More Unscientific anecdotes:
http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/....black.friday/
Blu-Ray remains the format of choice in the HD world, results from the week
of Black Friday show. Data from Nielsen VideoScan reveals that of the HD
discs bought during last week, 72.6 percent of them were Blu-Ray titles,
leaving HD DVD at 27.4 percent. This is despite a massive influx of HD DVD
players from Wal-Mart's $99 sale, and the success of particular titles such
as Transformers. Simply by itself, the Blu-Ray version of Live Free or Die
Hard sold nearly 100,000 copies, according to one Fox Home Entertainment
executive.
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12012.cfm
The North American HD DVD Promotional Group has made a press release
announcing their latest sales milestone, 750,000 standalones sold through
last week.
Thanks to incredible November deals on Toshiba HD DVD players, the milestone
has been reached with numbers continuing to grow at a steady rate. The
numbers also include the Xbox 360 HD DVD add on.
"HD DVD continues to gain momentum and market share with consumers," said
Ken Graffeo, executive vice president of HD strategic marketing for
Universal Studios Home Entertainment, and co-president of the HD DVD
Promotional Group. "With more than four weeks left for holiday shopping, HD
DVD is turning out to be a perfect consumer electronics gift."
According to the The Digital Entertainment Group, Blu-ray standalone sales
have not even reached 200,000 units yet. Those numbers, of course, do not
include the Sony PlayStation 3.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/busine...ml?source=mypi
Sony said last week that the PlayStation 3, which sells for $400 and $500,
had sold 5.6 million units worldwide.