This pretty much wipes out the gains made in the last three weeks.
Poor releases have nothing to do with this. It's not as if DVD is getting releases of major titles that Blu-ray isn't. Blu-ray sales should be growing against DVD sales, period. It should be growing because the proportion of Blu-ray players is growing, and because new Blu-ray owners should be buying titles to replace old DVDs. Hell, I'm still buying HD DVDs and there hasn't been a new release in months (and probably will not be until Trainspotting and Shallow Grave later this year.)
The studios have to make Blu-ray more compelling than it is. I don't think they're doing that. I don't think "Same as DVD, only with higher quality but slightly less chance of actually working on your legitimate player" is a good strategy, even if the Blurons don't have a problem with it.
Actually the reason is very obviously poor titles. The last few weeks have been trash. When blu ray gets good titles the sales spike in the other direction.
Poor titles have nothing to do with this. It's not as if DVD is getting releases of major titles that Blu-ray isn't. Blu-ray sales should be growing against DVD sales, period. It should be growing because the proportion of Blu-ray players is growing, and because new Blu-ray owners should be buying titles to replace old DVDs. Hell, I'm still buying HD DVDs and there hasn't been a new release in months (and probably will not be until Trainspotting and Shallow Grave later this year.)
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This pretty much wipes out the gains made in the last three weeks.
Poor releases have nothing to do with this. It's not as if DVD is getting releases of major titles that Blu-ray isn't. Blu-ray sales should be growing against DVD sales, period. It should be growing because the proportion of Blu-ray players is growing, and because new Blu-ray owners should be buying titles to replace old DVDs. Hell, I'm still buying HD DVDs and there hasn't been a new release in months (and probably will not be until Trainspotting and Shallow Grave later this year.)
The studios have to make Blu-ray more compelling than it is. I don't think they're doing that. I don't think "Same as DVD, only with higher quality but slightly less chance of actually working on your legitimate player" is a good strategy, even if the Blurons don't have a problem with it.
Actually the reason is very obviously poor titles. The last few weeks have been trash. When blu ray gets good titles the sales spike in the other direction.
Poor titles have nothing to do with this. It's not as if DVD is getting releases of major titles that Blu-ray isn't. Blu-ray sales should be growing against DVD sales, period. It should be growing because the proportion of Blu-ray players is growing, and because new Blu-ray owners should be buying titles to replace old DVDs. Hell, I'm still buying HD DVDs and there hasn't been a new release in months (and probably will not be until Trainspotting and Shallow Grave later this year.)