Toshiba takes European lead over Sony in HD - Page 2 - Blu-ray Forum

thunderhawk · 04-13-2007, 07:54 AM

PlayStation 3 Sales Solid in Europe Debut
Sony enjoying great PS3 sales in Europe, Australia and America
PlayStation 3 breaks sales record with Europe launch
Euro PS3 sales top 600,000 (news released after 5 days release)
PlayStation 3 hardware sales plummet 82 per cent
PlayStation 3 sales dropping dramatically in Europe, Wii steady
PS3 sales hit 3 million worldwide, Europe > Japan in just 9 days!

Not sure how reliable this source is, but it states these figures:

Xbox360: 9.68M
Wii: 6.58M
PS3: 3.15M

http://www.vgchartz.com/?g=p3
If these are correct, PS3 is selling great.

But it'll take some time till it takes the lead though. Too bad PS3 doesn't have the price advantage over Xbox360 like with PS2 vs Xbox...

Blu_Ray_UK2007 · 04-13-2007, 11:53 AM

If this is true it will change within 6 months.

HD-DVD players launched here before BR if I remember rightly.. but over here i'd say sales will increase big time when more high street shops carry BR.

For example Tesco, the website is selling HD-DVDs but only 1 BR is listed!
Most people I know if i'm honest arent that fussed about HD but have heard of blu-ray and didn't understand what HD-DVD was.. mostly because of the PS3.

Blu-Ray is increasingly getting more advertisement over here.. Samsung players/hdtv's have been advertised in Nuts magazine all home cinema and film magazines and a few football magazines.

Another problem is the lack of understanding in some advertisements.. I have seen dvd reviews with 2 BR's and 1 HD-DVD reviewed and all were listed under HD.. no statement of which format they were.

This is just my ramblings but I honestly 100% think HD-DVD really does not have a market.. at least in the UK.

I've said it before the PS2 was one of the bigggest reasons DVD took off over here.. and the PS3 will do the same for BR!!

pbnbcr · 04-13-2007, 01:51 PM

Okay, maybe it's just me, but I look at the source of the article, MSNBC, and realize that MSNBC is a joint venture between NBC-Universal (82%) and Microsoft (18%).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC

powerSURG · 04-13-2007, 02:04 PM

^^ you took the words right out of my mouth... The fud sounded rather familiar

JTK · 04-13-2007, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pbnbcr

Okay, maybe it's just me, but I look at the source of the article, MSNBC, and realize that MSNBC is a joint venture between NBC-Universal (82%) and Microsoft (18%).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC

^^
Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner!

stevei · 04-13-2007, 02:38 PM

The situation is certainly very different in Europe to the US. In the UK, HD-DVD is killing Blu-ray for content availability. It's not just Universal, and the lag of Warner Blu-ray releases relative to HD-DVD, but Studio Canal are exclusively supporting HD-DVD at present, and they own the 3rd largest film library in the world.

Hopefully the PS3 can turn this situation around.

04-13-2007, 07:54 AM	#21
thunderhawk Moderator Member since:Jul 2004 Location:Belgium	PlayStation 3 Sales Solid in Europe Debut Sony enjoying great PS3 sales in Europe, Australia and America PlayStation 3 breaks sales record with Europe launch Euro PS3 sales top 600,000 (news released after 5 days release) PlayStation 3 hardware sales plummet 82 per cent PlayStation 3 sales dropping dramatically in Europe, Wii steady PS3 sales hit 3 million worldwide, Europe > Japan in just 9 days! Not sure how reliable this source is, but it states these figures: Xbox360: 9.68M Wii: 6.58M PS3: 3.15M http://www.vgchartz.com/?g=p3 If these are correct, PS3 is selling great. But it'll take some time till it takes the lead though. Too bad PS3 doesn't have the price advantage over Xbox360 like with PS2 vs Xbox... Last edited by thunderhawk; 04-13-2007 at 08:05 AM.

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04-13-2007, 11:53 AM	#22
Blu_Ray_UK2007 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Location:UK 4K collection:164 Blu-ray collection:782 Trading Score:1	If this is true it will change within 6 months. HD-DVD players launched here before BR if I remember rightly.. but over here i'd say sales will increase big time when more high street shops carry BR. For example Tesco, the website is selling HD-DVDs but only 1 BR is listed! Most people I know if i'm honest arent that fussed about HD but have heard of blu-ray and didn't understand what HD-DVD was.. mostly because of the PS3. Blu-Ray is increasingly getting more advertisement over here.. Samsung players/hdtv's have been advertised in Nuts magazine all home cinema and film magazines and a few football magazines. Another problem is the lack of understanding in some advertisements.. I have seen dvd reviews with 2 BR's and 1 HD-DVD reviewed and all were listed under HD.. no statement of which format they were. This is just my ramblings but I honestly 100% think HD-DVD really does not have a market.. at least in the UK. I've said it before the PS2 was one of the bigggest reasons DVD took off over here.. and the PS3 will do the same for BR!!

04-13-2007, 01:51 PM	#23
pbnbcr Active Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:INDIANA	Okay, maybe it's just me, but I look at the source of the article, MSNBC, and realize that MSNBC is a joint venture between NBC-Universal (82%) and Microsoft (18%). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC

04-13-2007, 02:04 PM	#24
powerSURG Active Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Shaw AFB, SC Blu-ray collection:42	^^ you took the words right out of my mouth... The fud sounded rather familiar

04-13-2007, 02:38 PM	#26
stevei Banned Member since:Apr 2007 Location:UK	The situation is certainly very different in Europe to the US. In the UK, HD-DVD is killing Blu-ray for content availability. It's not just Universal, and the lag of Warner Blu-ray releases relative to HD-DVD, but Studio Canal are exclusively supporting HD-DVD at present, and they own the 3rd largest film library in the world. Hopefully the PS3 can turn this situation around.

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