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Blu ray sales have risen 300%

July 28, 2008 in News comments 8

Blu ray is rising faster than ever according to statistics, while sales still pale in comparison to the dominant DVD format sales are currently triple what they were last year and it is predicted Blu ray will outpace DVD well before 2012 which was the current prediction held by most analysts

In a beneficial turn of events for the home entertainment industry, Blu-ray sales continue to rise drastically despite the staggering U.S. economy.

As DVD sales decline, Blu-ray has been filling in the gap, generating more than $200 million in the first half of 2008. This is in stark contrast to the same point last year, where Blu-ray earnings were less than 33% of current figures.

“We are trending 8% Blu-ray sales [per title], and at the end of the year, we will be between 10% and 12%," stated Mike Dunn of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
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    Xtrordinary Jul 28, 08

    Well, what do ya know? ;D

    But to be honest, how many Blu-Ray discs was sold last year? 12?
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    Slumpy monkey Jul 28, 08
    Im sure they will out pace DVD sales but it will be a LONG time before it has total domination.
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    tekmosis Jul 29, 08
    As soon as I read the article title I thought to myself "this is probably from some stupid Amazon statistic". Then I read the article and it mentions absolutely nothing about the 300%, where they got the information from, etc. Hey, I can make stuff up too you know! Source or it didn't happen.
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      VeGiTAX2 Jul 29, 08
      It's based on the Comic Con preview day results from Paramount as the poured boxes of Blu Ray titles onto the crowd to get them to stop asking for Star Trek posters.
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    JRYDER101 Jul 29, 08
    this was always to be expected with hd losing the big format battle and also blueray is shit hot
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    Seproth Jul 29, 08
    Well HD-DVD died fairly recently. So I'd say it's pretty natural for some catch up now....anyway. I helped!
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    S v R 2010 Jul 29, 08
    That is good news. In a few more years Blu-ray will be like DVD is now and DVD will be like videos are now.
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    Final Blade Jul 30, 08
    While great, its still nothing special.

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