Blu-Ray has already won!

**SimmoUK** · 01-09-2007

From CES a sum up of how far infront Blu-Ray is already:

Blu-ray has 96% of the HD player market in Japan. In terms of Japan the game is already over there.

Only 4 of the top 20 DVD last year are from HD DVD camp. Almost all the top 20 movies are only available on Blu-ray.

Understanding and solutions believe Blu-ray will sell more discs.

BDA has seen a 700% increase in software sales since mind-Nov. with the launch of PS3 and additional Blu-ray devices.
Top 5 Selling titles to Date in order: Underworld Evolution, Talladega Nights, Fifth Element, Click , Ultraviolet.

Survey from 10k respondents plan to purchase Blu-ray moves to view on their PS3.
75% of the respondents plan to use their PS3 as a primary device for watching movies.
80% of 1 million = an installed base of 800,000.
Same source estimates that PS3 will far outsell the X-Box Drive.

Largest variety of movies.
Largest variety of hardware.
Only gaming console with built-in HD movie playback.

Half of the Sony titles will be BD50GB, despite what HD DVD said.

They will release 18 titles by the end of Feb.
The Decent was 50GB and is the first with PIP, and has BDJ.
They announce more titles than we can type, look forward for the press releases, when they are available

Bob Chapek President of Disney.

Over 20 Blu-ray titles in the first half of 2007, many world wide.
Mic makes loud noise, everyone jumps! Bob says "I didn't realize the other side wanted to win that bad" Everyone laughs.
He goes on to cover the previously announced Blu-ray titles.

From the fox film exec himself:

On Dec 20th BD outpaced HD DVD.

Fox will continue to be aggressive with BDJ.
7-10 titles per month, most will be 50GB.
Will continue with day and date releases.

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Blu-Ray is winning by a huge margin...

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/l...ss-conference/

**woy** · 01-09-2007

Yea it's looking like game over for HDDVD now

**OKlondon** · 01-09-2007

Great find and confirms what we were expecting.

**HellsJester** · 01-09-2007

Isnt the only studio not supporting blu-ray at all Universal?
I believe every other studio is either 100% supporting blu-ray or 50% meaning they put there movies on both formats.
Blu-Ray has been the clear winner for months upon months now who are the people that have to confirm they won?

**Fekz** · 01-09-2007

This, coupled with cracking the encryption on HD-DVD's = good night. I personally don't care which format wins, I just think it's funny because of the people who hate on blu-ray because Sony is pushing the format.

**Euler** · 01-09-2007

Brace yourselves for an XBox Blu-Ray add on then!!

**Killer Instinct** · 01-09-2007

Those Japan stats are so high, 96% of the HD market in Japan is Blu-Ray? This is great news, I bet Sony execs are joyful at the jumpstart Blu-Ray is getting from the PS3.

**BlindSight** · 01-09-2007

Hmmm, guess I just won ten dollars.

BluRay seems to have the edge (or at least in Japan), more content, greater supoport.

**Stoffinator** · 01-09-2007

Now if they would just lower the price of the damn things.

**Uncool** · 01-09-2007

The built in Blue-ray player was a smart move by Sony, regardless of how many people see it as a hindrance now because of the amount of people still waiting to get theirs. If Blue-ray were to beat HD-DVD, it has another contender which is DVD's. If it can win over that, than this format war would truly be over as DVD's would finally have a successor.

**SimmoUK** · 01-09-2007

Originally Posted by OKlondon

Great find and confirms what we were expecting.

Yep it's funny how people have been trying to tell us the complete oppisite tho they know who they are, but seriosly Blu-Ray is the number 1 format out there, it's got the studios, the space and the base now... Looks like HDDVD is dead already...

**dubleskillz** · 01-09-2007

I think it is highly likely Blu-ray wins but it is still too early to say anything is certain.

**OKlondon** · 01-09-2007

Originally Posted by SimmoUK

Yep it's funny how people have been trying to tell us the complete oppisite tho they know who they are, Blu-Ray is the number 1 format out there, it's got the studios, the space and the base now... Looks like HDDVD is dead already...

Exactly now the US and Europe and HD DVD is finished completely.

**spandexman** · 01-09-2007

HD DVD hasnt been released in Japan yet so no doubt it Sony will have the market share.

