Shiver me Timbers!

[Monty HD]

BluRay presale of Pirates of the Caribean 1 and 2 are ranked at 733 and 670.

Now I am sure this will change but for now The Matrix Triliogy selling at 3 times the amount of either of these movies is at 41st place with the same release date.

I am posting this because many have been smacking which will have a bigger May. This is a good thread for it.

http://www.amazon.com/Pirates-Caribb...4860151&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Pirates-Caribb...4860151&sr=8-2

[Nighthawk]

Why is this thread here and not in the Sales Rank sub-forum?

[Monty HD]

Why is this thread here and not in the Sales Rank sub-forum?

Why is pirates ranked so low? I think it has a valid reason for being here.

[Intruder]

I think POTC had a similar peak directly after its preorder-release and is now on a lower level until the real release date comes nearer. The sales rank for The Matrix will go down after some days too.

[Balian]

Why is pirates ranked so low? I think it has a valid reason for being here.

Considering PotC has been available for preorder from Amazon for about 6 weeks and this is first full day for The Matrix, its not that hard to figure out why. PotC had a similar spike when they were first available for preorder.

[Fozziwig]

There's an awful lot of pre-orders going up for a $83.95, 3-movie set not released for 2 months. It's moved from a ranking of 3,500 to #38 in less than a day!!

How much does it cost to place a pre-order BTW? I suppose they're quite hard to cancel as well.

I'm not saying it actually is suspect. I'm just saying it looks suspect. Happy Feet (HD DVD) is out in a few days - box office hit, brand new day/date release and ranked 20 places below The Matrix set.

If all those Matrix pre-orders get paid for then I will be impressed. It will be interesting to watch the chart and stock levels post-release.

This is where HD DVD fans are right when they point out that Amazon charts are a bit flaky. I wish they would just record actual unit sales - same as DVD Empire.

[Fozziwig]

Considering PotC has been available for preorder from Amazon for about 6 weeks and this is first full day for The Matrix, its not that hard to figure out why. PotC had a similar spike when they were first available for preorder.

Yes, you're right. Probably normal behaviour. POTC dropped back pretty fast within a few days so Matrix will probably do the same thing.

[Balian]

Again, PotC has been on preorder for 6 weeks. The hardcore users are always quick to place preorders. Here is a PotC graph to prove my point:



What you perceived/wished and whats reality sucks for you HD DVD fan boys doesn't it?

[Samlives]

I never remembered the POTC movies going below 100 since announcement heck i don't think they went below 200 , but i could be wrong on that and i am talking about Blu-ray

[Balian]

I never remembered the POTC movies going below 100 since announcement heck i don't think they went below 200 , but i could be wrong on that and i am talking about Blu-ray

The graph clearly says you are wrong. Besides, its useless to compare the two because PotC was available 6 weeks earlier than The Matrix ...both have the same release date. This does affect the pre-order numbers.

[hstewarth]

There's an awful lot of pre-orders going up for a $83.95, 3-movie set not released for 2 months. It's moved from a ranking of 3,500 to #38 in less than a day!!

How much does it cost to place a pre-order BTW? I suppose they're quite hard to cancel as well.

I'm not saying it actually is suspect. I'm just saying it looks suspect. Happy Feet (HD DVD) is out in a few days - box office hit, brand new day/date release and ranked 20 places below The Matrix set.

If all those Matrix pre-orders get paid for then I will be impressed. It will be interesting to watch the chart and stock levels post-release.

This is where HD DVD fans are right when they point out that Amazon charts are a bit flaky. I wish they would just record actual unit sales - same as DVD Empire.

I believe it cost nothing for a pre-order until the day its release - it also doesn't cost any thing to cancel. I assume while an product is pre-order status - one could cancel it and re-add - I would think after a while Amazon might get upset. One thing Amazon lets you do is combine orders, I did that with some of mind - that just allows them to be all ship at once - I did that with 3 Blu-rays I recieved last week.

I never got a good explaination from any body on pre-orders - I think in reality we can't trust pre-orders until the movie is actually release. I think we saw this with departed. Departed look like HD DVD was going the hit during the pre-orders - but after it was release it was Blu-ray.

I think also the fan base is different between Blu-ray and HD DVD, you can tell that with Casino Royale, it appears that more people purchase it after the release. But it was a Blu-ray exclusive release which was the big difference.

Matrix is not a HD DVD exclusive, maybe Matrix will be out on HD DVD first - but its still not exclusive - Blu-ray will come a long and since its older movie, I believe that most people planning to get it as High Definition Movie, will wait for the Blu-ray.

This is just one opinion from a one user.

[chad5871]

I believe that most people planning to get it as High Definition Movie, will wait for the Blu-ray.

I think this is just wishful thinking. Most dual adopters are going to get the version that comes out first so that they can enjoy the movies in HD ASAP. I predict that most people that have both HD DVD and Blu-ray will buy the HD DVD version of the Matrix Trilogy (if they even buy it at all).