Re: 90,000 HD DVD players sold in one weekend

This topic is becoming an unbeleivable mess. Bubbles is definately a Sony plant, no one else around here fights so hard for either format.

It is indeed common knowledge that Sony uses shipped numbers, not units sold at retail. The number is more impressive, and its been discussed many times over in gaming circles regarding what their numbers actually mean.

The only reason she's here fighting so hard is all of a sudden Bluray's numbers, even the fudged shipped numbers, aren't all that impressive anymore. If they were, they wouldn't be having a panic attack.

You know, I'm not going to bother linking because its easy for people to find THEMSELVES. I was checking every day thru the weekend and Amazon's top-100 electronics list had 2 Toshiba HD-DVD Players on the list, and 0 Bluray players and no PS3's either. But she'll come back and argue its all about the discs that have been sold so far. ... Which is what, about 1% of the total DVD market to begin with? Bluray and HDDVD sales are piddly, they can reverse in a single day if there is demand, AND obviously the rate HD DVD players are flying off the shelves is going to make that number change very quickly in the negative direction for the Bluray camp.

Jim Cochon,
What is the latest deal from Toshiba... Buy 1 get 10 free?

BluCanada:

Look at vgchartz. You will see that every console has sold more in the U.S. Including the PS3. Whats funny is that the PS3 sold more in the States vs. Japan.

Const. Wiggins.
That market you are addressing - aka the vast majority - would be better off with a 29 dollar dvd player that can play low grade divx files. Why bother?

You prove me right once again One-Cell

I'm not saying Japan IS the biggest I'm saying North America is NOT.

Asia as a whole is the biggest gaming market in the world... BAR NONE

MEMO to Disguiser:
Amazon is not the only place in the world items are sold

No Canadian, you said U.S.A., not N. America:

Quoted From BluCanada:
Hey One-Cellian,
USA largest market for games?!?!? Are you drunk?

To top it off, I was addressing bubblebathgirl's comments about Japan, not the whole land of Asia. )

[Post edited by Cellien on Nov 7, 2007]

BluCanada: So what? Your point being? My point is if Bubbles seems so intent on using all the amazon numbers in "her" favor, so can I. You guys are incredibly retarded at times.

Bubbles was using bluray stats or something like that.

Amazon is not all encompasing so I wouldn't personally quote them.

vgcharts covers all regions and all channels

Amoeba,
You constantly out do yourself.. You're right I said USA... But I EXTENDED it further to cover N.America.. I'll even go further and add all the Americas.. Asia wins!

[Post edited by BluCanada on Nov 7, 2007]