You are not comparing apples to apples. You eluded to this in the article, but a major point is that we don't know what percentage of PS3 owners are actually using their blu ray, whereas every HD DVD owner could be considered as using their player as that is the only reason they bought it.
Something else to consider is that just because sony has sold every system they've put out, that doesn't mean half of them aren't still for sale on ebay and local classifieds around the country. I can go on craigslist and point out a ton in my area alone (New in the box)
Bottom line. PS3 sales do NOT equal Blu Ray acceptance, where as HD DVD sales (since it is an add on) do represent HD DVD acceptance.
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You are not comparing apples to apples. You eluded to this in the article, but a major point is that we don't know what percentage of PS3 owners are actually using their blu ray, whereas every HD DVD owner could be considered as using their player as that is the only reason they bought it.
Something else to consider is that just because sony has sold every system they've put out, that doesn't mean half of them aren't still for sale on ebay and local classifieds around the country. I can go on craigslist and point out a ton in my area alone (New in the box)
Bottom line. PS3 sales do NOT equal Blu Ray acceptance, where as HD DVD sales (since it is an add on) do represent HD DVD acceptance.