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 | Sony PS3 outsells Xbox 360 in June to grab second place for the month. WII #1 |
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The video game industry is booming around the world despite economic
downturns seen in some countries like America. Three firms are battling for the
gamers’ money around the world including Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft.
Bloomberg reports that the Nintendo
Wii outsold the Sony PS3 and Microsoft Xbox 360 in the U.S. last month.
Nintendo sold 666,000 of its Wii consoles in June compared to the 405,500 PS3’s
sold and 219,800 Xbox 360’s. It’s interesting to note that the PS3 sold nearly
200,000 more units for the month than the Xbox 360.
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Posted by lee dye on Saturday, July 19 @ 13:46:43 MDT (236 reads)
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| Blu-Ray to exceed DVD sales in 2012 |
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The water the home-entertainment industry is treading is getting Blu-er.
That’s the news that came out of an Entertainment Merchants Association report this week about U.S. consumer spending on DVDs.
Studios celebrating Sony’s Blu-ray victory in the high-definition
DVD format war in February were validated by an EMA estimate that
spending on Blu-ray discs will overtake standard-disc sales by 2012.
EMA said Blu-ray disc revenue will surge to $9.5 billion by then, up
from $260 million last year.
In addition to the end of the format war, Blu-ray disc sales will
benefit as U.S. consumers acquire Blu-ray disc drives at a faster rate
than they did standard DVD players almost a decade ago. Blu-rays will
reach homes largely through Sony PlayStation 3 videogame consoles,
according to some estimates.
Blu-ray will be a bright spot in what appears to be a flattening
market for DVDs. Overall home entertainment spending, which reached
about $24 billion last year, will inch forward to $25.6 billion in
2012, or at a compounded growth rate of about 1.3% a year. By
comparison, the U.S. population has been projected to grow at about 1%
a year between 2000 and 2010, while inflation alone may account for 3%
to 4% in overall annual spending increases.
Still, with studios ramping up Blu-ray releases to keep up with
increasing demand for HDTV sets and introducing features like BD-Live
interactivity and 3-D capabilities, greater consumer awareness of
Blu-ray and falling prices for its players are likely to feed demand
that will help Blu-ray disc sales cross what many analysts expect to be
the $1 billion threshold this year.
“New generations of hardware and software, and alternative delivery
channels, will ensure that home video and video games remain
phenomenally popular entertainment options for the American public for
years to come,” Bo Andersen, EMA’s chief executive officer, said in a
statement.
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Posted by Peter Firmer on Saturday, June 28 @ 01:46:00 MDT (339 reads)
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| GTAIV to push PS3 sales over the top? |
Lee Dye writes "According to SCEA, the high demand for Grand Theft Auto IV on
the PlayStation 3 is driving sales for Sony's system exponentially just
within the first 24 hours of the game's release. Senior Merchandising
VP of GameStop Corp., Bob McKenzie, chimed in backing up the claim on
the retail side of things: "From our position, the launch of GTA IV
has been tremendous in driving traffic to our stores, as well as
providing a vigorous lift in PS3 console sales over this time last
week. We attribute the growth to a huge fan base of PS2 owners who see
this title as the trigger for the PS3 upgrade they've been planning."
GTA IV as the trigger for a PS2-to-PS3 upgrade? It's quite logical considering that Grand Theft Auto as a series is very closely associated with the PlayStation brand. However, GTA IV is not exclusive to the system, yet is still able to cause such a boisterous push in sales. Imagine what will happen when Metal Gear Solid 4 comes rolling in? "
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Posted by lee dye on Wednesday, June 25 @ 01:43:01 MDT (386 reads)
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| TOSHIBA ANNOUNCES SURRENDER. SONY/BLU-RAY WINS |
Lee Dye reports,
TOKYO--Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has undertaken a thorough review of its overall strategy for HD DVD and has decided it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders.
This decision has been made following recent major changes in the market. Toshiba will continue, however, to provide full product support and after-sales service for all owners of Toshiba HD DVD products.
HD DVD was developed to offer consumers access at an affordable price to high-quality, high definition content and prepare them for the digital convergence of tomorrow where the fusion of consumer electronics and IT will continue to progress.
