Originally posted by: zombie84
Additionally, as I pointed out, many retailers aren't stocking HD-DVD anymore. Target isn't, BJ's Wholesale Club isn't and Blockbuster won't carry them, which is huge. And as this happens, the HD-DVD sales figures will continue to plummet and more stores will stick with Blu Ray only. As for Walmart, they carry HD-DVD and had an HD-DVD display earlier this summer but they carry Blu Ray too, and actually it looked to me that they had more Blu Ray titles in stock, and certainly much more players available (fitting since there are so many different models, whereas HD-DVD only has what Toshiba makes--which is another huge strain on an already KO'd company).
Since when is Target not stocking HD-DVD? I saw 300 on HD-DVD there this past week. Additionally, while they plan to have an exclusive Blu-Ray endcap for Christmas, they'll still be selling the Xbox 360 HD-DVD add-on.
Despite being the best selling BD player, the PS3 is still way behind in the console wars, coming in at number 3 currently. Even with their huge sales spike a couple weeks ago, they're still way behind.
Originally posted by: zombie84
Don't be fooled, HD-DVD lost this format war a number of months ago. When the Blu-Ray exclusive Close Encounters delux edition comes out this christmas along with Blu Ray versions of the Matrix trilogy, Spiderman Trilogy and Blade Runner Final Cut, you will see these 70-30 figures spike up closer to 80-20.
Additionally, as I pointed out, many retailers aren't stocking HD-DVD anymore. Target isn't, BJ's Wholesale Club isn't and Blockbuster won't carry them, which is huge. And as this happens, the HD-DVD sales figures will continue to plummet and more stores will stick with Blu Ray only. As for Walmart, they carry HD-DVD and had an HD-DVD display earlier this summer but they carry Blu Ray too, and actually it looked to me that they had more Blu Ray titles in stock, and certainly much more players available (fitting since there are so many different models, whereas HD-DVD only has what Toshiba makes--which is another huge strain on an already KO'd company).
Since when is Target not stocking HD-DVD? I saw 300 on HD-DVD there this past week. Additionally, while they plan to have an exclusive Blu-Ray endcap for Christmas, they'll still be selling the Xbox 360 HD-DVD add-on.
Despite being the best selling BD player, the PS3 is still way behind in the console wars, coming in at number 3 currently. Even with their huge sales spike a couple weeks ago, they're still way behind.
Originally posted by: zombie84
Don't be fooled, HD-DVD lost this format war a number of months ago. When the Blu-Ray exclusive Close Encounters delux edition comes out this christmas along with Blu Ray versions of the Matrix trilogy, Spiderman Trilogy and Blade Runner Final Cut, you will see these 70-30 figures spike up closer to 80-20.
Maybe, but only two of those will be exclusive to BD. Close Encounters and Spiderman. The other two are either already out on HD-DVD or will be as well as BD.
I've said before that I don't care who wins either way. I want either one format or one player that can play both. I'm betting we get a single player solution this season that causes a surge in both formats. Right now, most people are still leary of either format, despite whatever sales figures there are. The sooner that either one format wins (unlikely) or one player emerges that can do both (much more likely) at a reasonable price, the better.