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Blu-ray Disc sales already represent 5% - 6% of all disc sales of the top new releases in the U.S. and will rise to 10% - 12% of top titles by year-end on overall sales of 45 million discs this year, according to Futuresource Consulting's Blu-ray update for the USA and Western Europe released today."
http://www.hollywoodinhighdef.com/bl...ail.php?id=232
"According to recent research from Futuresource Consulting,
by 2012 between 40 and 50 per cent of consumer spending on video discs will move to Blu-ray [worldwide]."
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Blu-ray adoption so far has been on a par with sales of DVDs at the same stage: “Of course the format war made people hesitant, but now it's gaining momentum. In 2008 in the UK we're anticipating total sales of 4.5 million titles, In 2012 we're expecting sales of 93 million titles."
"This year we're looking at a total installed high-definition hardware base of just under 2.4 million players in use.
By 2012 we expect that to be 12.9 million combined player base of PS3s and standalone Blu-ray players.”
"It will appeal to the mass market.
The broadcast TV industry has driven consumer appetite for high-definition content. TVs are HD ready, and it will all encourage more title sales moving forward,”
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/...enComment=true
"Market predicts suggest that close to 45 million Blu-ray discs will be sold in the US this year. This is a
four-fold increase on last year."
http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Art...rices-fall.htm
Here is a graph showing BD steadily gaining on DVD
Here is a graph showing BD prices falling in line with DVD prices.
http://www.eproductwars.com/dvd/
So all is well for Blu-ray. It's chugging along at the same rate as DVD despite the many perils in its path.
Sorry doom-and-gloomers, you are wrong, as usual.