Europe Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD Camps Wage Bickering War Over Stats

Vikingod · Nov 15, 2007, 02:14 PM

Source: DailyTech
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Although Sony Corp.’s CEO Howard Stringer is calling the current high-definition format war as mostly a matter of prestige, heads of each respective side are still vehemently on the offensive.

The European HD DVD Promotional Group has revealed figures gathered by independent research firm GfK that show stronger software-to-hardware attach ratio compared to Blu-ray Disc. According to the data reported by Pocket-lint, European HD DVD player owners have already bought an average of 3.8 movies each, compared to 0.6 movies sold per Blu-ray player.

Customgamer1 · Nov 15, 2007, 02:22 PM

Well thats kind of expected. I mean it's a PS3 over a stand alone. It's only a matter of time before kids on the PS3 rather buy games over movies.

calidan · Nov 15, 2007, 05:16 PM

I doubt both sides claims on who is selling more. This is all about marketing and anyone can come up with a bunch of numbers. What's really stupid is how people believe the group that took a poll and said that people didn't know the PS3 played Blu-ray. Who the hell did they poll? I bet they polled people that didn't actually own a PS3 and just said they did. You want real numbers. Go look on Amazon and see what people buy from their site. Don't trust someone that has an agenda.

Nov 15, 2007, 02:14 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Europe Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD Camps Wage Bickering War Over Stats Source: DailyTech _____________ Although Sony Corp.’s CEO Howard Stringer is calling the current high-definition format war as mostly a matter of prestige, heads of each respective side are still vehemently on the offensive. The European HD DVD Promotional Group has revealed figures gathered by independent research firm GfK that show stronger software-to-hardware attach ratio compared to Blu-ray Disc. According to the data reported by Pocket-lint, European HD DVD player owners have already bought an average of 3.8 movies each, compared to 0.6 movies sold per Blu-ray player.

Nov 15, 2007, 02:22 PM	#2
Customgamer1 Fell off the tech wagon Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,273 Rep Power: 74 System Specs	Well thats kind of expected. I mean it's a PS3 over a stand alone. It's only a matter of time before kids on the PS3 rather buy games over movies. __________________ Asus Laptop: 2.5 Intel Core 2 Duo, 4gigs DDR 2, Windows 7 64bit! Windows 7 > OSX!

Nov 15, 2007, 05:16 PM	#3
calidan Frozen in Carbonite Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 1,409 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I doubt both sides claims on who is selling more. This is all about marketing and anyone can come up with a bunch of numbers. What's really stupid is how people believe the group that took a poll and said that people didn't know the PS3 played Blu-ray. Who the hell did they poll? I bet they polled people that didn't actually own a PS3 and just said they did. You want real numbers. Go look on Amazon and see what people buy from their site. Don't trust someone that has an agenda. __________________ Steam Community :: ID :: calidan "Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie.... Study computers instead." - Jackie Chan