According to the report, Blu-ray outsold HD-DVD an impressive 9:2 while dominating the top sellers list. The only HD-DVD movie to even make an appearence on the list was "The Departed".
Sony's new release "Casino Royale" smashed all previous records by shipping 100,000 units to retail and also in the report Sony has 5 of the top 10 releases for the month of March.
According to the numbers from VideoScan, since its inception there have been 844,000 Blu-ray units sold, while there have been 708,600 units sold for HD-DVD.
However, there are some notes for the numbers. The VideoScan numbers do not include Wal-mart sales and most online merchants. There are also many more Blu-Ray players in use due to the amount of PlayStation 3's that have been sold.
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wow, "Casino Royale" smashed all previous records by shipping 100,000" pretty much 1/8 blu-ray movie purchased is Casino Royale.
"The VideoScan numbers do not include Wal-mart sales and most online merchants." that sucks...
Should change the link to the original article which has a bit more information including some of the charts referenced in the linked article.
** original article also has a link to the .pdf from Sony that contains all this info...**
If the PS3 trojan horse strategy enables Sony to win the format war, will it have been worth the damage inflicted on its game console business?
Like what, HD Movies at an affordable price and 5 times more storage capacity for developers?
Still looks pretty close.