Rich Fiscus
3 Dec 2007 17:26
According to the Blu-ray Association, as of the end of Black Friday (November 24th) the total number of Blu-ray playrs sold reach 2.7 million.
As with most announcements of this kind from either camp in the next-gen video format war, there's an aspect to the Blu-ray numbers that will be loudly and vehemently disputed by their opponents in the HD DVD camp. Like the figures released in the past these include each PS3 as a standalone Blu-ray player. While there are certainly some people buying PS3 consoles for their Blu-ray playback and others who have taken advantage of it despite buying the unit only for gaming, but what percentage of the PS3 owners fall into either category is anyone's guess.
Despite that, it does appear that if there was a winner between Blu-ray and HD DVD on Black Friday it was probably Blu-ray. Despite significantly lower prices for players, HD DVD movies were outsold nearly 3:1 by Blu-ray on the day after Thanksgiving.
Source: Video Business