Nielsen VideoScan have today revealed that the Blu-ray DVD’s are outselling the HD-DVD’s by a margin of 2 to 1. The figures are the sum total of various websites and retail shop sales since early January.
Saying that the HD-DVD still leads in overall sales but the margin has been cut from 14% right down to 7% and if the current trend continues Blu-Ray will take the lead within the next couple of months. The main reason behind this explosion of Blu-Ray DVD sales is of course the release of the PS3 and it seems for now the future looks bright for not only the Blu-Ray but also the HD-DVD.
The main question being can Sony and Blu-Ray keep it up? The UMD sales started of very brightly and now retailers refuse to sell them, even in the old betamac days it had a prosperous start but it of course ended in failure, PS3 fans are hoping that won’t be the case third time around.