"We carefully assessed the long-term impact of continuing the so-called 'next-generation format war' and concluded that a swift decision will best help the market develop," said Atsutoshi Nishida, President and CEO of Toshiba Corporation. "While we are disappointed for the company and more importantly, for the consumer, the real mass market opportunity for high definition content remains untapped and Toshiba is both able and determined to use our talent, technology and intellectual property to make digital convergence a reality."
Toshiba will continue to lead innovation, in a wide range of technologies that will drive mass market access to high definition content. These include high capacity NAND flash memory, small form factor hard disk drives, next generation CPUs, visual processing, and wireless and encryption technologies.
The company expects to make forthcoming announcements around strategic progress in these convergence technologies.
Toshiba will begin to reduce shipments of HD DVD players and recorders to retail channels, aiming for cessation of these businesses by the end of March 2008. Toshiba also plans to end volume production of HD DVD disk drives for such applications as PCs and games in the same timeframe, yet will continue to make efforts to meet customer requirements.
The company will continue to assess the position of notebook PCs with integrated HD DVD drives within the overall PC business relative to future market demand.
This decision will not impact on Toshiba's commitment to standard DVD, and the company will continue to market conventional DVD players and recorders.
Toshiba intends to continue to contribute to the development of the DVD industry, as a member of the DVD Forum, an international organization with some 200 member companies, committed to the discussion and defining of optimum optical disc formats for the consumer and the related industries.
Toshiba also intends to maintain collaborative relations with the companies who joined with Toshiba in working to build up the HD DVD market, including Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, and DreamWorks Animation and major Japanese and European content providers on the entertainment side, as well as leaders in the IT industry, including Microsoft, Intel, and HP. Toshiba will study possible collaboration with these companies for future business opportunities, utilizing the many assets generated through the development of HD DVD.
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Posted by lee dye on Wednesday, March 12 @ 02:02:38 MDT (13712 reads)
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| Circuit City , "bring back HD players for Blu-Ray" |
Circuit City extends HD DVD return time
By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM, Associated Press Writer
Thu Mar 6, 2:12 PM ET
Circuit City Stores Inc. is getting on the Blu-ray digital video format
bandwagon by tripling the period in which customers who purchased a
rival HD DVD player can return them.
The nation's No. 2 electronics retailer has instructed its stores to
"take care of our customers" and accept returns of HD DVD players
within 90 days of purchase, spokesman Jim Babb said.
Several industry moves in recent weeks — including the announcement by
creator Toshiba Corp. that it has stopped making HD DVD players and
discs — have handed the format a clear defeat in the battle for primacy
in the next generation of movie-disc technology.
"The recent resolution of the next generation of video disc formats is
an important and singular development in the marketplace," Babb said in
an e-mail statement.
When Toshiba dropped out of the fight, it conceded to Sony's Blu-ray
format, which delivers crisp, clear pictures and sound on
high-definition TVs.
The biggest battle between two video formats since Betamax lost out to
VHS in the 1980s was resolved after multiple movie studios, including
Sony Pictures, Walt Disney Co. Warner Bros. Entertainment and News
Corp.'s Twentieth Century Fox, pledged to support the Blu-ray format.
In the long run, consumers are expected to benefit because they no
longer have to agonize over which technology to choose for
high-definition movies. But Toshiba's defeat leaves 1 million customers
worldwide with dead-end hardware.
Circuit City, which has a usual 30-day return policy, is allowing
customers who purchased HD DVD players to return them for store credit.
The policy doesn't apply to HD DVD movie discs.
The Richmond company noted that while some people may want to return
the players, others are buying them on clearance because they still
play high-quality HD DVDs and improve the playback of standard DVDs.
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Posted by lee dye on Friday, March 07 @ 21:42:15 MST (412 reads)
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| Microsoft/Sony talking on 360 Blu-Ray add-on? |
The Financial Times reports rivals are
talking about adding high-def technology to formerly HD DVD-aligned
console; Microsoft denies anything official, Sony says it's open to the
possibility.
Sony is in talks with console rival Microsoft about offering a Blu-ray drive for the Xbox 360, according to a senior executive.The
Japanese electronics maker has until now touted Blu-ray as an advantage
its PlayStation 3 holds over Microsoft’s console. Microsoft has backed
Toshiba’s HD-DVD format and offered an HD-DVD drive that can be plugged
into the 360.
