Pirates beats The Matrix in sales - Page 2 - Blu-ray Forum

DrinkMore · 06-01-2007, 01:51 AM

Drink up me hearties - yo ho!

Sweet! I hated the Matrix. The only good one was the first one. Everything else was just a joke.

thebluemax · 06-01-2007, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by DrinkMore

Drink up me hearties - yo ho!

Sweet! I hated the Matrix. The only good one was the first one. Everything else was just a joke.

Agreed, but don't even like the first one-you need to buy more BD's & less posting. LOL

thebluemax · 06-01-2007, 02:12 AM

Wake up Warners!! hd-dvd is a dead deal-Time to go exclusive BLU-RAY. And release those back Titles we are waiting for! I don't care about pip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bluflu · 06-01-2007, 02:25 AM

Why oh why didn't Toshiba take the Blu pill?

reiella · 06-01-2007, 02:25 AM

Universal needs to parley methinks...

DrinkMore · 06-01-2007, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by reiella

Universal needs to parley methinks...

Nah, they need to walk the PLANK!

DrinkMore · 06-01-2007, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by thebluemax

Agreed, but don't even like the first one-you need to buy more BD's & less posting. LOL

Trust me, I am buying as much as I can. I have 4 on pre-order and 3 of them have already been paid for. Lol.

Im waiting on some good fliks.

MatrixS2000 · 06-01-2007, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Deciazulado

23,500 units per Blu-ray movie and 4,633 units per HD DVD movie.

mmm.. about 5 to 1 at least Pirates vs Matrix.

and 3 hasn't come out yet.

oh and matrix bds..

Bets on The Matrix BD beating The Matrix on HD DVD?

u_nick · 06-01-2007, 02:46 AM

this is great news.

hopefully all the haters out there wont find a way to twist this one around too much.

Ascended_Saiyan · 06-01-2007, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by MatrixS2000

Bets on The Matrix BD beating The Matrix on HD DVD?

No sane person would take that bet. You need to take that to AVS and make some money off those HD DVD catz.

thebluemax · 06-01-2007, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by DrinkMore

Trust me, I am buying as much as I can. I have 4 on pre-order and 3 of them have already been paid for. Lol.

Im waiting on some good fliks.

GREAT!

Weez_Dawg · 06-01-2007, 02:56 AM

Wonder what the #'s would be if they released each matrix movie separately? I think it might be Matrix=13,000 Matrix Part 2=7000 Matrix Part 3=0. Sorry, I don't know the actual names of the last two matrix movies, they were junk.

GasCat · 06-01-2007, 03:22 AM

I'd like to see the Blue Planet numbers. That was HD-DVD's top film on Amazon, so how many sold? Why did it supposedly sell better than Blu?

Steverhcp02 · 06-01-2007, 03:25 AM

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Originally Posted by GasCat

I'd like to see the Blue Planet numbers. That was HD-DVD's top film on Amazon, so how many sold? Why did it supposedly sell better than Blu?

you mean Planet Earth....and PE which was constantly at 6-9 last week on amazon was outsold nationwide by the Fountain on BD while the foountain barely cracked Amazons top 100.....Amazon sales mean DIDDLY to nationwide software.

ProvenFlipper · 06-01-2007, 03:25 AM

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Originally Posted by GasCat

I'd like to see the Blue Planet numbers. That was HD-DVD's top film on Amazon, so how many sold? Why did it supposedly sell better than Blu?

Look at the HD-DVD demographic and compare it to the demographic that BD is comprised of at the current moment.

Weez_Dawg · 06-01-2007, 03:27 AM

I think alot of people see "HD-DVD" and think it is a regular dvd. I had a friend who did that and now is left with a worthless piece of plastic. I think the HD-DVD sales are padded with that. I would bet that 100 people out of a thousand accidently buy HD-DVD's

Heavens Downfall · 06-01-2007, 03:34 AM

I wasnt suprised that blu beat the dud, but by that much... wow!

