81:19 Nielsen/VideoScan Weekly Sales Numbers

[GregBlu5]

At least Blu was in the Top 3 of both lists.

-Greg

[phloyd]

65 is really not very good all things considered. There has been a surge in HD DVD buying - maybe those $99 actually paid off

Actually I think that Ratatouille sold less than my expectations... so that is a big factor.

[lztp6k]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

Is it beyond you people to conceive of people walking out of Walmart on Friday with a firesale'd player and then going shopping later on to actually buy movies?

Highly possible, and probably most likely considering the selection at wally world sucks.

[J6P]

I definitely wouldn't want to be on the other side of that ratio. Not after my side had pulled off the biggest stunt sale of the year. Nope.

[PS34EVER]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

This is definitely the firesale in action. You can tell that by looking at the jump Knocked Up took.

Haha. So after the Toshiba firesale, we still win 65:35. How pathetic HD-DVD is. They just need to die already. Wait until the numbers from the BOGO come in. Or after the Die Hard Trilogy. Or Pirates 3. Poor HD-DUD.

[stockstar1138]

alright assuming ratatouille did 70k here are the numbers

1. Ratatouille - 70k
2. Spiderman 3 - 24k
3. Cars - 22k
4. Transformers - 18k
5. Chuck and Larry - 14k
6. Spiderman Trilogy - 11k
7. Pixar Shorts - 8k
8. Knocked Up- 6k
9. 300 BD - 5k
10. Meet the Robinsons - 5k

[atomik kinder]

Originally Posted by lztp6k

Still a good week for Blu. I'm not surprised the pixar titles didn't move as much as most everyone thought. Shrek won't move for them either.

Well, the way it looked like Ratatouille was selling so well and Shrek looked like it was tanking, I wouldn't expect Shrek to sell half of what Ratatouille sold.

[k20king]

the price point, could of been, should of been...the cause of these closer numbers...

the true test will be the coming months and weeks.

I would love to see some numbers of...

Blu buyers who are only blu buyers

and Blu buyers that just went purple...

I am still True Blu!

How About You?

Go Blu!

[k20king]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

alright assuming ratatouille did 70k here are the numbers

1. Ratatouille - 70k
2. Spiderman 3 - 24k
3. Cars - 22k
4. Transformers - 18k
5. Chuck and Larry - 14k
6. Spiderman Trilogy - 11k
7. Pixar Shorts - 8k
8. Knocked Up- 6k
9. 300 BD - 5k
10. Meet the Robinsons - 5k

I am surprised that Cars sold so less. Maybe because its already on SDDVD and people own it already.

[lztp6k]

Originally Posted by atomik kinder

I wouldn't expect Shrek to sell half of what Ratatouille sold.

I would totally agree with that.

[L or S of Perfect?]

It's the residual effect of transformers for the past few weeks that's really hurting the ratio...

[JAGUAR1977]

Originally Posted by phloyd

65 is really not very good all things considered. There has been a surge in HD DVD buying - maybe those $99 actually paid off

Paying off for a week or two is great for them, but we need to see how things pan out during Q4, how the increasing PS3 sales impact things, any future Blu-ray player price cuts etc.

Far too early to say.

[mattym]

well i guess i owe Vaughn an apology. Sorry Vauhgn.

65/35 not too bad, still a win.

it will be interesting to see next weeks

[Justbrowsing]

Do these numbers include the $399 PS3?

[stockstar1138]

when i compare the top 5 of both formats i get this

blu-ray
1. Ratatuoille - 70k
2. Spiderman 3 - 24k
3. Cars - 22k
4. Spiderman Trilogy - 11k
5. Pixar Shorts - 8k

Total: 135k

HD DVD

1. Trasnformers -18k
2. Chuck and Larry - 14k
3. Knocked Up - 6k
4. Evan Almighty - 4k
5. Planet Earth - 3k

Total: 45k

It is a perfect 3:1 ratio of blu-ray over hd dvd for the top 5 titles. this means that hd dvd must have had a fantastic week with older catalog titles.

[Blu-Ray Buckeye]

It isn't bad but we all expected better. Still it's a nice number in retrospect.

[darkblueme]

Source: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ques...1807/index.php

[bdrex28]

Where are people getting the 70K from?

[talbers23]

read the article on the format war with the fans. the part that pissed me off was when the person said we are so into this is becasue we have money invested in it. if that was true i would have a hd dvd player and just get the exclusives to hd dvd and be done with it because moneys not an object when it comes to this. what is comes down to for me is not wanting blu-ray to fail and get good but not as good titles. i know its been said many times on this site, hd dvd is a very good step up from dvd, but not close to blu-ray. i like to refer to it as dvd 1.5

[Jim L]

I'm disappointed with the numbers, but I guess 90k cheap players with giveaway free titles counting as sales are quite a bit to overcome.

Disney's titles really deserve more support and I'm surprised that Blu-ray buyers are not picking them up.

All in all, this is not a bad week.

I think though that the Paramount buyout and the Toshiba firesale have killed some of Blu-ray's momentum.