Since HD DVD’s introduction in April 2006 and Blu-ray’s two months later, more than 400 releases have seen the light of day. The best-selling HD title of the quarter also went to Blu-ray-the latest Bond flick, “Casino Royale.” Music titles have so far been limited, but high-profile releases from Nine Inch Nails, Destiny’s Child and Incubus-the last two available only on Blu-ray-came to market in the first quarter.Ī clear winner in the format war is far from being crowned, however, and sales of such titles are, at best, generating momentum for a market that’s in the earliest stages. 43.8%-also in Blu-ray’s favor.īlu-ray’s success in the quarter was bolstered by a strong release slate, the impact of the Blu-ray-enabled PlayStation 3 hitting stores in December and the continued backing of five of the six major studios, compared with HD DVD’s support from only three. This brings cumulative inception-to-date sales stats to 56.2% vs. And as the next-generation format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD continues to heat up, such exclusives are resonating with consumers: 70% of HD releases sold during first-quarter 2007 were Blu-ray, according to Nielsen VideoScan. The firesale will probably dampen an otherwise 70%+ Spiderman release week.If you want to watch high-definition versions of the latest James Bond film or Destiny’s Child live onstage, you’ve got to get them on Blu-ray. Getting back to what the thread actually intends. I am actually interested as to what is included and how the information is collected. ![]() Honestly, the last two dozen posts need to be moved to a thread concerning the validity of Nielsen's methodology. It appears to be the best of what we have. Or are you suggesting that Paramount and Universal think Nielsen/Videoscan is biased? If they do this is the first I've heard of it. ![]() Although it works in the short term, when retailers return all unsold product is where you see problems.įor some reason I doubt all the stuidos would put their faith in these numbers if they leaned towards any agenda by any party. If Universal for instance uses Nielsen's numbers in their public statements when Shrek 3 is released when they know the numbers are inaccurate then are they not in the same boat.lying to inflate their numbers to raise the value of their stock. Basically, exactly what I said about Shrek 2 above. If nielsen/Videoscan is actually wrong as you suggest (and even worse you think $$ can sway their numbers) then wouldn't any stuidos using their numbers create a situation where they are "fudging numbers that will affect their stock in a falsely inflated way". Being in accounting hell with the Government is not a positive for their business. But I also know that the studios for the most part (with the exception of Paramount-Transformers) can’t afford to fudge numbers that will affect their stock in a falsely inflated way. I do believe that a 3rd party should be involved to collect the data. If Nielsen/VideoScan numbers are basically wrong why are stuidos using their numbers when talking to the press? The only time it's been really off is this whole Transformer thing.Īs ikbradley so eloquently noticed, I am just keeping a critical eye to the Nielsen ratings and was only questioning their overall company historicals, rather it be in TV or digital media. ![]() I don't want to start relying on Stuidos to tell me how much product they shipped to retailers (which is something Universal did years ago with Shrek 2.or was it the first one). Just like MS was releasing SHIPPED numbers for X360, not sold. Numbers released from stuidos can have that typical "spin". Honestly I would rather a 3rd party release real data than numbers thrown out by the stuidos. Call me confused Flux but why do you care so much about proving Nielsen/VideoScan is inaccurate?Īre you saying because Paramount said they sold 100k Transformers the first day and 190k for the week we should believe them instead of Nielsen/VideoScan saying it was 115k for the week?
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