NPD November Peripheral US Sales: 42k HD-DVD Addons Options

[Xbox-Scene]

NPD November Peripheral Sales: 42k HD-DVD Addons Posted by XanTium | December 14 15:51 EST

From gamasutra.com: [QUOTE] The second top selling peripheral for November was Microsoft's wireless controller for the Xbox 360, which sold 251,000 units in November in the U.S. Interestingly, the company's recently released HD-DVD add on for the Xbox 360, which allows console owners to watch movies released on the emerging high definition HD DVD disc format, only sold 42,000 units for the month. This compares rather poorly to sales of the PlayStation 3, which comes with competing Blu-ray drive as standard. The PS3 sold 197,000 units during its first month, and thus has theoretically created a much larger initial early adopter user base among gamers for the format, though admittedly it is far too early to declare any sort of victory for either side. [/QUOTE] Read More: gamasutra.com

[rasstar]

Not everyone cares about next gen video format and of course the PS3 will sell more.

[drabbit]

Now that has to be an article (or more like an advertisement) paid by Sony. Common, you can't compare the 2 in any way, maybe 10-20 % of people who bought a PS3 will really use it to watch HD movies compared to 100% of people that bought the HD-DVD addon will use it for movies. The PS3 is BluRay based because it's games are on BluRay discs. Now if the PS3 would have a regular DVD drive and the BluRay drive would be an addon, we could really compare the two and I'm sure the numbers would be alot lower.

That article is just full of it!!!

[bcforn64]

Wow, 100% of the PS3's 200,000 buyers bought bluray drives with their PS3s, while HDDVD drive sales only account for about 10% of the Xbox 360's 500,000 sales for the month of Novemeber. My statistics indicate that by a two and a half to one margin people do not care about high definition dvds. My statistics and assumptions are correct with a 93.765% certainty. I also assume the Xbox 360 is obviously the more sought out console this winter based on these sale figures, for me to believe anything else would require me to actually go outside every once and awhile.

This post has been edited by bcforn64: Dec 14 2006, 09:47 PM

[rasstar]

Now if the PS3 would have a regular DVD drive and the BluRay drive would be an addon, we could really compare the two and I'm sure the numbers would be alot lower.

That article is just full of it!!!

Good point. I still don't understand how these things become front page news.

This post has been edited by rasstar: Dec 14 2006, 09:46 PM

[nwo504]

does tht hdvdv player come with a free movie?

[DietWedge]

does tht hdvdv player come with a free movie?

It comes with the unit, King Kong and the Media Center Remote. Break it down and you're getting the HDDVD for about US$140.

[Brizzzer]

Actually, i'm not surprised with this. For the simple fact that when you buy the PS3 it forces your to get the blue-ray while if you buy a 360 its an option for HD-DVD. So that means 42,000 people in the US acually WANTED to buy the HD-DVD. I think that speaks louder than anything else.

Edit: 100th post!!!

This post has been edited by Brizzzer: Dec 14 2006, 10:07 PM

[heydricas]

yes, those 42000 users WANTED a HD-DVD, the 197000 PS3 users were FORCED TO BUY a Blu-Ray player along the console.

imagine if sony merge with mcdonald's they will force you to get with every meal a big mac, salad, super size fries and soda, a milkshake, cookies and coffee...


it's good to have the power to choose my add-ons

[rooter75]

Another, not so well written, article comparing apples to oranges! I'm tired of this stupid stuff.

This post has been edited by rooter75: Dec 14 2006, 10:24 PM

[Hoochster]

I must chime in as well, just for the fact of the matter. Of course, 1 being this is an XBOX site, so we are biased in our comments, but putting that aside, and repeating what everyone smart here has come to the assumption of, THESE ARE FREAKING GAME SYSTEMS. Why on earth would you force someone to buy a HD Movie format with a game system. At least Microsoft gives you that choice. And it is a great addon to compliment the product. But as mentioned, it is a choice. As said, definitely 42k of those XBOX users WANT the HD Format. Not the Blue Ray. As where the 200k PS3 users, have no clue what they want, but they do know they wanted a PS3 game system. The numbers are so irrelevant right now. The world is about Choice. And Microsoft for a change heh, gives us that choice.

Sorry for bringing up the same point over and over, it just really ticked me off. HEH!

[21cwSpanky]

Now I know i'm going to get flamed to hell for this, becuase, hey, it's an Xbox site.

But...

The point of the article was stating that the market has 4x as many blu-ray drives out as HD-DVD meaning that blu-ray might end up the dominant format due to the fact that alot more people have them, regardless of whether or not it came in a game console.

If your xbox came with a blu-ray would you go out and buy an HD-DVD player?

[Altima NEO]

Its hard to compare the two right now. Youve got people buying PS3 but are forced to have a BluRay player not necessarily because they want bluray, while people buying the HD-DVD addon obviously buy it because they want to watch HD DVD movies. Not to mention the PS3 numbers of how many units are actually OWNED by gamers, and not scalpers who put their PS3 up on Ebay/Craigslist, is probably not accurate.

[drabbit]

Now I know i'm going to get flamed to hell for this, becuase, hey, it's an Xbox site.

But...

The point of the article was stating that the market has 4x as many blu-ray drives out as HD-DVD meaning that blu-ray might end up the dominant format due to the fact that alot more people have them, regardless of whether or not it came in a game console.

If your xbox came with a blu-ray would you go out and buy an HD-DVD player?

No flaming here But I would not say that there are 4x more blu-ray drives out there. It's more like there are 4x more blu-ray drives attached to a gaming console. What you don't know is that there are about 10x more HD-DVD only players out there because they are easier to produce. there are also more HD-DVD movies out there for the same reason. Just check Amazon.com and you will see...

Edit, I stand corrected, the number of movies of each format available is pretty much the same as can be seen here... thedvdwars.com

This post has been edited by drabbit: Dec 15 2006, 12:33 AM

[Jonm888]

I would rather compare HD-DVD sales to Blu Ray sales. That is the real idea of what is going to be the more successful format.

Also the HD-DVD drive didn't come out until mid November. And some places, such as Amazon, actually are sold out of the accessory. So, it is really a biased article.