Following landmark Black Friday promotions through major retail chains, the North American HD DVD Promotional Group today announced that sales of dedicated HD DVD players exceeded the 750,000 mark.
The data is based on retailer reports and other point of sale data, and includes standalone set-top players as well as the Xbox 360 HD DVD player.
"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."
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add me on to that list soon, and a few of my mates.
750,000 players, ok. Multigamer and his mates buy one each and thats about it. Case closed. BLU-RAY is the future, believe it.
(due to the cheap hardware)
Bluray makes actual disc-sales, and is continuing to. People that own bluray have the money to re-buy entire collections.
People that couldn't afford bluray.. aren't exactly rushing otu to buy $300.00+ worth of discs almost monthly.
Can we just end this HD-DVD crap already? I mean I want shrek, but not as bad as I want the entire pixar collection.
while it is great news, HD DVD is focusing too much only on the US, while Blu Ray goes unopposed basically everywhere else
Don't prolong the format war. Let's get this over with.