Andre Yoskowitz
26 Oct 2007 23:39
Home Media Magazine is reporting that for the week ending October 21st, Blu-ray squeaked out a victory in sales, a fact that would dispute Paramount's sales numbers for "Transformers."
The report says Blu-ray won the week by the thinnest of margins, 51% to 49%, but many expected HD DVD to dominate the week thanks to the large sales numbers reported by Paramount. The studio reported 190,000 units sold for the week but HMM says the number is closer to 120,000.
Paramount has stayed mum on the subject but regardless, HD DVD had its best showing against Blu-ray in over 9 months, despite the fact that Disney began offering a "buy one get one free" offer at select retailers including Best Buy.
Source:
HD Digest