Blu-ray already overtaken DVD?

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by ranma

Today I run across this article and notice the table it attached:
http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/18...oesnt-know-why

Looks like in year 2013, DVD has $16.2B, BD has $18.1B on global market.
I don't know where the data come from, any one can confirm it?

There's a reason why there's no source attached to that chart. It's fiction. There's no way anyone would know worldwide sales revenue, much less rentals. Last year in the U.S. DVD sales were $5.3 billion and Blu-ray just under $2.5 billion (according to info from the DEG and Home Media Magazine). The U.S. Blu-ray market share of 33% is one of, if not the highest, in the world.

So to play along as if the info were true, plugging in the U.S. data, the rest of the world would have DVD sales revenue of $9.9 billion and BD revenue of $15.6 billion. That would make the non-U.S. Blu-ray share over 61%, which is completely ridiculous.