" Sony Inadvertedly Reveals Declining BD Sales" - Blu-ray Forum

JTK · 09-06-2007, 05:13 PM

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=8764

The Big Blue · 09-06-2007, 05:19 PM

Oh my. That is really pathetic.

Official HD DVD Credo
When life gives you lemons... squirt the juice in everyone's eyes to blind them from the truth.

What a bunch of freaking losers.

crackinhedz · 09-06-2007, 05:19 PM

even when Bluray slumps, it outsells HD-DVD.

Banjo · 09-06-2007, 05:20 PM

(gasp)

It's all over! I don't know how I'm going to deal with this! Oh No!

(sobbing)

Pfft. Like I would worry about something like this.

stockstar1138 · 09-06-2007, 05:24 PM

absoulutely beyond pathetic.

WickyWoo · 09-06-2007, 05:25 PM

The information is accurate. There isn't any biased reporting here

WHAT IT DOESN'T SHOW is that no big titles have been released in the last month or so. We're in the pre-Christmas lull where everything good is being held back for another month.

If you compared it with DVD sales, you would find a lot of the same spikes and dips

bryaaaant · 09-06-2007, 05:28 PM

LOL now that's what i call journalism - bad journalism.

Blu-ray San · 09-06-2007, 05:29 PM

I can't wait till Christmas!!

NutsAboutPS3 · 09-06-2007, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

The information is accurate. There isn't any biased reporting here

WHAT IT DOESN'T SHOW is that no big titles have been released in the last month or so. We're in the pre-Christmas lull where everything good is being held back for another month.

Yes, it will all change in a big way when the major releases start in around a month's time.

Blu As Hell · 09-06-2007, 05:36 PM

Wow...declining sales in a period of time that is historically a slow sales period for even DVD.

Yep...Blu-Ray is officially over.

JAG1977 · 09-06-2007, 05:39 PM

Lets be honest, this type of reporting doesn't even deserve a response.

E-Dogg · 09-06-2007, 05:40 PM

Starting at the end of this month with the releases of The WB's Smallville, then Troy and Underworld, we will have non stop blockbusters til December. October and November will be huge for Blu.

Proteus · 09-06-2007, 05:42 PM

Actually, the article is very incorrect.

It states, and I paraphrase, that Blu-ray is declining 'more sharply' than HDDVD. Which, in fact, is simply not true. All you have to do is look at the graph to see that. It is VERY clear in the graph that HDDVD has dropped more significantly than Blu-ray at every single point with the only exception being a spike in April where no new Blu-ray content was released but many new movies were dropped on HDDVD.

This journalist even points out how inaccurate his stories are throughout the piece by constantly referring back to how incorrect his piece last year, or whenever, was.

coolmilo · 09-06-2007, 05:43 PM

Of course sales were declining this summer. When you don't release anything sales will decline.

Rob71 · 09-06-2007, 05:47 PM

And still every week BD still leads HD 2-1.

Blu Titan · 09-06-2007, 05:50 PM

OMG

Some people should get a different job!

Rustmonsteru · 09-06-2007, 05:54 PM

No biggie. Sales decline in every industry this time of year. That's why you always have huge discount sales around now. This week alone I've bought discounted lumber, ottomans, foam, fabric, leather, stone and trees

.

TLBradbury · 09-06-2007, 05:56 PM

Only 12 more days until Christmas! Oops, I mean September 18!! Those will be very similar dates this year, won't it? I think I'll have to get a sharpie out and mark all of my Christmas CDs so Elvis will be singing "(I'll have a) Blu Christmas".

MrBogey · 09-06-2007, 05:57 PM

Logical fallacy in the report.

In December you had new blu-ray owners buying new and old titles to play on their new systems. From that point forwards they're just buying them as they came out. So you're going to see a decline. If we dropped a blu-ray in every home today, you'd see a huge spike in sales with the same ebb as people complete buying titles they're interested in.

WriteSimply · 09-06-2007, 05:57 PM

It is basically a weekly sales report in the thousands. Yes, that's right - THOUSANDS!

The ONLY time the two lines met were around April 22 2007. After that, it became a summer lul. But the last point of the graph shows that while sales of BD players dived to about 30K, it dived down from 50K two weeks prior, with about 35K in between. During the same period, HD-DVD flatlined from 20K up to 23K (thereabouts) and back down to 18K.

So BD= 50+35+30= 115K. HD-DVD=20+23+18=61K. That's a difference of 54,000 players sold. Yet another example of how bad reporting/blogging can use misleading stats.

fuad

09-06-2007, 05:13 PM	#1
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09-06-2007, 05:19 PM	#2
The Big Blue Blu-ray Guru Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:98 Blu-ray reviews:1	Oh my. That is really pathetic. Official HD DVD Credo When life gives you lemons... squirt the juice in everyone's eyes to blind them from the truth. What a bunch of freaking losers.

