Death of HD-DVD will not impact Blu-ray sales

Via Techradar:

"As we count the days (hours?) till the inevitable official announcement from Toshiba that it plans to 'review its strategy' (read: can the ailing HD DVD format be put out of its misery) yet another analyst wades in with comment.

Gartner's principal research analyst Paul O'Donovan told TechRadar today: "Gartner anticipates Toshiba will finish with HD DVD within the next couple of weeks. Its share price has risen on the basis that the rumours are strong that it will pull out sooner rather than later. If it delays then the stock will drop very quickly."

[gamesblow]

Man the media is really scrambling here... they really don't know where to lay their heads, do they? hahahahaha... Man, this is painful to watch unfold.

Sony and company must me shaking their heads in embarrassment.

[Cwalat]

are they serious ?

wow that was funny, i thought they were being serious..
guys they are only being sarcastic :P

well i guess millions of HD-TV owners will buy regular DVD then..

[decapitator]

People are still doubting blu-ray even after it's "higly likely" victory ? I guess the media is sort of like Hilary Clinton. They just can't admit they were wrong even after been proven wrong.

[Vip3r]

Yes, ignorance truly is bliss to some.

[blacsheep]

really are alot of jealous people who maybe supported the wrong format now venting their anger!

bluray and its trojan horse the ps3 are the real winners

and further more statistics have shown an 80% increase in bluray sales since!

[Feihc Retsam]

I personally know a lot of people who were just waiting for the format war to end so that they could committ to one format. And plenty of those same people already plan on picking up a PS3 if/when Blu Ray was the winner just because it's such a great value.

[anh_duong]

the article actually says blu-ray sales will:

“The sales of Blu-ray are linked to HD flat-panel TVs first and foremost. Certainly those consumers who have bought an HD TV may now consider buying a Blu-ray player but it will depend on various factors such as do they have enough money to buy now or will they wait and maybe they will consider a Sony PS3 instead of a Blu-ray DVD player? For sure, there will be a small rise but not an acceleration YET. That [ACCELERATION] will come towards the END OF THE YEAR.”

as for digital download:

"Gartner DOESN'T see downloads having a massive effect on the adoption of Blu-ray. The infrastructure is ready for massive HD video-file downloads yet, just like books, people still like to have a hard copy to access and use whenever they want. It’ll be QUITE A FEW YEARS yet before downloads have any real affect on optical disc sales for HD content.”

So to summarise blu-ray sales will do very well and digital download won't have a massive affect on hd-video. hmm.. dodgy titled "Death of HD-DVD will not impact Blu-ray sales" by bitter pro hddvd journalist perhaps?? the comments by Gartner is if anything pro-blu-ray and negative digital download.

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[Joey Gladstone]

LOL how can the complete failure of the ONLY competing alternate storage media not affect Blu-Rays sales??? Now its no longer..Blu-Ray has a 3:1 lead over HD-DVD, its Blu-Ray has won, and Sony will now reap the rewards of its successful marketing and business strategy....
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...."The JOEY has Spoken"

[masterg]

Are you kidding me.
Here is why that is wrong.

1.The people who would have bought HD-DVD players will now buy Blu-ray.
2.Movies that were HD-DVD exclusive will now be sold on Blu-ray.
3.Now people don't have to worry about jumping on a dead format.

[fenderputty]

a lot of people that were on the ropes and were waiting it out now have a clear choice.

[BenzMoney]

...like myself, who won't be buying a Blu-Ray player.

I'm not an HD-DVD supporter, nor am I a Blu-Ray supporter. That being said, if HDDVD had turned out to be the winner, I probably would've purchased one. I can't say the same of Blu-Ray.

Sorry, but I'm just not a big fan of the draconian DRM-before-all-else mentality of the Blu-ray association. I know of many others who share that sentiment.

No doubt that someday, perhaps, I will have one. But we're talking years down the road. Until then I'm happy with my upscaled DVDs and/or digital streaming.

[fenderputty]

There's already an article about raised PS3 sales on Amazon since the death of HD_DVD articles have started.

