So it turns out I was wrong, it's not 4.25% it's 4.45%. Apologies.
But the point & general idea stands.
Forget the laughably delusional BS about 12%, 13%, 20%, 25% or 30%.
Unless you see everything Blu-ray did this year (including matching the to-date record Iron Man and Batman TDK sales numbers) you aren't likely to see much more 5%.
The fanboys element can fool themselves as much as they like but Blu-ray has absolutely not taken off this year and anything significant happening in 2009 (thanks to the coming recession - bye bye Circuit City, you are merely the 1st to go in 09) is very much doubtful.
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Sure, it was carried here on EngadgetHD afterall - despite a years worth of weekly Nielson 12%+ BS.
"Blu-ray software shipments grew ......to 63.2 million units in 2008, from 18 million units in 2007, DEG said.
DVD shipments also were down during the year, declining to 1.4 billion units, an almost 15% drop from 2007 unit shipments
http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/01/08/blu-ray-moved-63-2-million-units-in-2008
http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6627437.html?nid=3511
The actual release from DEG says DVD sold 1.407 billion to Blu-ray's 63.154 million
http://www.dvdinformation.com/News/press/CES2009yearEnd.htm
So it turns out I was wrong, it's not 4.25% it's 4.45%. Apologies.
But the point & general idea stands.
Forget the laughably delusional BS about 12%, 13%, 20%, 25% or 30%.
Unless you see everything Blu-ray did this year (including matching the to-date record Iron Man and Batman TDK sales numbers) you aren't likely to see much more 5%.
The fanboys element can fool themselves as much as they like but Blu-ray has absolutely not taken off this year and anything significant happening in 2009 (thanks to the coming recession - bye bye Circuit City, you are merely the 1st to go in 09) is very much doubtful.