Format accounted for 79 per cent of HD disk sales in the last year
Europe has bought 2.37 million Blu-Ray disks since the format went on sale in 2006, achieving the landmark figure faster than it took standard DVD to when it first appeared in 1997.
The news comes just three months after the format broke the one million European sales mark in November last year.
Blu-Ray sales accounted for 79 per cent of all HD disk sales over the last year in the region, leaving the rapidly faltering HD-DVD format trailing behind with 21 per cent of sales.
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really?
faster than dvd? that surprise me greatly
Re: really?
And yet people will still believe that HD-DVD has got a chance...
I can believe the number's been reached faster than DVD. DVDs didn't take off until 1999-2000 really. BR technology has been adopted quickly. Kudos to Sony for showing initiative and sticking the drive in the PS3. The PS2 helped DVD sales after 2000, and the PS3 is doing the same for BR. Those that wrote of the PS3 and BR too quickly really need to eat humble pie. I think these types of people were trying to be too clever for their own good.
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That comment is designed for one reason alone - TO GOAD FANBOYS. Behave now...
Re: really?
So in its whole lifetime ( 2 years) , HD has sold less than the average weekly sales of normal DVD's.
WOW HD is catching on fast!!! LOL
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