Consumers in the United States, Western Europe and Japan will purchase upwards of 100 million Blu-ray discs through the rest of 2009, Futuresource Consulting said in a statement.
Blu-ray has seen solid sales numbers in the United States, with unit shipments increasing 320 percent throughout 2008. The U.S. market is expected to control 80 percent of total disc sales in 2009, with the U.K. serving as the No. 2 Blu-ray content buyer this year, Futuresource Consulting predicts.
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"In the USA, BD has moved from early adopter phase through to early majority, with the format gaining real traction in the marketplace,” Futuresource Consulting analyst Mai Hoang said in a statement. "Last year in the US alone, BD video retail sales increased by a whopping 320% to 24 million units; and we’re going to see momentum continuing in 2009, with over 80 million disc sales forecast."
Blu-ray still is at the early adopter stage in Western Europe, but is continuing to grow as standalone Blu-ray players continue to lower in price — along with the Sony PlayStation 3 game console’s sales — as consumers learn more about the Sony-created format. Not surprisingly, the United Kingdom remains the largest market for Blu-ray movies in Western Europe, with 3.5 million Blu-ray discs shipped last year.
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I did a little digging around and came up with this from the same report and it makes a bit more sense to me now. I mean WTF- Blu-ray is simply NOT that popular and especially last year. Here is some more info from the report, that I read elsewhere:
Futuresource: 82% of Blu-ray discs are 'pipeline fill'
An analyst firm found that of the 200 million Blu-ray discs manufactured last year, only 18% were sold to consumers.
Worldwide production of Blu-ray Discs, however, was in excess of 200 million last year, and only 36 million sold. Futuresource Senior Consultant Michael Boreham says this overproduction is not a miscalculation in demand, but rather the act of "filling the pipeline," or pushing out product in anticipation of its future demand.
"There were concerns over how well the manufacturers would cope with the demands placed on them last year," said Boreham, "But as a result of good planning and excellent cooperation there were no problems in the busy fourth quarter. It's going to be interesting to see what happens this year, as we're not seeing the same level of investment in manufacturing equipment that we saw in the early days of DVD."
Only a company full of retards would go balls out with Blu-ray considering the global economy meltdown.
So, what I see is a HUGE gamble. What will the consumer do? Will they make the leap with all that is going on now? Or stick with DVD?
The good news? My opinion, from what I see going on around me- Hang tight and watch the price of Blu-ray movies drop like the Hindenburg. The "pipeline" is full and now they HAVE to move this crap and move it fast. There is gonna be some fire sales on BR players and movies, if so, THEN they will sell 100 million- or see a 400% + increase- because they will be going for 15 bucks a pop. I would not be surprised to see 100 dollar BR players too- That is my prediction!
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@Slayer: Of course it includes the giveaways...that's why they gave them away to boost "sales" figures. I would not be surprised if it included folks that picked up one by accident thinking it was a DVD or don't know that BR wont work on thier player and were returned and sold again, accounting for two sales. LOL
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its coming........soon.
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