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Blu-ray coming out on top, says Sony

Sony’s choice is outselling competition 2 to 1

NEWS: 6 February 2007 10:30 GMT by Chris Ford

Sony has come out and has declared that their choice of new-Gen DVD, Blu-ray, is winning the format war, with discs outselling HD DVD by a ratio of more than 2 to 1.

The company quoted a report by consumer research firm Nielsen VideoScan which claims that Blu-ray is leading the way in sales.

In first week of January, 47.14 HD DVD movie discs were sold in the US for every 100 Blu-ray. The second week that saw that ratio increase further still, with 38.36 HD DVD titles sold per 100 Blu-ray discs.

In a survey of PS3 users, Sony claim that of 100,000 console owners, 90% said they had already watched a Blu-ray film and 80% said they would buy more discs.

It is thought that the struggle of DVD formats will decide the eventual winner of the next-Gen console battle, and at the moment it looks as if Blu-ray has the upper hand over Toshiba’s HD DVD.

>> Read - Microsoft may launch Blu-ray drive for Xbox360
>> Read - Microsoft clears-up Xbox360 Blu-ray drive confusion comments
>> Link - Official Site/Blu-ray


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