Why would anyone doubt the reliability of the numbers? Taken in context they make sense. Some weeks the movie theaters do a huge amount of business and other weeks they do crap. BD sales are an exact parallel. When there's a release that people care about, they buy it. When there isn't, they don't. I don't see the week-to-week swings as any kind of indicator of the strength of BD sales. The biggest thing is to look at the sales dollars and the growth over a much longer period of time.
I don't think people need to read too much into the numbers about making a business decision. Blu-Ray is the future of disc sales. Its not going to fail, but it may never be as big as DVD was.
Just look at the numbers, even on a down week it sold over 10 million in this bad economy. Prices will fall, people will buy, Blu is no longer a fad, its mainstream.
P.S. just read that Sin City is coming to Blu in April... that is going to be a great day.
These numbers are based on a very short period and should be taken for what they are. The numbers for DVD also swing a lot, I'm sure (hope) that people that make buissness decisions make them on longer term figures.
However, the long term facts are simply, whether some people like it or not, that BD is doing quite okay...so far. It is actually quite astonishing that BD is doing as well as it is giving the state of the global economy.
One point worthy of making is perhaps also that these figures are for the US only so they are not really representative globally. Okay, I know this is going to get a bit of flame, but that is the way it is.
umm, just take a look at the past 2 weeks weather. The week prior was subject to heavy snow storms in the midwest and some areas on the east coast. This more recent past week was cold in many areas, but less severe weather.
combine that with a few better new titles, there was a significant jump in sales. New TItles: Max Payne and Saw V probably helped a little driving more sales. as did nice sale pricing at some chains like Best Buy.
The numbers keep swinging because Blu is very volatile and sensitive to titles. Sales will still be on average quite low in the first half of the year with spikes around March and June because that's the trend that happens every year. Demand only really picks up for holiday seasons.
People read far too much into individual weeks. The trend is generally upwards but seasonal demand plus weekly fluctuations means the % share will be bouncing all over the place with some drop in demand to be expected around this time of year.
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down 43% last week, up 48% this week and people managed to spend $5million more on blu vs the previous week?
How long can the numbers keep swinging like this and still keep people's attention. Too many and people may start doubting their reliability.
I'm glad this is just blog fodder for me, but I feel sorry for the people that are trying to make real business decisions based on these numbers.
Why would anyone doubt the reliability of the numbers? Taken in context they make sense. Some weeks the movie theaters do a huge amount of business and other weeks they do crap. BD sales are an exact parallel. When there's a release that people care about, they buy it. When there isn't, they don't. I don't see the week-to-week swings as any kind of indicator of the strength of BD sales. The biggest thing is to look at the sales dollars and the growth over a much longer period of time.
I don't think people need to read too much into the numbers about making a business decision. Blu-Ray is the future of disc sales. Its not going to fail, but it may never be as big as DVD was.
Just look at the numbers, even on a down week it sold over 10 million in this bad economy. Prices will fall, people will buy, Blu is no longer a fad, its mainstream.
P.S. just read that Sin City is coming to Blu in April... that is going to be a great day.
These numbers are based on a very short period and should be taken for what they are. The numbers for DVD also swing a lot, I'm sure (hope) that people that make buissness decisions make them on longer term figures.
However, the long term facts are simply, whether some people like it or not, that BD is doing quite okay...so far. It is actually quite astonishing that BD is doing as well as it is giving the state of the global economy.
One point worthy of making is perhaps also that these figures are for the US only so they are not really representative globally. Okay, I know this is going to get a bit of flame, but that is the way it is.
umm, just take a look at the past 2 weeks weather. The week prior was subject to heavy snow storms in the midwest and some areas on the east coast. This more recent past week was cold in many areas, but less severe weather.
combine that with a few better new titles, there was a significant jump in sales. New TItles: Max Payne and Saw V probably helped a little driving more sales. as did nice sale pricing at some chains like Best Buy.
The numbers keep swinging because Blu is very volatile and sensitive to titles. Sales will still be on average quite low in the first half of the year with spikes around March and June because that's the trend that happens every year. Demand only really picks up for holiday seasons.
People read far too much into individual weeks. The trend is generally upwards but seasonal demand plus weekly fluctuations means the % share will be bouncing all over the place with some drop in demand to be expected around this time of year.
The stats are so volitile because they are based on such small actual numbers.
200% more of only 4 sales is not exactly moving mountains.