[Anything but Cute]

people.

HD DVD dying means that Blu ray has the go ahead. There only challenge is to get people to jump to next gen movie format.

Blu ray will be more successful at this now that there is no confusion.

If Blu ray markets aggressivley. And they will.

[eagle21]

They (techradar) are not important, remember how Blu killed hd dvd every single week, and grew to over 350 million dollars? Well Lionsgate (a movie studio) predicts Blu-ray sales of well over 1 billion dollars this year....ha ha

[eagle21]

The BBC, CNN, MSNBC, local channels are reporting the WIN. Who the hell is techradar? Lionsgate (a film studio) predicts sales of over 1 billion dollars up from the "growing" 350 million last year. Just remember how Blu-ray killed hd dvd with a higher price (because of better quality and a real business sense: not a dime lossed) and has all the oscar nominees: No Country For Old Men, Juno, Assassination of Jesse James, Michael Clayton, Gone Baby Gone, etc. exclusive and will release by March. (some already)..ha ha

[Anything but Cute]

But this is so off, it's funny. I actually find myself rooting for this article to get approved.

More Blu ray advertisment. There's a lot of blu ray stories on n4g

[ngg12345]

ARen't gonig to buy a blu ray player?
The 20,000 hd-dvd players sold weekly, are still going to buy hd-dvd players?

Stupid...

[eyeh]

I don't think the article is that dumb, just the title given by the writer.
O'Donovan thinks that there will be a small rise of Bluray sales when HD-DVD keels over, but a larger acceleration when more people buy flat panel tvs. Even if you don't agree with that idea, it's at least reasonable.
The title "Death of HD-DVD will not impact Blu-ray sales" given by the writer is what's ridiculous.

[bootsielon]

Looking for hits

[SKullDugger]

HELL YEA this will effect BLU-RAY sales they will increase because now people know that there is only one format, I feel sorry for the all the people who supported HD-DVD this has gotta hurt.

[Kleptic]

I don't know dude...no one was buying HD DVD anyway...so maybe it was people waiting...or maybe blu ray was winning big time anyway, and now its just official...

[ICUP]

LAWL @ this "analyst".

[Maddens Raiders]

I guess some people haven't figured out that the harder you fight against the PS3; the stronger it becomes. Don't believe me, just look at the chronology. The world loves an underdog - and ironically the PS3 was the underdog, Sony took a huge gamble and won. Period.

Simply amazing. btw, I've owned mine since launch day and love it.

[InYourMom]

Wow. Funny stuff.

[jinn]

i wish the console war would heat up like this, resulting in the Wii to stop production and die

[Kenshin]

I don't understand how people can say movie downloads will kill Blu-ray. This is simply an ignorant assumption. Here is why:
1. The world's broadband subscribers are not ready to download a hi-def (even compressed @ 720p) movie file let alone a full 1080p uncompressed image of a blu-ray disc
2. Most ISPs sets bandwidth caps
3. People want a full HD experience. Right now only Blu-ray (or HD-DVD which is in a brink of extinction) can offer such experience

[willie32]

but I have been holding off buying too many Bluray movies. I will be buying more now since the war is now over. I can't wait for Transformers and the Matrix Trilogy to make it onto Bluray!

[TheWickedOne]

Simple. Sure it will.

[IHATEGOD]

Thank you say this stupid war is over. I'm tired of hearing every week HD-DVD making a come back or Blu-Rays lead is shrinking. But seriously if sony were to crumble than MS would have an advantage. That being said if HD-DVD fails than its a clear plus for Blu-ray. I don't care cause I bought my systems to play games and yes I still watch and buy regular DVDs.

[BenzMoney]

I second that.

[PSWe60]

I think I speak for everyone when I say: Im glad the war is over lets move on to Games and how the PS3 will continue to out shine the 360.

[shysun]

how the hell will BD sales not increase?! Dumb ass!

[slapsta72]

approved and put on this site is sad

blu ray won, stop saying 'microsoft is the real winner here' and all this other theoretical spin doctoring