DVD or not

the fact of the matter is, Blu-ray looks damn good on my 40 inch samsung!

i love movies, so i would love HD movies even more of course

Thank god for blu-ray!

[Too_Hyped]

You're so ridiculous, mart. What will you say next year when it's up 100 % again, you retard.

Up 119 % = Market won, DVD is going down month after month.

Now go back to school and learn maths. Or play your latest AAA game on 360, Halo 2007 with power rangers.

[TheMART]

Exactly too hyped, lets do the mathts...

Its on 20 mln. now. Next year 100% up is???

Right. 40 mln. in 2010 that is. Year after that 100% up is??? Right. 80 mln. in 2011. Year after that is 100% up... 160 mln. in 2012. So they might take over DVD about then, even with a decline every year on DVD. IF... No other format will pick up fast, like digital downloads and just take over.

Do the maths indeed. 119% of 20 mln. is something totally different as 119% over 100 mln. You get the picture droid?

[Too_Hyped]

DVD is DOWN 13% in 1 single year, you stupid kid. In the mean time Bluray won 118 %. At this rate in a few years (2 or 3) DVD is dead and Bluray will exceed it in absolute sales.

It's a much faster adoption rate than DVD vs VHS. What do you want you loser ? 1000 % vs -50 % in one year ? Or do you think VHS won ?

What format will take other in 2 years ? Your HDDVD ? lol it's dead you know.

Digital downloads won't replace physical media anytime soon, in fact they never will, like cinema never replaced books, it complemented them.

Digital media sells so bad even MS doesn't believe in it and sells consoles without hard drives.

DD doesn't work because :
- people like to OWN a physical media, you can't OWN an information
- DD can't be instantly downloaded and played

Sometimes you have the right to say : 'I was wrong', you know.

You'd look much less stupid than you do now, plus maybe someone would like you.

[TheMART]

Nope. You're wrong and just didn't read my post:

" It won't take over DVD till 2012"

Was my statement. And yours:

"At this rate in a few years (2 or 3) DVD is dead and Bluray will exceed it in absolute sales."

Well right. Add 2 or 3 years on the year we're in now. That makes pretty much 2012, doesn't it?

Not only that, how is DVD dead if it drops just over 10% this year. So it dropped from 200 mln. to about 180. If it drops another 10% next year, it'll be on about 160 mln. If it drops another 10% the year after, it will be roughly at 145 mln. still. Check the 100% increase each year of BluRay above, and you'll see I'm right.

Did they drop you on the head right after you were born or what? I think you forgot this small problem:

Only about 8 to 10% of all TV's all over the world are HDTV's. Which mean the rest is still CRT, using DVD's.

From that 8 to 10% HDTV's not all people want or care about HD video/BluRay. They still use DVD's. I think you expect too much of the growth rates.

Another of your stupid rants:

"DD doesn't work because :
- people like to OWN a physical media, you can't OWN an information
- DD can't be instantly downloaded and played"

Right. Last time that I checked, everyone was downloading MP3 illegally or iTunes paid music without having a physical CD from their favorite band. Whats up about that? I guess they don't care that much about physical media after all, do they?

Movies and games are just not accepted as music downloads are YET. It has to do with bandwith/speed of internetconnections and the larger files. I can remember 1997. I was downloading a MP3 on a 56k6 modem on a telephone line and it took me 30 min's for one song. THEN I decided to still buy the CD's. It wasn't worth it. Damn how fast that went from not wanting to download to buying no CD's at all anymore... Its dumb to buy discs that can scratch, while digital downloads are registerd. You can't loose them, you can't scratch them, you can use them were ever you like, they get streamed through your house and you don't leave your chair to change discs. How retarded last gen is that, leave your chair to change a game?

I have a Wii, softmodded it and ripped my original games to my external HDD that loads on the Wii with the USB HDD loader. I don't have to leave my chair to start up another game, the 750GB HDD can hold all the games I buy for the rest of the life cycle. There you have next gen. XBOX 1 originals are up on XBL, I don't see why 360 games won't be up there with it soon, for sure if they're cheaper then the disc alternative.

You're wrong. Totally wrong. Plus: you're just backing up what I was saying even, in 3 years of time. You'll see that DVD will hang in there, longer then you're thinking now and at the backdoor digital downloads are knocking sooner then you're aware of.

[Power_Of_Flops_]

Whatever you think stupid kid, Bluray won, HDDVD is dead, digital downloads are still a ridiculous part of the game market and your tears won't change the fact that Bluray is a complete success.

Get over it, and use your 360 HDVVD drive as a paperweight or a cup handler, as you wish.

Grow up.

[Power_Of_Flops_]

Learn the maths Mart :

At the current rate (sales in million $ for the top 20) :

Bluray DVD

Today 20.92 178.53
In 1 year 45.91 155.14
In 2 years 100.77 134.82
In 3 years 221.15 117.16 (rate WILL slow, but you see the point)

Now you see how stupid you are ? You don't even know simple maths.

Owned.

