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Well over a year since its release on the European arm of PSN in March 2008, Sony is to grant Idol Minds’ action physics title Pain a boxed retail release across Europe. The disc will most of the DLC released to game to date, including levels such as Movie Studio …
Read More »Blu-ray and DVD sales down
The global market for both Blu-ray and DVD discs dropped by 4.8 per cent to $482m in 2008, with analyst Screen Digest blaming both the worldwide recession and online piracy for the dip. Many had hoped that these threats would have been countered by the growing appetite for HD content …
Read More »Blu-ray player sales picking up pace
Whether Blu-ray’s rise to ascendancy will gather the required pace needed before the mainstream adaptation of digital movie downloads arrives is yet to be seen, but sales of HD discs players have performed well year-on-year. TechRadar reports that annual Blu-ray player sales climbed 72 per cent in 2008 in North …
Read More »Blu-ray losing out to downloads
A new report from consumer knowledge site Reevoo has claimed that Blu-ray has not seen significant sales rises as a result of either the demise of Toshiba’s HD-DVD or the drop in Blu-ray hardware prices – and it’s saying that direct downloads have stolen the missing piece of the pie. …
Read More »Blu-ray approaching 100m disc sales
Global sales of Blu-ray discs will pass the 100m unit mark this year, according to data from research firm Futuresource Consulting. It states that the increasing number of HDTVs in consumer’s homes will offset the negative market effects of the economic recession. Last year in the US alone, Blu-ray video …
Read More »Blu-ray sales boast strong gains
New figures from the British Video Association show that hi-def disc format Blu-ray enjoyed a bumper Christmas in the UK, with sales climbing significantly compared to the same period last year. The BVA claims that 1.5 million Blu-ray movies were sold in the UK in December – a number that’s …
Read More »JAPAN: Blu-ray hardware outsells DVD for the first time
Stats from Gfk Retail and Technology Japan have revealed that in the first week of November Blu-ray disc recording hardware outsold DVD recorders for the first time. In the same period last year Blu-ray disc recorders accounted for just ten per cent of the market, but falling prices in recent …
Read More »PS3 will support 400GB Blu-ray discs
Technology firm Pioneer has confirmed that its 16-layer Blu-ray disc, which boasts a storage capacity of 400GB, is heading into production – and more importantly, it will be compatible with current Blu-ray players such as the PS3. Existing single layer discs boast 25GB of space, and 50GB duel-layer discs are …
Read More »Credit crunch could be Blu-rays death knell
The effects of the current global economic global crisis could see sales of Blu-ray discs and associated technology dramatically underperform this Christmas, according to some industry observers at the recent HD3 Conference in the US. The economy is the biggest challenge, because there are just so many pieces to the …
Read More »Original Street Fighter movie heading to Blu-ray
February next year looks to be the month where it all happens for Street Figher fans – as if the news of the console release of Street Fighter IV wasn’t enough to digest, gamers will now also be able to get their hands on the Blu-ray release of 1994 movie …
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