Sony also stretches the words a bit. The top 20 movies of last year on Blu-ray? That may be true but the best selling HD movies are all on HD DVD. HD DVD's are outselling Blu-ray movies by a factor of 2-3. Same with the stand alone players. HD DVD will have 300+ movies out this year too.
http://ps3forums.com/showthread.php?t=52113

But like I said in reality both formats arent doing too great. If you compare their launches with the launch of DVD's then HD DVD and Blu-ray sales look like a joke. I really doubt we will see a winner, by the time mainstream accepts HDTV's everyone will get their movies through xboxlive, PS3 online, iTV, IPTV, ect.

**SimmoUK** · 01-09-2007

Well i've seen enough to confirm it for me like many others, it's simple Sony has the best support now from the studios, what good is hardware without software? HDDVD is already dead in japan do you think bodes well for studio support, Sony are already miles infront on install base of players into homes.

Top Film execs all backing the Blu-Ray format, i'll take there word for it thankyou... I meen what can Microsoft do to catch up now, we even had a Microsoft exec a couple of days ago saying HDDVD is the next betamax failure...

**DMB14** · 01-09-2007

I don't think either format will catch on. No one's buying the players, sales suck. How bout we compare Blu-ray player sales to DVD player sales?

**Saigon** · 01-09-2007

this is good news, i have been reading some of the comments from that announcemment and man, all I can say is people seem to hate blu-ray, why? what did they do to these people? are they xbots? this format is way better than hd-dvd, there is a reason why blu-ray has the support it has.

**LaOMaN** · 01-09-2007

good news. they need to have a winner now. tired of blue-ray vs hd-dvd. damn sony and damn toshiba. hope we have a winner soon so i can get standalone player

**SimmoUK** · 01-09-2007

Originally Posted by DMB14

Um you guys do realize that Toshiba hasn't launched their HD-DVD players in Japan yet, right?

Anyway, I don't think either format will catch on.

Blu-Ray has already caught on there's over 800,000 Blu-Ray players in people's homes through PS3 and the films are selling. One guy on here had brought 24 in one day...

**The_One** · 01-09-2007

The game was over before it even started--I could tell from the studio support. Before either even launched, Blu-Ray had more than 70% of Hollywood's support (It may have dropped a bit now, as certain studios are no longer BD exclusive).

**Fekz** · 01-09-2007

Originally Posted by DMB14

You guys do realize that Toshiba hasn't launched their HD-DVD players in Japan yet, right?

Anyway, I don't think either format will catch on.

And at this rate there will be no need to launch them. Playstation 3 is Sony's Trojan horse in the format war, and is already enjoying a considerable market share over a format that can't drop prices fast enough to match Blu-ray's market penetration via Playstation 3.

HD-DVD will continue to fight, but if they can't find a better way to get into households, I bid thee adieu.

**BlindSight** · 01-09-2007

Yeah I guess Bluray has caught on in Japan..

But I still dont expect either to start doing well in the rest of the world for awhile.

Hope Im wrong though, this format war is f**king lame and I would rather it be done with.

**The_One** · 01-09-2007

Truthfully, I have no need for either HD format at the moment, so the BD playback on a PS3 is just a novelty value for myself.

**DMB14** · 01-09-2007

Originally Posted by SimmoUK

Blu-Ray has already caught on there's over 800,000 Blu-Ray players in people's homes through PS3 and the films are selling. One guy on here had brought 24 in one day...

How do Blu-ray movie sales compare to HD-DVD movie sales?

(I genuinely want to know, I have no idea...)

Until HD-DVD players disappear I'm sticking with DVD.

Oh and BTW, when I said that Toshiba hadn't launched their Hd-DVD players in Japan I was dead wrong. The article I was reading was from 2005, lol...

**spandexman** · 01-09-2007

Guys just because the PS3 has sold 1million doesnt mean every single one of them will use it for Blu-ray.

HD DVD is far from dead. They have 300+ movies set to release this year including major exclusives.

HD DVD movies have been outselling Blu-ray movies ever since they both launched.

http://www.hdgamedb.com/amazon/history.aspx

HD DVD also has sold more standalone players then Blu-ray.