Q1 BD sales figures: 3.8 million units sold - Blu-ray Forum

Grubert · 04-23-2008, 10:39 AM

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In the first quarter this year, 4.9 million next-gen movies were sold, 3.8 million of which were Blu-ray. That's half of the 9.8 million copies of 536 different titles that have been sold in the U.S. since the inception of Blu-ray and HD DVD.

iNCREDiPiNOY · 04-23-2008, 10:40 AM

Awesome!

dv8pdx · 04-23-2008, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Grubert

Source: Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

Thats awesome!

NJ_RAMS_FAN · 04-23-2008, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Grubert

Source: Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

YEA!!! maybe this will encourage paramount to get off thier butts.

Psychonaut · 04-23-2008, 01:57 PM

I think the posters on this board accounted for at least 3.2 million of those sales.

Rabidhunter · 04-23-2008, 02:05 PM

I've bought 22 Blu-Ray's since February. I've purchased more Blu's at one time than I ever have purchased DVD's. They're growing and taking over my shelf space. I love the cases, so I don't want to take them out and put them in a mass case.

But this is great. DVD's will soon die off and we can get our Caddyshack and our Sleepless in Seattle in Blu-Ray too!

onumb · 04-23-2008, 02:17 PM

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The analyst figures that early Blu-ray adopters eventually will average about six to 10 titles apiece.

Who have they been talking to? Most people around here have 50-300 titles. That has to more than make up for those with only 1!

Thegide · 04-23-2008, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by onumb

Who have they been talking to? Most people around here have 50-300 titles. That has to more than make up for those with only 1!

No offense, but I think your estimates are pretty overprojected. IMO, there are barely 50 Blu-ray titles worth owning as of right now. I do agree that I see a lot of people with large collections on here, but that's probably because I see it advertised in their signature. You don't see people advertising 1-3 movies in their sig - that's pointless. Maybe on this forum people are averaging 20-50 movies... that's my guess. And yes, that does take into account the people with 300+ BDs (though I would guess that's only maybe 10-20 people here). To put things in perspective, I barely own 100 DVD movies... and that's in 8 years of collecting.

Maybe your average hardcore enthusiast is going to have a couple hundred titles already, but that demographic is a small small percentage of the early adopter community. People on Blu-ray.com also represent the more enthusiastic of the early adopters, so I would expect them to average more movies.

NutsAboutPS3 · 04-23-2008, 02:32 PM

For comparison, do we know how many BDs were sold in Q4 2007?

Grubert · 04-23-2008, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by NutsAboutPS3

For comparison, do we know how many BDs were sold in Q4 2007?

3.1 million.

In case anyone is wondering, Q1 2007 sales were approximately 830K.

ryoohki · 04-23-2008, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Thegide

No offense, but I think your estimates are pretty overprojected. IMO, there are barely 50 Blu-ray titles worth owning as of right now.

Well not everybody like the same stuff.. some people like more, other just old classic, other it's 1 type of movie.. some other will listen only to critics.. etc.. it's personnal...

Personnally i own 88, i think they are all worth owning.. for my taste..

chrisshea · 04-23-2008, 02:59 PM

ive had dvd players since they came out (800$ player) and i only have like 20 or soo dvd movies but like 80 tv series on dvd
but since i got blu-ray ive bought liek 110 blu-rays

owa · 04-23-2008, 03:17 PM

Excellent news. Thanks for the link.

emm7th · 04-23-2008, 03:41 PM

So how many "I Am Legend" BDs were sold on the first week? Does anyone know? (I guess it's the best-seller high-def so far this year)

SGRSBSKIER · 04-23-2008, 04:43 PM

Thanks for posting all these numbers Grubert, with your posts in the Actual units sold thread I was able to figure out last week approximately how many were sold this year 351% increase of 830,000 is 3,743,300 (i got close).

So YTD for Q1 BD:HDDVD should be about 77.5:22.5

I don't know how many discs I Am Legend sold but we know that as of 3/16 BD sold 3 million discs so from 3/17-3/31 BD sold around 700K.

