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Blu-ray sales less than one disc per player

Sony has come out today saying that the reason it won the Blu-ray format against Toshiba's HD DVD format was because of the PS3 rather than any other market factor.

However while one Sony spokesperson from SCEE confirmed that Blu-ray was a success, a spokesman for Sony Pictures confirmed that PS3 gamers weren't impressed with the new movie format.

"3.3 millions discs have sold to date with 1.4 million of those this quarter", the spokesman confirmed, suggesting that the pick up rate is less that one per Blu-ray player sold (Sony announced that it has sold 5 million PS3 consoles in Europe).

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Fan Tastic6586d ago

Count or don't count the PS3 depending on the stat as long as it puts blu-ray in a negative light.

ruibing6586d ago

Yeah, a really poor choice to use numbers for that "confirm". Sales are down because of a lack good action flicks and holiday sales. Release Iron Man and Transformers on Blu Ray and it'll pick up again.

pharmd6586d ago

yeah, last time i checked technically every ps3 game is on a bluray disc, this is bad writing on the journalists part..... better research next time loser

thereapersson6586d ago

That's not how it works. This is about movies, not games...

wow4u6586d ago

The reason BluRay won was because Sony gave its MPAA partners many hundreds of millions to discontinue HD-DVD support.

TresTrendu6586d ago

Doesn't matter you have to be an idiot to pay over double the price when alot of the time's the picture is either grainy or has motion artifact's.

WIIIS16586d ago

So Sony admits that they screwed the masses by depriving them of choice of a better and cheaper format (since the choice was made by PS3 owners) and you say this is a spin? I'm just glad that Sony is bleeding from their investment both on the gaming and movie departments 'cos they deserve it.

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niall776586d ago

still "spinning" in its grave

zimbo0076586d ago

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toughNAME (3) - 53m

same xbox 360 camp with defunct HD DVD drive

wow4u6586d ago

BluRay is stillborn. No one cares about plastic discs.

The next (and current?) method of media distribution is via the internet.

Digital Distribution for the win.

Didnt anyone tell you? you can get (at least) Vongo, CinemaNow and Netflix as Digital Distribution movies on the Xbox 360 right now.

no one cares about $45 movie discs.

Auron6586d ago

then I saw the $30 price tag! so I went home and pulled a bit torrent

JBaby3436586d ago

I care about plastic disks. Right there you are wrong. Xbox fans struggling for something to make the PS3 look bad and thus leaning towards DD say they don't care about disks.

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paracardium6586d ago

they need to drop bluray to $20 a movie instead of the inflated pricing they have now.

aiphanes6586d ago

It will happen...the 1080p HDTVs....the 2008 models are going to have starting prices around $1100...even Sony models starting around June first.

What do you think these new HDTV owners want to watch movies on...bluray....DVD sucks...you can not spin it....it is blurry..and grainy...bluray rocks...and once you get a real 1080p TV at least 42 inches or greater...you will see the difference.

ravinash6586d ago

Your right, the big thing stopping the sales right now is the price which jumped up after HD-DVD folded.
I've got a pile of BlueRay disks, but I won't be adding to them until the price comes back down again, which it will...they just trying to find the price point right now where they can make money and people are willing to pay....so it will drop.

PirateThom6586d ago

So... less than 1 disc per player... including PS3s?

So, yeah, PS3 not a movie player, confirmed.

Thanks.

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Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Website Launches With New Nomura Artwork and Merchandise

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-Foxtrot20d ago

Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

solideagle20d ago

they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Relientk7720d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments

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Killer2020UK27d ago

Oh my, that is one gaudy design

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15 Years Ago, Mortal Kombat (2011) Saved Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise

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italiangamer29d ago

"Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise"

Press X to (seriously) doubt.

DarXyde27d ago

Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.

Soy27d ago

And then MK1 killed it again.

DivineHand12527d ago (Edited 27d ago )

15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.