PS3 Sales Taking Blu Over the Top?

[Paden]

I went to the Best Buy near my home yesterday late in the afternoon. The store was still jammed with people. They had the 40 GB PS3 selling pretty well as I saw a number of people with those under their arms. When I went to the HD aisle I saw something that really told the tale...

5 shelves of Blu to 2 shelves of HD HD DVD in terms of floor space. This was a 50/50 ratio only a month or so ago. The Blu shelves were really picked over too! HD DVD looked neat and orderly like nobody had touched them!

I think this Holiday season is going to be huge for Sony and the PS3. I'm not sure this ends the "war" but it may be the beginning of the end. Best Buy wasn't offering anything special like Walmart in terms of picking 10 movies out of their stock for free either. There's no explaining the picked-over Blu shelves other than saying that the folks buying PS3's were heading right over to the Blu aisle and picking up a couple movies to go along with their new Blu player.