81:19 Nielsen/VideoScan Weekly Sales Numbers

[zMadMonk]

Originally Posted by BlurayManiac

hello all this is a wonderful day for me my friend who is a hardcore hd-duder and today i finally bought him over to the blu side he bought a sony blu-ray player and harry potter giftset and terminator 1 and 2 and a bunch of other movies and he is currently selling his hd-dvd player and all movies on ebay. so we have another person go to blu-ray. i proved to him the qauilty of video and audio of hd-dvd cant even come close to blu-ray and now he watched a blu-ray movie and he is totally in love with blu-ray and completely supporting blu-ray. so i feel good about myself today that i helped get someone to buy blu-ray and iam happy i did my part for blu.

GO BLU WARNER COME TO THE BLU SIDE.

I talked 2 people into PS3's at Best Buy last night. They were looking at the HD DVDs and Blu-Rays, and discussing which format would prevail. I told them that the PS3 was a Blu-Ray player, too; and no matter what the outcome of the "format war' was, at the very least they would have a high end gaming system that would play whatever Blu-Ray's they purchased (even though I told them that I thought Blu-Ray would win, it was the winning caveat.) So, two more PS3 systems being used as Blu-Ray players! They loaded up on a few of the BOGO titles while I was there, and I told them about the other titles going BOGO this week, and they thanked me and said they'd be back to pick up the others going BOGO. I sure wish Sony would promote the PS3 a bit better, as I think that those people "on the fence" and waiting would purchase the PS3 using the reasoning that if Blu did lose (unlikely) they still have a PS3 to play games on. That was my main reasoning for jumping in.

Also, a side note (and I don't know how much this plays into the ratings); Yes, HD DVD has strong sellers in the Bourne releases and Planet Earth (#13 and #21, respectively on the Amazon Top 100), but their next seller is at #94. Going further down, here is what I came up with:

Top 50 - HDDVD -2 / Blu - 1
Top 100 - HDDVD -3 / Blu - 6
Top 200 - HDDVD - 6 / Blu - 14
Top 300 - HDDVD - 9 / Blu - 28
Top 400 - HDDVD - 13 / Blu - 38

This, coupled with the Best Buy and Circuit City BOGOs (not to mention the great deals at other locations such as Fry's and J & R more recently) may help out with next week's ratings. Fingers crossed, anyway. (I realize that the further down the "Top" chain you go, the less amounts that separate, but it's at least something!

[Metalthrasher442]

I'm still a newb to the whole sales situation..so is blu winning?

[aygie]

Originally Posted by Metalthrasher442

I'm still a newb to the whole sales situation..so is blu winning?

hehe constantly.

[DetroitSportsFan]

I'm guessing around 60:40.

[powerSURG]

plus the fox bogo at amazon--it might help anyway

[sj001]

Originally Posted by powerSURG

plus the fox bogo at amazon--it might help anyway

Though for the Bourne week, only today's #'s will count.

[Jack]

I wouldn't be too afraid of this week. We had MANY new PS3 owners in November and increased the Blu-Ray userbase by more than half a million, so we wont lose this week. Believe :P

[vladittude0583]

Originally Posted by Porfie

I think we can pull another win but I do have to admitt next weeks numbers are going to be very interesting to say the least. I just hope we don't loose next week. What do you guys think?

55:45

[hc666]

Originally Posted by vladittude0583

55:45

55:45 for sure. It will be alot closer than normal that's for sure.

But after that, no real huge universal/paramount titles.

[JTK]

Multiplatform titles have typically been a 2-1 or so in favor of BD in sales.

Past that, Bourne is a combo disc. Even some DUDers hate those things. It's a cool movie and all but I'm not convinced it's going to be that earth shattering.

I'd like to see 60:40 thereabouts, preferably higher.

I'm tired of seeing these close weeks. It just shouldn't be.

If I see 55:45 again or some nonsense like that all I can do is respond to it like this:

Enough already. I'm tired of seeing HD-DVD stay alive by scraps and hang on.

Someone please end it already?

[Jack]

Originally Posted by JTK

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Someone please end it already?

[sj001]

Mods,
Couldn't this thread be merged with the main Nielsen's thread?

[JTK]

Originally Posted by Jack

I hope. They certainly can do it if they want.

I'll believe it when I actually see it happen.

[zombie]

61:39 is my guess.

[Porfie]

Originally Posted by JTK

I hope. They certainly can do it if they want.

I'll believe it when I actually see it happen.

I agree I tryuly hope Warner Bros goes Blu otherwise both formats will suffer and never really take off. I will believe it when it happens also. There is too much speculation, and expectations that Warner will go blu, but no solid facts yet.

[quetzalcoatl]

Originally Posted by sj001

Though for the Bourne week, only today's #'s will count.

It depends on if Monday is counted. I have heard in the past both ways. And since Amazon does not ship anything until Monday and does not charge until they ship everything from the weekend goes onto Mondays sales.

[jorg]

Originally Posted by Porfie

I agree I tryuly hope Warner Bros goes Blu otherwise both formats will suffer and never really take off. I will believe it when it happens also. There is too much speculation, and expectations that Warner will go blu, but no solid facts yet.

remember para mounts all time super high transformers sale sold 1120 copies and hd dvd dident even win

[darinp2]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

Frankly I have no doubt that a minimum of 1/3rd of the HD-DVD sales of this title over the last month will be returned, and I think I'm being conservative.

I have no idea, but I notice that on Amazon I can't find any warning for the HD DVD version of Planet Earth about it not playing in regular DVD players or even DVD players that output HD (but aren't players for the format by the name "HD DVD"):

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...AJW/ref=nosim/

but for the Blu-ray, it says:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...CQ7QAXRK780VYV

IMPORTANT NOTICE: This disc is a high-definition disc and is compatible only with Blu-ray players. It will not play on a standard DVD player. Click here to see our selection of Blu-ray players.

Maybe I just don't see the warning for the HD DVD, but assuming I'm not missing it, it is pretty messed up that the version which shouldn't need the warning as much is the one that has it. The HD DVD is very confusing (since people have been sold on DVD players that output HD and others think if they have an HDTV and a DVD player, they must be able to play HD DVDs), so that one definitely should have a warning. The odds of people getting confused and thinking that they can play Blu-ray version in their DVD player is a whole lot lower.

--Darin

[w_tanoto]

55:45.

i won't be watching live. but I'll get the result the next morning (saturday)

[Clark Kent]

I really don't think we have anything to worry about. It should be somewhere around 60-40 unless Bourne somehow outsells Transformers(which it won't). Pirates will still have strong sales and Harry Potter will outsell the HD DVD versions.