Blu-Ray leads sales growth for packaged media in January/February - Blu-ray Forum

Batman1980 · 03-05-2010, 08:47 PM

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Blu-ray Sells over $200m in Jan-Feb 2010, Restores Growth for Packaged Media
Posted March 5, 2010 04:37 AM by Juan Calonge

According to aggregate weekly estimates from the research department of Home Media Magazine, revenues from Blu-ray sales in the US in 2010 through February were $200.95 million, 59% more than in the same period of 2009. Additionally, thanks to Blu-ray, the revenue from packaged-media sales stopped falling and grew 3% year-on-year.

As to market share, Blu-ray accounted for 11.7% of packaged-media sales revenue in the first two months of the year. In Jan-Feb 2009, this percentage was 7.6%.

The biggest-selling week was the week ended January 3, with $37.72 million in BD sales. The slowest week was the week ended February 21, with $18.58 million.

It is worth mentioning that Blu-ray sold more in these relatively slow two first months of the year than digital downloads did in the whole of 2009 ($199 million, including both standard-definition and high-definition, according to Screen Digest). In spite of all the continuous hype from tech sites and web pundits about the impending digital domination and the disc's demise, the public seems to see much more value in a movie when it comes on a high-quality physical support with top-notch video, audio and extras than on a downloaded video file.

Source - Blu-ray.Com

Lord_Stewie · 03-05-2010, 08:52 PM

Thats a pretty good news considering the bad economy.

We need to see more of this in the future.

Thanks Wolverine.

threefiftyrocket · 03-05-2010, 08:58 PM

Thanks to Blu-ray.com I feel as if I had a hand in this

Damn HOT DEALS forum gonna bankrupt me

lphr0z3nl · 03-05-2010, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by threefiftyrocket

Thanks to Blu-ray.com I feel as if I had a hand in this

Damn HOT DEALS forum gonna bankrupt me

seriously! my wallets taken a beaten since i've joined this site!

steve1971 · 03-06-2010, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by lphr0z3nl

seriously! my wallets taken a beaten since i've joined this site!

Same here!

avilab · 03-06-2010, 04:46 PM

Yup. I'm convinced that I'm solely responsible for that upward spike of 4 percentage points. And I've got a dwindling bank account to prove it.

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03-05-2010, 08:52 PM	#2
Lord_Stewie Blu-ray Baron Member since:May 2007 Blu-ray collection:396 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	Thats a pretty good news considering the bad economy. We need to see more of this in the future. Thanks Wolverine.

03-05-2010, 08:58 PM	#3
threefiftyrocket Blu-ray Guru Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Carmel, IN Blu-ray collection:478 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:3	Thanks to Blu-ray.com I feel as if I had a hand in this Damn HOT DEALS forum gonna bankrupt me

03-06-2010, 04:46 PM	#6
avilab Active Member Member since:Feb 2010	Yup. I'm convinced that I'm solely responsible for that upward spike of 4 percentage points. And I've got a dwindling bank account to prove it.

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