Every week Home Media Magazine reports the latest Nielson VideoScan numbers for the Blu-ray vs. HD DVD battle. They include three figures: Weekly, Year-to-date, and Since Inception. Weekly numbers examine discs sold at retail over the course of just the current week, the YTD numbers look at sales from the first week ending in 2007 to the present, and the since inception numbers show the relative performance of Blu-ray and HD DVD discs since the formats' respective births.
Nielson VideoScan Data for Week Ending 12/2/07
Source: Nielson VideoScan via http://www.homemediamagazine.com/
Weekly sales: Blu-ray leads HD DVD 58% to 42%, 100:72.4, or 1.38:1
YTD sales: Blu-ray leads HD DVD 65% to 35%, 100:53.8, or 1.86:1
Since Inception sales: Blu-ray leads HD DVD 62% to 38%, 100:61.3, or 1.63:1
Not a superb week for Blu-ray, but considering essentially nothing was released that week on Blu-ray, it's certainly a win we'll take. With the huge releases coming to Blu in the next few weeks, it will be interesting to watch just how much of a lead Blu-ray can deliver then.
Nielson VideoScan Top 10 for Week Ending 12/2/07
Source: Nielson VideoScan via http://www.homemediamagazine.com/
"Live Free or Die Hard" remains the top title for the week, and none of the "big catalog titles" released on HD DVD last week even made the list. Only 3 HD DVD titles made the cut, with 7 Blu-ray titles on the list despite it being an off week. Like it or not, most of all of these titles will be shoved off the list over the next week or two in favor of the HUGE holiday release titles.
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