Steverhcp02 · 06-01-2007, 03:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Weez_Dawg

I think alot of people see "HD-DVD" and think it is a regular dvd. I had a friend who did that and now is left with a worthless piece of plastic. I think the HD-DVD sales are padded with that. I would bet that 100 people out of a thousand accidently buy HD-DVD's

an interesting take on this is to vebture to Amazon.com and view the HD DVD title pages. When you view the "what do consumers buy after viewing this item" less than 10% generally buy teh HD DVD.....there are exceptions of course, but go investigate, its funny. Then for EVERY BD title the majority of the people who view those pages buy them.

blitz6speed · 06-01-2007, 03:41 AM

So advertising Matrix HD-DVD on 100's of forums, thousands of movie theaters, viral marketers all over avs spouting matrix this, matrix that, and a price drop on the low end hd-dvd player by 100 dollars during the same week, and a buy Matrix get any 2 hd-dvd's free at every major retailer promotion.. and they sold less then 14k copies total. GG HD-DVD. GG.

nhaase · 06-01-2007, 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Weez_Dawg

Wonder what the #'s would be if they released each matrix movie separately? I think it might be Matrix=13,000 Matrix Part 2=7000 Matrix Part 3=0. Sorry, I don't know the actual names of the last two matrix movies, they were junk.

I think that if they were sold separately you would have more people buying the first one. Even then, there's no way that they would reach the 41,700 total movies sold (take 13,900 x 3, since each sell has 3 movies). WB was trying to capitalize on people trying as hard as they could to support HDDVD. They knew people would buy this to counter POTC, and took their money gladly. Had they released them separately, they wouldn't have made much money. If there was just one format, the sales wouldn't amount to too much (relatively speaking), since people would just wait for the movies to come out separately. However, since the formats are competing, people will do what they can to show support.

This is a slap in the face to HDDVD. Also, the giveaway of these titles had to account for something. Even packaging it didn't help.

06-01-2007, 02:25 AM	#24
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06-01-2007, 01:51 AM	#21
DrinkMore Banned Member since:Apr 2007 Location:That's What She Said! Blu-ray collection:140 Blu-ray reviews:7 Trading Score:3	Drink up me hearties - yo ho! Sweet! I hated the Matrix. The only good one was the first one. Everything else was just a joke.

06-01-2007, 02:12 AM	#23
thebluemax Expert Member Member since:Mar 2007 Blu-ray reviews: 1	Wake up Warners!! hd-dvd is a dead deal-Time to go exclusive BLU-RAY. And release those back Titles we are waiting for! I don't care about pip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

06-01-2007, 02:25 AM	#25
reiella Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2006 Home Theater Gallery:1 Blu-ray collection:237 DVD collection:1	Universal needs to parley methinks...

06-01-2007, 02:46 AM	#29
u_nick Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2007 Location:CT, US Trading Score:27	this is great news. hopefully all the haters out there wont find a way to twist this one around too much.

06-01-2007, 02:56 AM	#32
Weez_Dawg Active Member Member since:Apr 2007 Location:New Mexico	Wonder what the #'s would be if they released each matrix movie separately? I think it might be Matrix=13,000 Matrix Part 2=7000 Matrix Part 3=0. Sorry, I don't know the actual names of the last two matrix movies, they were junk.

06-01-2007, 03:22 AM	#33
GasCat Special Member Member since:Jan 2007 Blu-ray reviews:1	I'd like to see the Blue Planet numbers. That was HD-DVD's top film on Amazon, so how many sold? Why did it supposedly sell better than Blu?

06-01-2007, 03:27 AM	#36
Weez_Dawg Active Member Member since:Apr 2007 Location:New Mexico	I think alot of people see "HD-DVD" and think it is a regular dvd. I had a friend who did that and now is left with a worthless piece of plastic. I think the HD-DVD sales are padded with that. I would bet that 100 people out of a thousand accidently buy HD-DVD's

06-01-2007, 03:34 AM	#37
Heavens Downfall Active Member Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Colorado	I wasnt suprised that blu beat the dud, but by that much... wow!

06-01-2007, 03:41 AM	#39
blitz6speed Blu-ray Guru Member since:Oct 2006 Location:Anaheim Hills, CA Trading Score:8	So advertising Matrix HD-DVD on 100's of forums, thousands of movie theaters, viral marketers all over avs spouting matrix this, matrix that, and a price drop on the low end hd-dvd player by 100 dollars during the same week, and a buy Matrix get any 2 hd-dvd's free at every major retailer promotion.. and they sold less then 14k copies total. GG HD-DVD. GG.

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