Blu-ray title sees 80,072% sales spike at Amazon - Blu-ray Forum

Porfie · 01-26-2008, 05:50 PM

http://news.punchjump.com/article.php?id=5459

Blu-ray title sees 80,072% sales spike at Amazon

Sales for Blu-ray disc format title No Country For Old Men spiked 80,072 percent upon availability on Fri. at retailer Amazon.com.
The Blu-ray disc format version of No Country For Old Men ranked at No. 84 on Fri. evening to double the demand for the standard DVD version of the title (ranked No. 187).

Other Blu-ray disc titles that held gains on Fri. included The Brave One, up 113 percent, The Invasion, up 90 percent, and Monty Python's Life of Brian, up 82 percent.

The spur in Blu-ray disc sales follows an announcement from Warner Bros. this month that it will defect from the HD DVD camp and produce high-definition content exclusively on Sony Corp.'s Blu-ray disc format.

Retailers this week, including Best Buy, Circuit City and Amazon.com are offering incentives to purchase high-definition content.

Amazon this week is offering Blu-ray disc titles as low as $14.99 and up to 53 percent off select Blu-ray disc titles.

In addition, it slashed prices for select HD DVD titles up to 53 percent off.

NPD Group this week said that Blu-ray stand-alone unit sales recorded 92.53 percent market share versus 7.47 percent market share for HD DVD in the week ending Jan. 12.

Minimejer05 · 01-26-2008, 05:57 PM

Even better Blu news!!! GOO BLU

JJ · 01-26-2008, 06:01 PM

80,072%?!

Nerdkiller likes BD · 01-26-2008, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JJxiv1215

80,072%?!

Wow, I mean...wow!

Cyan · 01-26-2008, 06:05 PM

Lol..an 80K% increase..what a funny way to approach that statistic.

I didn't think Amazon was still running the 'lots of BR moveis for 14.99 sale anymore'...

Porfie · 01-26-2008, 06:13 PM

I was wondering how they came up with those numbers as well. It is awesome news!

Fozziwig · 01-26-2008, 06:29 PM

It's not quite as exciting as you might think.

If Amazon had just 1 order before the 'spike'. How many do you think they would have after an increase of 80,000%?

It's the grand total of 800 copies.

Nice, but no doughnut. Mind you, if Amazon had 10 orders before the spike then the 80,000% increase would boost it to 8,000 copies. Much better.

Ispoke · 01-26-2008, 06:35 PM

Sorry, didn't see this thread here before posting same artcle in the general forum

Anyway at least i now understand how they get to such a large %

bkbluray · 01-26-2008, 06:47 PM

Not bad. Not bad at all.

bkbluray · 01-26-2008, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fozziwig

It's not quite as exciting as you might think.

If Amazon had just 1 order before the 'spike'. How many do you think they would have after an increase of 80,000%?

It's the grand total of 800 copies.

Nice, but no doughnut. Mind you, if Amazon had 10 orders before the spike then the 80,000% increase would boost it to 8,000 copies. Much better.

I'm guessing the second option probably

Sy- · 01-26-2008, 07:26 PM

All it means is that there were an increased number of preorders for this movie. 800x more pre orders. I wonder what could have sparked the rush to preorder this movie? The fact that Warner brothers went Blu only is not likely to cause a 80,000% sales spike. The fact that No Country for Old Men earned the most oscar nominations on Thursady is the actual cause. Nice bit of journalism

....

buckshot · 01-26-2008, 07:34 PM

i just added my pre order to that percentage

NoQuestion · 01-26-2008, 09:05 PM

This is one of the many movies amazon will be shipping me from the march 11 release list!

01-26-2008, 05:50 PM	#1
Porfie Expert Member Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Colorado Springs, CO	Blu-ray title sees 80,072% sales spike at Amazon http://news.punchjump.com/article.php?id=5459 Blu-ray title sees 80,072% sales spike at Amazon Sales for Blu-ray disc format title No Country For Old Men spiked 80,072 percent upon availability on Fri. at retailer Amazon.com. The Blu-ray disc format version of No Country For Old Men ranked at No. 84 on Fri. evening to double the demand for the standard DVD version of the title (ranked No. 187). Other Blu-ray disc titles that held gains on Fri. included The Brave One, up 113 percent, The Invasion, up 90 percent, and Monty Python's Life of Brian, up 82 percent. The spur in Blu-ray disc sales follows an announcement from Warner Bros. this month that it will defect from the HD DVD camp and produce high-definition content exclusively on Sony Corp.'s Blu-ray disc format. Retailers this week, including Best Buy, Circuit City and Amazon.com are offering incentives to purchase high-definition content. Amazon this week is offering Blu-ray disc titles as low as $14.99 and up to 53 percent off select Blu-ray disc titles. In addition, it slashed prices for select HD DVD titles up to 53 percent off. NPD Group this week said that Blu-ray stand-alone unit sales recorded 92.53 percent market share versus 7.47 percent market share for HD DVD in the week ending Jan. 12.

01-26-2008, 07:26 PM	#11
Sy- Member Member since:Nov 2007	All it means is that there were an increased number of preorders for this movie. 800x more pre orders. I wonder what could have sparked the rush to preorder this movie? The fact that Warner brothers went Blu only is not likely to cause a 80,000% sales spike. The fact that No Country for Old Men earned the most oscar nominations on Thursady is the actual cause. Nice bit of journalism .... Last edited by Sy-; 01-26-2008 at 07:35 PM.

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01-26-2008, 05:57 PM	#2
Minimejer05 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Minnesota Home Theater Gallery:14 4K collection:532 Blu-ray collection:1995 Blu-ray reviews:28 Trading Score:6	Even better Blu news!!! GOO BLU

01-26-2008, 06:01 PM	#3
JJ Blu-ray Count Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Miami, FL Home Theater Gallery:99 4K collection:619 Blu-ray collection:1293 DVD collection:31 Digital collection:5 Blu-ray reviews: 18 Trading Score:203	80,072%?!

01-26-2008, 06:05 PM	#5
Cyan Active Member Member since:Jul 2007	Lol..an 80K% increase..what a funny way to approach that statistic. I didn't think Amazon was still running the 'lots of BR moveis for 14.99 sale anymore'...

01-26-2008, 06:13 PM	#6
Porfie Expert Member Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Colorado Springs, CO	I was wondering how they came up with those numbers as well. It is awesome news!

01-26-2008, 06:29 PM	#7
Fozziwig Senior Member Member since:Feb 2007	It's not quite as exciting as you might think. If Amazon had just 1 order before the 'spike'. How many do you think they would have after an increase of 80,000%? It's the grand total of 800 copies. Nice, but no doughnut. Mind you, if Amazon had 10 orders before the spike then the 80,000% increase would boost it to 8,000 copies. Much better.

01-26-2008, 06:35 PM	#8
Ispoke Senior Member Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Cambridge Blu-ray collection:416	Sorry, didn't see this thread here before posting same artcle in the general forum Anyway at least i now understand how they get to such a large %

01-26-2008, 06:47 PM	#9
bkbluray Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jun 2007 Location:MN Home Theater Gallery:57 Blu-ray collection:185 Blu-ray reviews:25	Not bad. Not bad at all.

01-26-2008, 07:34 PM	#12
buckshot Blu-ray Guru Member since:Feb 2007 Location:san die ego Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:9	i just added my pre order to that percentage

01-26-2008, 09:05 PM	#13
NoQuestion Power Member Member since:May 2007 Location:Indiana Blu-ray collection:568 Blu-ray reviews:3	This is one of the many movies amazon will be shipping me from the march 11 release list!

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