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Japan PS3 launched 88,000 PS3
Japanese sold out of 88,000 PS3.
US planned launch has 400,000 units on Nov 17. I guess its safe to say that in 1 weeks time, the number Blu-Ray playback devices would equal the number of HD DVD devices. And by the end of the year, the numbers will heavily favor Blu-Ray.
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11-13-2006, 12:09 PM
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Re: Japan PS3 launched 88,000 PS3
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Japanese sold out of 88,000 PS3.
US planned launch has 400,000 units on Nov 17. I guess its safe to say that in 1 weeks time, the number Blu-Ray playback devices would equal the number of HD DVD devices. And by the end of the year, the numbers will heavily favor Blu-Ray. |
Completly depends on how well the MS HD-DVD add-on sells, and if supply can keep up with current high demand. It could very easily be a draw.
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11-13-2006, 12:13 PM
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austan nguyen
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Re: Japan PS3 launched 88,000 PS3
With XBOX360 external HD DVD players selling so well, is it also safe to assume that Gamers will have an impact on the "Format War"?
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11-13-2006, 12:25 PM
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Re: Japan PS3 launched 88,000 PS3
This is an industry that counts MILLIONS in installed base. I don't see how these numbers are going to drive much either way. So gamers will certainly be a large part of the early adopters...but that's it.
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11-13-2006, 12:48 PM
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Re: Japan PS3 launched 88,000 PS3
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This is an industry that counts MILLIONS in installed base. I don't see how these numbers are going to drive much either way. So gamers will certainly be a large part of the early adopters...but that's it.
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Considering it took almost two years for DVD player sales in the US to hit a million, and three years to hit 5 Million, I think, with both HD and BD likly to be near 1 Million + after only 9 months is pretty darn good. It is certainly numbers in boths camps that the exclusive studios will be looking at very carefully.
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11-13-2006, 01:19 PM
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Re: Japan PS3 launched 88,000 PS3
There is some overlap in numbers...and DVD was a niche format until well after the two year mark. Remember waiting for Fox, Paramount, and Disney to START releasing DVDs? I do  |
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11-13-2006, 01:35 PM
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There is some overlap in numbers...and DVD was a niche format until well after the two year mark. Remember waiting for Fox, Paramount, and Disney to START releasing DVDs? I do |
Seems to be no different with HD or BD.
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11-13-2006, 02:16 PM
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Re: Japan PS3 launched 88,000 PS3
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I guess its safe to say that in 1 weeks time, the number Blu-Ray playback devices would equal the number of HD DVD devices. And by the end of the year, the numbers will heavily favor Blu-Ray.
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The big question is how the numbers will shake out in terms of devices actually used as BD playback devices. Everyone who buys an XBox 360 HD-DVD drive is presumably using it for that purpose; how many will use their PS3 for that beyond the included Talledega Nights disc is a pretty big wild card.
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11-13-2006, 04:31 PM
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Re: Japan PS3 launched 88,000 PS3
What remains to be seen is how many of the PS3 owners will be putting out money for BD movies, I'm sure a good number of the people with the system dont have HD sets and others are going to save all their money for games vs movies.
It appears that the external 360s HD-DVD player has been setup successfully on a PC (see thread I posted in the HD-DVD section). This could be the be the new hot item for HTPC users. 2007 is definitely going to be an interesting year.
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11-13-2006, 05:43 PM
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Re: Japan PS3 launched 88,000 PS3
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Completly depends on how well the MS HD-DVD add-on sells, and if supply can keep up with current high demand. It could very easily be a draw.
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what was last know numbers of HD-DVDs ? 50.000 ? 80.000?
somewhere I read that they want to be close to 100.000 before end of the year, can they do that ? Do Toshiba have enough power to produce them ?
at the end yes, it could be draw..........., depend how many more PS3s will SONY ship before the end of year. Last estimate from them was about 1mil.
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