Rainman · 04-23-2008, 04:48 PM

Thats very nice, glad to see BD taking off. I really wish places like Best Buy would get with reality and stop trying to think people are going to buy Blu's for 34.95. If they were anywhere near Amazon prices I would probably buy most of them there, but they are not and I have purchased all but 2 of my Blu's from Amazon.

dgator783 · 04-23-2008, 04:54 PM

i need to start buying more....Im behind my buy rate from last year....I was averaging 10 a month....

yspkrk · 04-23-2008, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Rabidhunter

I've bought 22 Blu-Ray's since February. I've purchased more Blu's at one time than I ever have purchased DVD's. They're growing and taking over my shelf space. I love the cases, so I don't want to take them out and put them in a mass case.

But this is great. DVD's will soon die off and we can get our Caddyshack and our Sleepless in Seattle in Blu-Ray too!

I rarely bought movies on dvd but now I'm blu-holic!

Mr. Cinema · 04-23-2008, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by emm7th

So how many "I Am Legend" BDs were sold on the first week? Does anyone know? (I guess it's the best-seller high-def so far this year)

I think it was around 150,000 copies. It's definitely the top seller of 2008. I think National Treasure 2 will have a large debut also.

Blu Haze · 04-23-2008, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema

I think it was around 150,000 copies. It's definitely the top seller of 2008. I think National Treasure 2 will have a large debut also.

Its still going strong too.

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04-23-2008, 10:40 AM	#2
iNCREDiPiNOY Banned Member since:Aug 2007 Location:NoHo, Cali PSN:iNCREDiPiNOY Wii:6379344902430379 Blu-ray collection:143 Trading Score:16	Awesome!

04-23-2008, 01:57 PM	#5
Psychonaut Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Second left after Wal-Mart Blu-ray collection:111	I think the posters on this board accounted for at least 3.2 million of those sales.

04-23-2008, 02:05 PM	#6
Rabidhunter Senior Member Member since:Feb 2008	I've bought 22 Blu-Ray's since February. I've purchased more Blu's at one time than I ever have purchased DVD's. They're growing and taking over my shelf space. I love the cases, so I don't want to take them out and put them in a mass case. But this is great. DVD's will soon die off and we can get our Caddyshack and our Sleepless in Seattle in Blu-Ray too!

04-23-2008, 02:32 PM	#9
NutsAboutPS3 Expert Member Member since:Apr 2007 Location:UK Blu-ray reviews:1	For comparison, do we know how many BDs were sold in Q4 2007?

04-23-2008, 02:59 PM	#12
chrisshea Active Member Member since:Mar 2007 Blu-ray reviews:3	ive had dvd players since they came out (800$ player) and i only have like 20 or soo dvd movies but like 80 tv series on dvd but since i got blu-ray ive bought liek 110 blu-rays

04-23-2008, 03:17 PM	#13
owa Blu-ray Knight Member since:Apr 2007 Blu-ray reviews: 96	Excellent news. Thanks for the link.

04-23-2008, 03:41 PM	#14
emm7th Active Member Member since:Sep 2007 Blu-ray collection:3	So how many "I Am Legend" BDs were sold on the first week? Does anyone know? (I guess it's the best-seller high-def so far this year)

04-23-2008, 04:43 PM	#15
SGRSBSKIER Senior Member Member since:Sep 2007	Thanks for posting all these numbers Grubert, with your posts in the Actual units sold thread I was able to figure out last week approximately how many were sold this year 351% increase of 830,000 is 3,743,300 (i got close). So YTD for Q1 BD:HDDVD should be about 77.5:22.5 I don't know how many discs I Am Legend sold but we know that as of 3/16 BD sold 3 million discs so from 3/17-3/31 BD sold around 700K.

04-23-2008, 04:48 PM	#16
Rainman Member Member since:Mar 2008	Thats very nice, glad to see BD taking off. I really wish places like Best Buy would get with reality and stop trying to think people are going to buy Blu's for 34.95. If they were anywhere near Amazon prices I would probably buy most of them there, but they are not and I have purchased all but 2 of my Blu's from Amazon.

04-23-2008, 04:54 PM	#17
dgator783 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Lakeland,FL 4K collection:377 Blu-ray collection:1521 Blu-ray reviews:11 Trading Score:14	i need to start buying more....Im behind my buy rate from last year....I was averaging 10 a month....

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