[tehReaper]

Blu-ray is a great medium for HD content. Once more people jump on the HD TV train, you'll see a better percentage than 100% up.

Anyway, in a couple of years I'd like to see a new type of mini flash drive that could be produced for cheap, read fast, and stored with HD content. Games and movies could be stored on them without the fear of scratches. I kind of wish we'd stray away from discs.

[badbond1]

I see you taking a wiz on the Sony symbol only means that you hate Sony because it is made in Japan. You have a problem with everything Sony does. You and mooks are the worst. Get a life. Sony makes a better brand than Microsoft just like Toyota makes a better brand than GM. Just like the majority has realized, around the world, which brand is better. Sony and Toyota are better brands, durable, better gas mileage, sleek, better functions and gadgets, etc. Boys, you need to grow up, my whole family has blu ray and it is way better than dvd. Get off you poor azzez and get one. Oh, first you have to upgrade that old azz tv sd you have an get a 67" dlp 1080p samsung like mine! Stick with you dvd-9, because you are way out of your league. Go back home to mama boys and play your crapbox!

[Montreafart]

I love how you wrote a fking wall of text trying to convince us how crappy Blu Ray or PS3 is.

Somethings that you need to realize however:
- that "crappy" 20 million Blu Ray revenue is just for the week ending on May 24th, you dumb piece of shiat;
- those numbers are for the US only.

So any math done based on that, will automatically lead to failure.

Does that word sound familiar? Its what your teachers say to you everytime they look at you. A failure.

Blu Ray adoption rate is sky rockteting EVERY DAY. This article proves it. Year after year comparison, the week ending May 24th compared to last year, despite the economic down turn and the recession, Blu Ray still rose 110%.

Blu Ray is TEH MOST succesful format ever. Even the mighty DVD cannot compare to such power. And meanwhile you try to convince us how crappy Blu Ray really is "because the 100% growth means nothing" or "how it will take 3 years at 100% for Blu Ray to reach something"

ROFL are you born retarded? Hahaha

[n to the b]

"I see you taking a wiz on the Sony symbol only means that you hate Sony because it is made in Japan."

lol wtf, u droids really will say anything won't u?

maybe I'm missing it. if you're not a coward, please EXPLAIN to me how taking a leak on the name sony = anti-japan. I'm pretty sure it just means anti-sony.

[bigrob123]

ive only got 4 blue rays so far both riddick films, 10.000 bc and casino royal but hoping to get more. not sure if they have the offer at hmv as not bn in that store for a year now but as soon as they start a 3 for £22 offer on blue ray like they do for dvd il start getting more edit.... i just went on hmv's site and they are selling blue ray from as low as £6.99

[dcbronco]

it's the every third month link to Blu-ray.com. It always seems to be doing better. I guess no one wants to here about a niche product when it's doing normal. Just when it has a good week. Plus, what's the deal with the constant up % stuff. By now everyone knows last years sale were in the tank. Up 119% does mean much when sales weren't that good to begin with.

I looked back a few weeks on Blu-ray.com and they never mention numbers for other weeks. I bet they wouldn't have the guts to show numbers every week instead of this every three month nonsense.

[cardgenius]

oh...booowhooo. Id bet you dont even have an HDTV.

[dcbronco]

I love HD. I just refuse to be taken in by lies and hype. I stick with cable and wait for DD. I won't waste the money to buy equipment that might be done in 3 years. Broadband won't be a problem forever. In my area, it's not a problem at all. In the suburbs I will be moving into, the low-end Verizon Fios is 25 Mbs. That's with 5Mbs up for under $40. DD is here for me today. Sucks to be you with your limited options.

[Gun_Senshi]

because DD is REAL HD! Espically sound!!

NOT.

Also DD will never kill blu ray. DD has been here for ages, they co exsist

[dcbronco]

You might be right. Blu-ray might be here forever. just the other day I had a hard time choosing between the cd and 8 track versions of the new Eminem album.

[Javier19]

i love blu-ray, i got loads of films as well as the amazing Planet Earth series boxset

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

Are people still living in last years news? The whole bluray is dead argument is so last year. I swear you kids are so predictable with your comments.

Anyway, I suggest to check out a bluray movie on the new LED 55 inch Samsung tv. Seriously a thing of beauty. Still debating if I should pick that up.

[Silent]

I dont buy anymore dvds, Bluray is sooo "shiny"

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

That's not a good thing tho' It makes the picture look fake. The one problem I have with Bluray and it really shows in the movie Transformers is that it really makes the grain stick out.

[JuJuRMJ]

If it makes the grain "stick out" it's not Blu-Ray's fault at all. 1920*1080p HD picture, unbelievable clarity and fidelity will truly show how a movie was filmed. Transformers has grain and so does a heap of other movies and it's only there because the director chooses so, it has to do with the cameras the film makers used to film the movie, again nothing to do with Blu-Ray. But if a heavy grain is present, it could very well be your HD television calibration settings. Check out the avs forums, very educational in that respect I must say.

