I am so sick of the word 'FUD'. It's like the geek's version of the Paris Hilton

[jayselle]

Originally Posted by Ascended_Saiyan

What makes you think the Xbox 360 add-on will sell more than PS3 initially? Is it just because they sold out on Amazon? Do you think Amazon even had 100,000 units available for pre-order? Remember HD-DVD units use a blue laser diode as well. Quantities are limited and Sony has been hording there since the beginning of this year just to get about 1 to 2 million out this year. How many Xbox 360 add-on do you think they can make in this short amount of time?

Microsoft expects to have sold 10 million 360's by the end of 2006. Assuming only 5% buy the add-on then that is 500,000 HD-DVD drives. I would expect more than 5%. I think the pre-orders are around 100,000 - 250,000. Amazon initially sold out, but now is allowing more. Perhaps Microsoft geared up for higher production than initially anticipated.

Will this statistic hold true for the PS3. If only 5% are used for BD then only 50,000 of the 1 million are contributing to the BD movie sales. I imagine we will see around 500k-800k PS3's by end of 2006. Sales for the 360 are of course projected much higher than the PS3. How many folks will purchase the 360 and the add-on at the same time is unknown.