Blu-ray completely dominating September sales in Norway

[RobertB]

Latest released numbers in Norway show a complete domination of Blu-ray sales over HD-DVD.

http://www.release.no/artikkel.asp?ID=4683

http://avforum.no/forum/740270-post6495.html

Text is in Norwegian but the charts should speak for themselves.

In September the Blu-ray dominance was a whopping 93,3% over HD-DVD sales.

YTD Blu-ray volume 4,5 million NOK (estimated 830k USD)
YTD HD-DVD volume 1,1 million NOK (estimated 203k USD)
September Blu-ray volume 700k NOK vs HD-DVD volume 50.000 NOK

Definitely not huge amounts of money yet, but the numbers are nothing short of spectacular.

[kaliraver]

Damn I am loving these numbers! Warner are you looking at the dominating numbers? I know you are

[Leon]

Yeaaj, Norwegians are rich mofos. We buy all your movies and import cheap. Usa dollar is ridiculous low. But blu-ray are expensive over here.

[RobertB]

Originally Posted by Leon

Yeaaj, Norwegians are rich mofos. We buy all your movies and import cheap. Usa dollar is ridiculous low. But blu-ray are expensive over here.

True, we have a rich tradition of importing from the US when we can

And in that light it is truly jawdropping to see these numbers since these are sales from distributor to retailers and indicate Blu-ray selling very well in shops while HD-DVD has completely lost its momentum.

I -do- suspect that the less than peachy HD-DVD numbers are due to the fact of the movies being region-free, meaning that in good tradition most Norwegian early adopters will import directly from the US instead of waiting for a regional release.

[pro-bassoonist]

Norwegian women are beautiful. I remember that night in Oslo....

Pro-B

[RobertB]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

Norwegian women are beautiful. I remember that night in Oslo....

Pro-B

I can verify that

[w_tanoto]

I am aware that UK and netherlands are 4:1 to BD. Norway joined the league. congrats.... Now, if it can be more like Japan, it would be better (9:1)

[whippersnapper]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

Norwegian women are beautiful. I remember that night in Oslo....

Pro-B

Hey! One of my grandmother's Norwegian. I think of her as being innocent when she was young. Then again, she was probably smart enough to stay away from Oslo.

[w_tanoto]

Originally Posted by whippersnapper

Hey! One of my grandmother's Norwegian. I think of her as being innocent when she was young. Then again, she was probably smart enough to stay away from Oslo.

Oslo, I heard is not a good city for youngster. Crown Princess Mette Marit (I am a royal family watcher - especially scandinavian one, especially denmark) used to use drugs in Oslo. Fortunately, she is changed completely, and good-hearted norwegian people accepts her as crown princess.

Lucky, your grandma stayed away from oslo. I am in fact avoiding any big cities

[kaliraver]

Originally Posted by RobertB

Latest released numbers in Norway show a complete domination of Blu-ray sales over HD-DVD.

http://www.release.no/artikkel.asp?ID=4683

http://avforum.no/forum/740270-post6495.html

Text is in Norwegian but the charts should speak for themselves.

In September the Blu-ray dominance was a whopping 93,3% over HD-DVD sales.

YTD Blu-ray volume 4,5 million NOK (estimated 830k USD)
YTD HD-DVD volume 1,1 million NOK (estimated 203k USD)
September Blu-ray volume 700k NOK vs HD-DVD volume 50.000 NOK

Definitely not huge amounts of money yet, but the numbers are nothing short of spectacular.

Thanks for posting these Better Blu-Ray news is always welcomed.