After 30 minutes of digging, here are a few stats to digest

a) Bluray Sales will total about $2 billion this year

b) This will put it at about 18% of the combined DVD/BD Market

c) iTunes recently became the single largest Music Retailer worldwide.........their iTunes business is generally regarded as a "Booming" one............and yet is about $4 billion per annum................Bluray Sales of $2 billion or 50% of iTunes........nothing to be sneezed at!!

d) Bluray Sales in Europe up 67% last quarter

e) In the US the Bluray premium over DVD is about 20%.............In Europe it ranges from 33% on most discs to 50% on New Releases................Once the Retailers get their Pricing on a "sane" level, then it will become more successful

One further note of my own.............when DVD was launched, the following did not exist as an option

** Multiple Sky and Direct TV Satellite Movie Channels
** "Online" Movie and TV Viewing via Netflix, Hulu, iTunes, BBC iPlayer etc.
** Bi-torrent type "Illegal" Downloads

So, it's much tougher for Bluray to compete against that backdrop.............and yet it's still managed to gain a $2 billion foothold (and growing)

There is hope yet IMHO!!

Last edited by Ronnie; 2010-11-23 05:07.
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