Blu-ray Disc And PS3 Sales Skyrocket After HD DVD's Demise
Ever since Blu-ray put HD DVD in an early grave, sales of both Blu-ray discs and Blu-ray drive-equipped Playstation 3 game consoles have absolutely skyrocketed. PS3 console sales were up 100% in March with 257, 120 units sold and Blu-ray disc sales have shot to the moon, increasing 351% in the first quarter of 2008. In fact, the week ending March 23 was Blu-ray's second best week ever and 2008 sales are expected to be in the range of $800 million to $1 billion. That's two to three times the total 2007 sales number of $300 million.
It'll be interesting to see how Blu-ray's BD Live feature affects PS3 sales numbers as more of the interactive Blu-ray discs are released, especially with over 3.7 million Playstation Network accounts already in use in North America. While the format war's end may not have done a whole lot for standalone Blu-ray player sales, it could have inadvertently made 2008 a hot year for the previously struggling Playstation 3.
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Posted by Justin Davey at April 19, 2008 10:00 AM
Actually, PS3 sales went down from the previous month. They're up 100% over last year, because it sold almost nothing in March of last year. Sales haven't skyrocketed at all.
The implication (stated in the title) is they skyrocketed after HD DVD's demise, they did not. It's false. They went down. The sales went up last year after the price dropped and there's been new SKU's untroduced. It's a silly comparison. Really, it's sold more software? It also has more than 8 games available now.
and btw, I was one of the few PS3 buyers last March.
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