what is it about getting better sales on blu-ray that you guys don't get? studios dont care about the number of players. they care about selling their content and their content sells better on blu-ray than on hd dvd.

there is more standalone hd dvd players out there than standalone blu-ray players yet blu-ray is doing better. that's alarming

Oh, are you alarmed?:rolleyes:

Yes, I do. Look at the number of HD DVD owners that bought transformers or even 300 versus BR owners that bought 300.

So you think selling 107,531 units to 2.3 million owners is not bombing? Wow. I don't know what else to say to that.

more is worse? wow you're mental :lol

the potential consumer base is bigger on blu-ray as well as the actual consumer base. it's win/win for studios

what is it about getting better sales on blu-ray that you guys don't get? studios dont care about the number of players. they care about selling their content and their content sells better on blu-ray than on hd dvd.

there is more standalone hd dvd players out there than standalone blu-ray players yet blu-ray is doing better. that's alarming

LOL

"Warner: It’s really hard to handicap. I can’t tell, which side, if any, will win. Right now it’s like a Mexican standoff. If the consumer continues to support both formats, the industry will as well. It will be really pivotal what Toshiba does this fourth quarter in hardware. If they sell through everything they ship, and it’s a big number at the price points that are coming out, then I think [HD DVD] will be around for a long time. If they don’t, then it could go Blu-ray’s way. But Toshiba is getting very, very aggressive on pricing, which is putting pressure on Blu-ray player manufacturers to bring prices down. As a content company we just want more hardware in the homes. So what ever drives more hardware is good to see. Right now it looks like there is price pressure on both sides because there are two formats — more pressure than there would be if there was only one format. So, for our interests, more razors means we’ll sell more razor blades down the road."


How many Xbox add-ons versus PS3's out there?

what is it about getting better sales on blu-ray that you guys don't get? studios dont care about the number of players. they care about selling their content and their content sells better on blu-ray than on hd dvd.

there is more standalone hd dvd players out there than standalone blu-ray players yet blu-ray is doing better. that's alarming

Wait, so in THIS arguement the PS3 is not a factor in the equation? I get so confused because you guys can't seem to decide if the PS3 is a BD player or not.

All those PS3's out there that play Blu-rays, and Warner targeting that crowd, and that's all the sales they can muster for 300. You tell ME what's alarming.

LOL



How many Xbox add-ons versus PS3's out there?

what was the point of that quote? there is more blu-ray hardware than hd dvd hardware and wb sells better on blu-ray than on hd dvd

they're happy on both fronts

You tell ME what's alarming.

the so called savior of hd dvd (transformers), one of the biggest movie releases of the year doing worse on hd dvd than the so called bomb that is 300 bd?

And another economics major from the BR side makes it to my ignore list. Man, the list his getting huge!

the so called savior of hd dvd (transformers), one of the biggest movie releases of the year doing worse on hd dvd than the so called bomb that is 300 bd?

Since when is 300 a bomb? It was a huge hit.

Last I checked from Paramount, Transformers is the best selling title on either format.

Unless you have some link from them that they have gone back and corrected or retracted that number.

Yeah, didn't think so. Perhaps now is a great time to stop trolling here and slink back to the Blu-ray side of the fence. You don't belong here.

shipped not sold

if nielsen numbers were wrong i bet paramount would be the first to protest

With 10x the amount of players available 300 would have to tell 1.2 or so million copies the first week to equal the ratio per player that HD DVD has. But hey, thats just silly math.

it sold better on blu-ray than on hd dvd

your argument is moot

better sales is better sales. you cant spin that

what is it about getting better sales on blu-ray that you guys don't get? studios dont care about the number of players. they care about selling their content and their content sells better on blu-ray than on hd dvd.

there is more standalone hd dvd players out there than standalone blu-ray players yet blu-ray is doing better. that's alarming

Absolutely nonsensical. Someone failed Business 101, but big.

With 10x the amount of players available 300 would have to tell 1.2 or so million copies the first week to equal the ratio per player that HD DVD has. But hey, thats just silly math.


That's the point that I was trying to make, but it went right over his head, some people read whatever they want to read. Maybe he should stick to gaming boards. Last I checked, when it comes to gaming consoles, the PS3 is dead last.

http://www.vgchartz.com/

So much talk about sales when companies are out to make profits and more sales doesn't necessarily mean more profits..

If Billy Bluray sells 20 chocolate bars at 10 cents profit on each bar and Henry HD DVD sells 10 chocolate bars are 30 cents profit per bar, Henry is actually coming out ahead.

Absolutely nonsensical. Someone failed Business 101, but big.

100,000 copies sold is better than 50,000 copies sold

not to mention there is the potential to sell millions of copies on one format and not the other

as i said before, it's win/win

So much talk about sales when companies are out to make profits and more sales doesn't necessarily mean more profits..

If Billy Bluray sells 20 chocolate bars at 10 cents profit on each bar and Henry HD DVD sells 10 chocolate bars are 30 cents profit per bar, Henry is actually coming out ahead.

unless you can provide some profit numbers there's no point in discussing something we know nothing about

So much talk about sales when companies are out to make profits and more sales doesn't necessarily mean more profits..

If Billy Bluray sells 20 chocolate bars at 10 cents profit on each bar and Henry HD DVD sells 10 chocolate bars are 30 cents profit per bar, Henry is actually coming out ahead.

OMFG shut up dude!, sales are sales ok? more = best, sales, sales, sales, bandwidth, bandwith, bandwidth, bitrates, bitrates, bitrates, naner naner naner!

Seriously though, thanx for putting it this simple ;)

100,000 copies sold is better than 50,000 copies sold

not to mention there is the potential to sell millions of copies on one format and not the other

as i said before, it's win/win



unless you can provide some profit numbers there's no point in discussing something we know nothing about

Keep digging, I am enjoying watching you get torn to shreds by people who know what they are talking about.

I think everyone needs to calm down a little bit.

It seems on the 31st WB will 1. Drop support for Blu-ray or 2. They will say something about we will continue supporting both formats.

No need to start bashing everyone and making this go way out of control. Lets just wait and see!

Keep digging, I am enjoying watching you get torn to shreds by people who know what they are talking about.

yeah these "lower sales is better!" arguments are really tough...

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