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 12/23/07
Source: Nielson VideoScan via http://www.homemediamagazine.com/
Weekly sales: Blu-ray leads HD DVD 61% to 39%, 100:63.9, or 1.56:1
YTD sales: Blu-ray leads HD DVD 64% to 36%, 100:56.3, or 1.78:1
Since Inception sales: Blu-ray leads HD DVD 62% to 38%, 100:61.3, or 1.63:1
Not that the numbers matter much given the war-ending news from Warner on Friday, but it will still be interesting to follow just how long HD DVD stays around. Of course, Home Media Magazine will likely stop bothering to report the numbers any longer at some point, as it will become just gratuitous to watch the death of HD DVD.
Nielson VideoScan Top 10 for Week Ending 12/23/07
Source: Nielson VideoScan via http://www.homemediamagazine.com/
Again, Bourne stole the week on HD DVD, though the Simsons Movie and Pirates 3 continued to sell extremely well on Blu-ray. Harry Potter also continued to do quite well on both formats, though it of course sold better on Blu-ray. I feel kind of bad that HD DVD won't be getting the final two Harry Potter films. Okay, no I don't. But I think they have a valid complaint that Warner waited until right after the holidays to make their announcement. Of course, Warner stated it would be looking at fourth quarter sales and then making a decision, so it really shouldn't have been too surprising. Sometimes that's the price you unfortunately be for being an early adopter.
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