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Posted by lee dye on Thursday, March 06 @ 19:38:09 MST (255 reads)
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| Microsoft drops Xbox 360 HD Drive |
In the latest HD saga, Microsoft has announced that effective
immediately it has ceased production of the Xbox 360 HD add-on drive.
In a predictable twist, Microsoft has also stated that it will not release a
Blu-Ray add-on drive for the 360 stating that customers do not purchase gaming
consoles to watch movies.
Editors take: If that was the case, then why even release the original HD drive
to begin. Plus one needs to take a quick look at Sony's success with the
PS3 and it's Blu-Ray support pretty much squashes their logic.
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Posted by lee dye on Sunday, February 24 @ 16:11:54 MST (274 reads)
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| HD-DVD Fire Sale |
As HD DVD heads to an early grave following the loss of key proponent
Toshiba, retailers have launched fire sales to dump players and movie
titles in the high-definition format.
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Posted by Peter Firmer on Wednesday, February 20 @ 16:30:09 MST (649 reads)
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| Universal makes press statement on Blu-Ray support |
Still fresh on everyone's mind, Universal wasted no time responding to Toshibas surrender in the HD-DVD format war with supoport for the Blu-Ray format.
"While Universal values the close partnership we have shared with
Toshiba, it is time to turn our focus to releasing new and catalog
titles on Blu-ray," said Craig Kornblau, president of Universal Studios
Home Entertainment.
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Posted by Peter Firmer on Tuesday, February 19 @ 10:44:23 MST (588 reads)
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| SURVEY | |
| Old Articles | |
| Tuesday, February 19 | | · | Toshiba to 'officially' announce surrender shortly? |
| Monday, February 18 | | · | Microsoft issues press release on HD-DVD situation |
| Saturday, February 16 | | · | Toshiba halts HD-DVD production |
| Thursday, February 14 | | · | Toshiba to 'officially' announce surrender shortly? |
| Wednesday, February 13 | | · | Toshiba releases 2.0 firmware |
| · | WALMART CHOOSES BLU, DROPS HD-DVD |
| Monday, February 11 | | · | Toshiba set to release a Blu-Ray player? |
| · | Best Buy/Netflix both drop HD-DVD |
| Friday, February 08 | | · | Microsoft drops HD-DVD 360 add-on to $129.99 |
| Thursday, February 07 | | · | Sweden now Blu |
| Monday, February 04 | | · | Toshiba's Superbowl ad a failure! Airs non HD commercial |
| · | Blu-Ray software sales crush HD-DVD for 3rd week 82:18 |
| Tuesday, January 29 | | · | Turn in your HD-DVD player towards a Blu-Ray and receive $221-in UK |
| · | Paramount announces Kite Runner for HD-DVD |
| · | Woolworths-largest UK electronics chain dropping HD-DVD |
| Monday, January 28 | | · | Toshiba banking 30 seconds will save the day |
| · | Gartner Research: HD DVD Price Cuts Only Prolong Agony |
| Sunday, January 27 | | · | Toshiba to report flat earnings due to HD-DVD marketing/chip prices |
| · | Sales of HD-DVD players plunge after Warner |
| Thursday, January 24 | | · | BluRay players experience major sales spike after Waners announcement |
| · | Samsung drops dual format player |
| · | Steve Jobs: Blu-Ray has trounced HD-DVD |
| · | Circuit City dropping HD-DVD? |
| Sunday, January 20 | | · | Blu-Ray 2.0 makes PS3 future proof |
| Saturday, January 19 | | · | Is Toshiba coma bound? |
| · | HD-DVD sizeable loss in net sales reported |
| Monday, January 14 | | · | Toshiba waiting for a Sony buyout at consumers expense? |
| · | Toshiba ," Warner who?", stubborn to the end |
| Friday, January 11 | | · | HD STUDIO SUPPORT |
| Thursday, January 10 | | · | Porn finds Blu-Ray ,"sexier", shift change in the industry |
| Wednesday, January 09 | | · | HBO announces exclusivity to Blu-Ray |
| Tuesday, January 08 | | · | Paramount also about to jump ship |
| Sunday, January 06 | | · | CES buzzing about Warner and fate of HD-DVD |
| Saturday, January 05 | | · | New Line joins Blu-Ray group one day after Warners announcement |
| · | Toshiba cancels CES Press Conference |
| Friday, January 04 | | · | Warner picks Blu-Ray. Format war over? |
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