[josephayal]

BLURAY ITS 110 BETTER THAN DVD

[Neo604]

1.6t dvd is the winner and digital download wich have %1000 increase.

[memots]

Isn't Digital Download the way of the future.
Isn't what MS said ??

Ho wait isn't MS console with their 1 year headstart is already feeling last gen?

The next GEN started when Sony said so !

[level 360]

Digital download would only prosper if governments ( like here in Australia ) would quickly do something about a speedier broadband infrastructure.
Blu-Ray discs are quite good it's just that retail shop prices are still quite high, I'd rather go to a lot of second hand shops over here and buy the same title at almost 40% marked-off., as for BD players prices have greatly been reduced, but I still don't get it that the PS3/BD console has'nt...

[ico92]

umm now who said blu ray was another laserdisc

[dcbronco]

I'm no longer amazed that people buy into the hype. The reality is that Blu-ray is struggling to hold 10% of the market. Three years in. The prices are still too high and other things like DD are catching up without the advertising and full studio support. These articles only come out every few months. But they are based on reports that are released every week. Don't you think it's odd that they don't do these articles every week. Even more odd is that Sony has allowed actual numbers to be released once, in the first year. they mention how many of everything else gets sold. The reason they don't talk about it is simple, the numbers are low. While some movies do well on Blu-ray(meaning 20% of sales) most do closer to five percent of the sales.

Blu-ray is being pushed for one reason buy each party. Sony to own the rights to the royalties of the multimillion dollar home movie business. Money that mostly goes to Toshiba now. By the way, even with the cost of the failure of HD-DVD, we don't see Toshiba making cuts and laying people off. And for the studios they get a premium for movies that people refuse to pay for DVD.

And for those that say the two-disc DVD version of a movie is a few dollars less. Well that's because they started to jack up the prices just before the HD disc released. I mean really think about it. You believe a movie cost $15 for just the movie and $24 for the extras. The extras being deleted scenes(already accounted for in making the movie, they weren't made just for a second disc), interviews with the stars(part of the promotion of the film, again not extra, would have happened anyway) and a few other features that might have cost a little money.

The idea that people believe that it cost half the price of the movie, $8 for a $24 two-disc set, to add the extras is ridiculous. It just makes people feel better about the expense of the Blu-ray. A Blu-ray copy that actually doesn't cost them more than a dollar or two extra in the first place.

So with the current state being 10% of the market after 3 years, yeah, I'd say it's the new Laserdisc. A good niche product.

[DeejayTai]

I don't think digital dist. will take over ANYTIME in the near future (5-10 years). I know tons of folks that don't have internet access, let alone a computer!
Folks that hate on blu-ray are normally pro-360. Even now m$ is pondering blu-ray, but putting it on 360 will make Sony look even better and they can't have that.
Weird to think it, but the only way to get TRUE 1080p on a HDTV(cable tv still can't compare) is blu-ray (that means with no lags,skips,compressed files).

[dcbronco]

DD will still be awhile? Even Sony doesn't believe that. They say plainly in the video that their strategy will be a combination of disc and DD. For all content. They acknowledge that a growing number of people want DD. The speaker talked about being on the leading edge of what's next when talking about DD. The PSP Go is just one more step. They now offer games, music and movies as DDs. Blu-ray is a niche product.

And if most of the people you know don't have internet or a computer, something is wrong. The only people I know that don't are really, really old. There is broadband in most, if not all major cities, and the stimulus package will add it the rural areas over the next ten years. As Obama said, it is vital to our national security. People need access to information.

Technology is moving far faster then most seem able to keep up. Oh, well. It's the way of the world....and it's always going to be.

[MriownBOTH]

humm sales....did the factor in netflix and how many people still rent dvd from blockbuster or other place nope....dvd still on top to be honest ,but blu-ray is still better for sure.....lets not make this flame bait.

[AriesFury]

There's a actual positive article about Blu Ray? After all this time you keep saying that BR was a huge fail and an article that says it's doing well. The world will end now.

[bjornbear]

Its going to be the future, its going to be used widely, the dvd will eventually be discontinued and substituited by blu-ray, its nothing exceptional, its just evolution.

Sweet =)

[PS360PCROCKS]

Cool hopefully it starts getting cheaper now.

[Shnazzyone]

thank god the cheap blueray players are finally coming out. I'm still waiting for $150 BD players we already got the ones just under 200 bucks. I'll probably snag one the day I can afford some monster tv with 1080p inputs

[Golfcoachh]

Patent player MPEG LA today announced that the first meeting of essential Blu-ray disc patent owners, consisting of 17 companies, was held in Los Angeles earlier this month.

The meeting’s purpose was to create a joint license providing fair, reasonable, non-discriminatory access to essential patents, as an alternative to negotiating separate licenses.

Participating companies included CyberLink; Dell; Hewlett-Packard; Hitachi; Koninklijke Philips Electronics; LG Electronics; Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic); Mitsubishi Electric; Pioneer; Samsung Electronics; Sanyo Electric; Sharp; Sony; TDK; Victor Company of Japan; and Warner Home Video.