"SO how does a format with no players sell so many movies. Guess there are a lot of people that buy movies to play on thier kids game machine."
I'm surrounded by adults who bought their wii or ps3 or xbox for themselves, I wouldn't be surprised if the biggest market for consoles is the 18-35 age range. They stopped being kids machines when the kids who started the market all grew up.
I don't blame PS3 owners for having such emotional ties with their hardware. Blu-ray movies are their last hope because the PS3 lost the game console war. Last place on hardware and software sales plus Sony is still losing money on every PS3 sold.
"I'm surrounded by adults who bought their wii or ps3 or xbox for themselves, I wouldn't be surprised if the biggest market for consoles is the 18-35 age range. They stopped being kids machines when the kids who started the market all grew up."
And, of course this means MALES 18-35. Many of whom are single if they bought the PS3 for themselves. Which brings up Warner's complaint about blu-ray (and Paramount's stated reason for going Red): The blu-ray demographics suck, being mostly PS3 owners.
You cannot base a business on a single market segment, even if it is a large one. HD DVD asserts that it supports the entire market, families, women, men, children of all ages.
Which is why the sales of the Harry Potter set and things like Planet Earth are of great interest to them. Either Planet Earth has much better penetration in Red-land, or its sales mark new player owners (which implies Red is doing better there) or some combination of above.
I note that Amazon is selling more HP sets and discs to Red than BLue, by a slight margin. I'd hate to bet that blu was going to win this one by anything like 2-1.
The other test case will be Blade Runner which could go either way: SF, sure, but very much an intellectual film. Gamers may find it boring.
Time will tell. I think that Warner has always inclined towards HD DVD, but a strong showing by blu on non-gamer material could change that.
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"SO how does a format with no players sell so many movies. Guess there are a lot of people that buy movies to play on thier kids game machine."
I'm surrounded by adults who bought their wii or ps3 or xbox for themselves, I wouldn't be surprised if the biggest market for consoles is the 18-35 age range. They stopped being kids machines when the kids who started the market all grew up.
I don't blame PS3 owners for having such emotional ties with their hardware. Blu-ray movies are their last hope because the PS3 lost the game console war. Last place on hardware and software sales plus Sony is still losing money on every PS3 sold.
"I'm surrounded by adults who bought their wii or ps3 or xbox for themselves, I wouldn't be surprised if the biggest market for consoles is the 18-35 age range. They stopped being kids machines when the kids who started the market all grew up."
And, of course this means MALES 18-35. Many of whom are single if they bought the PS3 for themselves. Which brings up Warner's complaint about blu-ray (and Paramount's stated reason for going Red): The blu-ray demographics suck, being mostly PS3 owners.
You cannot base a business on a single market segment, even if it is a large one. HD DVD asserts that it supports the entire market, families, women, men, children of all ages.
Which is why the sales of the Harry Potter set and things like Planet Earth are of great interest to them. Either Planet Earth has much better penetration in Red-land, or its sales mark new player owners (which implies Red is doing better there) or some combination of above.
I note that Amazon is selling more HP sets and discs to Red than BLue, by a slight margin. I'd hate to bet that blu was going to win this one by anything like 2-1.
The other test case will be Blade Runner which could go either way: SF, sure, but very much an intellectual film. Gamers may find it boring.
Time will tell. I think that Warner has always inclined towards HD DVD, but a strong showing by blu on non-gamer material could change that.