"...a 351-percent increase over Q1 2007. Obviously, the end of the format war is the biggest contributor..."
Not obvious at all. MUCH more obvious is the fact that in Jan 2007 there were only the initial PS3s available as players and the disc selection was minuscule. At the beginning of January 2007, HD DVD had a wide wide lead -- about to fall to the PS3, of course, but the to-date numbers were all HD DVD.
Now, if there are numbers showing BD up Q1 vs Q4 (or even close), then maybe. But attributing the Q1 vs Q1 numbers to one of two major events (HDDVD dying in January and the actual introduction of BD at the end of 2006) is nonsense. The cause is mixed and nothing is "obvious."
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"...a 351-percent increase over Q1 2007. Obviously, the end of the format war is the biggest contributor..."
Not obvious at all. MUCH more obvious is the fact that in Jan 2007 there were only the initial PS3s available as players and the disc selection was minuscule. At the beginning of January 2007, HD DVD had a wide wide lead -- about to fall to the PS3, of course, but the to-date numbers were all HD DVD.
Now, if there are numbers showing BD up Q1 vs Q4 (or even close), then maybe. But attributing the Q1 vs Q1 numbers to one of two major events (HDDVD dying in January and the actual introduction of BD at the end of 2006) is nonsense. The cause is mixed and nothing is "obvious."