09-06-2007, 05:19 PM	#3
crackinhedz Super Moderator Member since:Feb 2007 Home Theater Gallery:10 Blu-ray reviews:8 Trading Score:19	even when Bluray slumps, it outsells HD-DVD.

09-06-2007, 05:20 PM	#4
Banjo Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2006 Location:Ontario, Canada Blu-ray collection:143	(gasp) It's all over! I don't know how I'm going to deal with this! Oh No! (sobbing) Pfft. Like I would worry about something like this.

09-06-2007, 05:24 PM	#5
stockstar1138 Banned Member since:Apr 2007	absoulutely beyond pathetic.

09-06-2007, 05:25 PM	#6
WickyWoo Blu-ray Champion Member since:May 2007 Trading Score:2	The information is accurate. There isn't any biased reporting here WHAT IT DOESN'T SHOW is that no big titles have been released in the last month or so. We're in the pre-Christmas lull where everything good is being held back for another month. If you compared it with DVD sales, you would find a lot of the same spikes and dips

09-06-2007, 05:28 PM	#7
bryaaaant Active Member Member since:Aug 2007	LOL now that's what i call journalism - bad journalism.

09-06-2007, 05:29 PM	#8
Blu-ray San Senior Member Member since:Nov 2006 Location:New York Trading Score:12	I can't wait till Christmas!!

09-06-2007, 05:36 PM	#10
Blu As Hell Blu-ray Guru Member since:May 2007 Location:Macon Georgia 4K collection:120 Blu-ray collection:461 DVD collection:4 Blu-ray reviews: 1	Wow...declining sales in a period of time that is historically a slow sales period for even DVD. Yep...Blu-Ray is officially over.

09-06-2007, 05:39 PM	#11
JAG1977 Member Member since:Mar 2007	Lets be honest, this type of reporting doesn't even deserve a response.

09-06-2007, 05:40 PM	#12
E-Dogg Expert Member Member since:Jun 2007 Blu-ray collection:159	Starting at the end of this month with the releases of The WB's Smallville, then Troy and Underworld, we will have non stop blockbusters til December. October and November will be huge for Blu.

09-06-2007, 05:42 PM	#13
Proteus Power Member Member since:Apr 2007 Location:SoCal PSN:CaptBurn	Actually, the article is very incorrect. It states, and I paraphrase, that Blu-ray is declining 'more sharply' than HDDVD. Which, in fact, is simply not true. All you have to do is look at the graph to see that. It is VERY clear in the graph that HDDVD has dropped more significantly than Blu-ray at every single point with the only exception being a spike in April where no new Blu-ray content was released but many new movies were dropped on HDDVD. This journalist even points out how inaccurate his stories are throughout the piece by constantly referring back to how incorrect his piece last year, or whenever, was.

09-06-2007, 05:43 PM	#14
coolmilo Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Silicon Valley Home Theater Gallery:16 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:2	Of course sales were declining this summer. When you don't release anything sales will decline.

09-06-2007, 05:47 PM	#15
Rob71 Blu-ray Knight Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Florida Home Theater Gallery:13 Blu-ray collection:295 Trading Score:5	And still every week BD still leads HD 2-1.

09-06-2007, 05:50 PM	#16
Blu Titan Super Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Edo, Land of the Samurai Home Theater Gallery:42 4K collection:41 Blu-ray collection:2864 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:92	OMG Some people should get a different job!

09-06-2007, 05:54 PM	#17
Rustmonsteru Expert Member Member since:Mar 2007	No biggie. Sales decline in every industry this time of year. That's why you always have huge discount sales around now. This week alone I've bought discounted lumber, ottomans, foam, fabric, leather, stone and trees .

09-06-2007, 05:56 PM	#18
TLBradbury Member Member since:Aug 2007	Only 12 more days until Christmas! Oops, I mean September 18!! Those will be very similar dates this year, won't it? I think I'll have to get a sharpie out and mark all of my Christmas CDs so Elvis will be singing "(I'll have a) Blu Christmas".

09-06-2007, 05:57 PM	#19
MrBogey Expert Member Member since:Jan 2007	Logical fallacy in the report. In December you had new blu-ray owners buying new and old titles to play on their new systems. From that point forwards they're just buying them as they came out. So you're going to see a decline. If we dropped a blu-ray in every home today, you'd see a huge spike in sales with the same ebb as people complete buying titles they're interested in.

09-06-2007, 05:57 PM	#20
WriteSimply Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Sep 2006 Location:Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	It is basically a weekly sales report in the thousands. Yes, that's right - THOUSANDS! The ONLY time the two lines met were around April 22 2007. After that, it became a summer lul. But the last point of the graph shows that while sales of BD players dived to about 30K, it dived down from 50K two weeks prior, with about 35K in between. During the same period, HD-DVD flatlined from 20K up to 23K (thereabouts) and back down to 18K. So BD= 50+35+30= 115K. HD-DVD=20+23+18=61K. That's a difference of 54,000 players sold. Yet another example of how bad reporting/blogging can use misleading stats. fuad

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