81:19 Nielsen/VideoScan Weekly Sales Numbers

[theknub]

damn pesky facts

[Spankey]

Several readers have written in to complain that comparing sales data for the 'Matrix' box sets to the two individual 'POTC' releases is a case of apples and oranges. They argue that the 'Pirates' Blu-ray discs benefited from a wave of pre-release publicity for the the third film in the series, while the Matrix box set was dragged down by the fact that many fans already own the original 'Matrix' on DVD,

Read-Amir put his foot down. There are no BD victories.

Let's see. Advertisements for The Matrix were playing in theaters before Spider-Man and Pirates 3.

The first two Pirates movies are already out on DVD as well. So much for point number 3.

What a whiney little girl. Now tell me again that HDD is not biased. Just can't lose like a man.

[Deciazulado]

to celebrate, I received myself tonight 5 classic movies, 3 new movies (one foreign), 2 new TV seasons, and one live concert, on BD, 7 of which are BD exclusives, and except for one bloody title I have next week's BD booty, doing my part on keeping those Nielsen ratings going the color of the sky

[Longshot]

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

to celebrate, I received myself tonight 5 classic movies, 3 new movies (one foreign), 2 new TV seasons, and one live concert, on BD, 7 of which are BD exclusives, and except for one bloody title I have next week's BD booty, doing my part on keeping those Nielsen ratings going the color of the sky

Was the concert Bruce Springsteen in Dublin? I can't wait to get this tuesday.

[Deciazulado]

[ProvenFlipper]

The since inception numbers are slowly but surely starting to look like the weekly numbers.

Kudos to Disney for putting out two great releases and I know they will do the 3rd film justice as well.

Quarter 4 is going to be a complete massacre on HD-DVD. Cheaper BD players, boatloads of PS3 consoles, and a major onslaught of titles from the BD camp. SM 3, FF4-2, PotC3, Die Hard, and more are sure to come, and that's just counting the summer blockbusters. What about the big catalog titles that are sure to come? Hopefully Fox will come out with some well mastered titles and have huge waves of titles like they did the week the PS3 dropped.

[onanie]

Originally Posted by phloyd

I recall Graffeo (sp?) saying that HD DVD would probably stay flat and then come out fighting in Q4 (no doubt due to Bourne 3 and other 'expected hits' being available).

So I am wondering if the BDA studios have taken that somewhat to heart and are pushing back key releases to make the holiday season a real battleground...?

The Pirate's Call has been heard!

[dialog_gvf]

Predictions for this week? Trends are pointing at a big number:

DVD Empire had a 61/39 split for May 29, while Nielsen showed 69/31 for May 27.

Right now DVD Empires numbers for June 5 are 73/27!

And there is the big Sony sale at Amazon (rankings have popped big time):

Top 10 HD DVD - 479
Top 50 Blu-ray - 693

All those Sony titles are stock, not pre-order, and hence contribute to the sales figures for Nielsen comparison.

Gary

[baccusboy]

The new numbers come out tomorrow?

Some of that 3 for 2 buy by Sony will be included?

[dakota81]

Originally Posted by baccusboy

The new numbers come out tomorrow?

Some of that 3 for 2 buy by Sony will be included?

Nope, not for another week.

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by baccusboy

The new numbers come out tomorrow?

Some of that 3 for 2 buy by Sony will be included?

Nope, I was wrong. The Amazon sales started on June 4 or 5, and the next numbers release will be through June 3.

The Amazon sale won't show up in the numbers until next week.

Gary

[phloyd]

According to Josh (not sure why he didn't post these here )...

Week: 61/39
Year: 67/33
SI: 59/41

1. Pirates: DMC 100.00
2. Pirates: CBP 84.63
3. Apocolypto 82.92
4. Planet Earth (HD) 41.26
5. Letters from Iwo Jima (BD) 33.23
6. Ultimate Matrix 30.19
7. Planet Earth (BD) 28.97
8. Complete Matrix 28.21
9. Letters from Iwo Jima (HD) 27.48
10. Casino Royale 24.30

BD:

1. Pirates DMC 100.00
2. Pirates CBP 84.63
3. Apocolypto 82.92
4. Letters from Iwo Jima 27.48
5. Planet Earth 28.97

HD:

1. Planet Earth 100.00
2. Ultimate Matrix 73.17
3. Complete Matrix 68.37
4. Letters from Iwo Jima 66.59
5. Flags of our Fathers 42.41

[The Big Blue]

Another week, another ass-kicking.

[dialog_gvf]

Link to results

Back to 2:1 for the year, and click away from 60% since inception.

Gary

[Blu-Ray Buckeye]

Originally Posted by The Big Blue

Another week, another ass-kicking.

Still a touch disappointing... was hoping the PotC time frame would be a bigger slap.

[Longshot]

I guess "The Great Firesale" is not having much effect. Next week should be well over 70% for BD with the amazon sale and Blood Diamond exclusive.

[Blu-Ray Buckeye]

Originally Posted by Longshot

I guess "The Great Firesale" is not having much effect. Next week should be well over 70% for BD with the amazon sale and Blood Diamond exclusive.

Let's hope you are right. i want to see 70/30 or better become the norm.

[dakota81]

Still disappointing numbers, suggesting that both formats will co-exist. June's going to be rough. I want to see 70/30 or even 80/20 but that likely won't happen this summer due to the quantity of releases.

[ra1024]

I agree, a 60% market share seems too close to 50% but 70% really leaves little hope for HD DVD. I think the low priced Sony player coming out in the next month will help since this will be the lowest price to date for BR players. I know the 20G PS3 was once $499 but you could hardly find one for the longest time so I don't think that was really ever an option for the masses.

[Deciazulado]

You have to think that of that 33% that's buying hd dvds, more than half the discs they're buying (the Warners and the Paramounts) could be bought on Blu-ray so it's about between 10-20% Universal/Weinstein exclusive content sales that are mantaining the hd dvd numbers walking on a tightrope. Any moment the scale balance could swing with new adopters or old adopters realizing they can buy most of the content on Blu. Then the safety net is what saves the performer from certain death