http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/21/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-november/ Engadget HD Comments for Nielsen VideoScan High-Def market share for week ending November 16th, 2008 http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/21/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-november/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/21/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-november/
http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/21/dvd-sales-also-feeling-the-pinch-down-4-on-the-year/

I'm not sure how the numbers all shake out and I'm familiar
with how stats can sound all jazzy if you just look at the right numbers

but are DVD sales up or down?

I guess they're up from last week.... and that panda affect is awesome!
....as for the wall-e affect.... we'll have to wait and see....

if I get a kung-fu panda blu-ray for Chrismakuah I'm gonna be pissed!
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Interestingly I'm sure it'd help EHD/Warner's pro-Blu-ray agenda to get hold of figures that compare to last year's sales. They'll probably have to send money Nielsen's way though rather than just republish Home Media's take on them. Perhaps it's time for EHD to ask Warner for some of that Blu-ray promotion budget.
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My biggest beef with American Hollywood films is how in their pursuit of the biggest possible audience they've almost entirely stopped making films squarely aimed at adults in the 18+ market.

I think Sin City or Kill Bill were the last 18+'s I've seen and that's a fair while back.

Anyhoo.

$20 million this week might have been more impressive if it wasn't for the fact it's clearly a week that brought out the buyers (as the DVD number shows).
It's also undeniable that we are seeing all numbers firm up due to the approach of the holidays & X-Mas.

There will be 2 more big spikes (Batman TDK & Wanted) this year - but I suspect that overall the year will continue to underwhelm massively.
3 hooks to hang the format from this year simply isn't enough (the other being Iron Man).

We've just seen Warner publicly state that
“We think this is a do-or-die time for Blu-ray,” said Ron Sanders, president of Warner Home Video. “We must get it established as a favorite holiday item.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/business/21dvd.html?_r=2&hp

How bad must things be for them to talk like that publicly
(and very recently, note the article is dated 20th Nov)?
It's not exactly a vote of confidence to be talking publicly like that to the media.

Where's the evidence Blu-ray is "“established as a favorite holiday item”, anywhere?
Even the PS3 gang refuse to buy unless the movie is targeted precisely at them
(and even then, even with Nielsen's dodgy stats, those sales remain a short-lived blip compared to DVD - and the BDA are so obviously terrified of letting anyone know what 'legs' any title has as they refuse to allow 6mth or 12mth sales numbers to see the light of - public- day).

As for Warner? Anyone getting a sense of deja vu,?

Once we have this year end I don't hold much hope for the numbers doing much but taking a dive.
There are a couple of movies I can imagine selling well slated to appear (the new Terminator and new Star Trek, if they release them) but besides that?

The coming economic freeze is undoubtedly going to have it's way for some time starting straight after X-Mas.
Count on it.]]>Nov 22nd 2008 8:45AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/21/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-november/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/21/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-november/Nov 22nd 2008 2:43AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/21/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-november/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/21/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-november/Nov 22nd 2008 10:17AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/21/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-november/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/21/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-november/
I see Hancock Blu-ray's down as having a 25th Nov release date.

I wonder if we've been given next weeks numbers by mistake?

LOL

Caught out cheating on the (already 'funny' loaded) Nielson numbers.

Maybe they are corporate buys (a part of this tale which has yet to see the light of day) that have gone in a week too early?
I wonder if that means Hancock's numbers are going to be depressed from what they were supposed to have been when it is released?

Can you say manipulative cheats?]]>Nov 22nd 2008 12:02PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/21/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-november/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/21/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-november/Nov 22nd 2008 7:26PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/21/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-november/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/21/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-november/Nov 23rd 2008 2:57AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/21/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-november/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/21/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-november/
None of that strikes anyone as saying something (either way) about this?!

(spiza, mind none of that bile starts to choke you, eh?) ]]>Nov 23rd 2008 7:35AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/21/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-november/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/21/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-november/As you and many have pointed out, percentages can be deceiving. That chart indicates how many Blu-ray discs were sold compared to DVD. So if there was a private event and at that event 10 Blu-ray discs were sold and one DVD, it would be 90%. ]]>Nov 23rd 2008 9:46AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/21/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-november/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/21/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-november/
"None of that strikes anyone as saying something (either way) about this?!"
I don't even know where you are going with this. The demographic for the sale would have probably geared to peole who were tech nerds (I don't know didn't go to the local one here), and they are more likely to have blu-ray and care about an early release enough to go to best buy on a sunday night.

(spiza, mind none of that bile starts to choke you, eh?)
My first and second sentences were facts, and the third was about me laughing at what you post. There is no bile factor when I laugh. You should feel proud that you're entertaining.]]>Nov 23rd 2008 12:03PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/21/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-november/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/21/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-november/
spiza, I feel most humbled, highly gratified and deeply enriched knowing that I moved you to amusement on this occasion. ;)

(2d text on a screen can limit our meaning so badly, eh)]]>Nov 23rd 2008 1:16PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/21/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-november/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/11/21/nielsen-videoscan-high-def-market-share-for-week-ending-november/Nov 23rd 2008 6:03AM