Blu-ray Disc Among Top Selling DVDs at Amazon

An anonymous reader writes "In a milestone for the next-gen disc format, the Blu-ray edition of 'Casino Royale' cracked the top ten on Amazon's DVD top sellers list upon its release Tuesday, peaking late in the evening at #8. Of course, the two-disc standard-def DVD still topped the chart at #1, but a strong showing for Blu-ray regardless."

Now we just need...

[eviloverlordx]

...the ob Sony bashing posts complaining that it's a failure because it didn't beat the DVD release.

3 Titles in top 100

[MightyYar]

Well, since there are a total of 3 Blu-Ray titles in the top 100, forgive me for seeing this as a desperate pent-up demand for new titles.

heh

[smoondog]

I think a lot of customers are going to be disappointed when their purchase doesn't play in their dvd player.

whats the numbers

[VEGETA_GT]

If you can't tell me how many of these actualy sold then I am not interested. Was it 40 DVD's for #1 and 10 for #8 which means very little in the end. Or was it 10,000 for #1 and 8000 for number #8 spot. Knowing a standing in a chart means extreamly little unless you can give me the actual numbers sold.

also would like to point out that Blue Ray DVD's are much harder to find compared to standard DVD's that are even for sale in the local 7-11 including Casino Royale. This point could explain why it was bought more on amazon, as I can get the standard DVD any ware, but the blue ray and HD-DVD for that matter, are harder to find so would increase sales on things like amazon easily.

and yes this has been beaten to death point, but again more people have blue ray for the simple fact that its stock in PS3, not because a lot of people have bought specific players. From the numbers there is more stock HD-DVD players sold over stock Blue-Ray players. I just hope Sony realizes they need to avoid the fate of there Beta and actulay allow others to make Blue-Ray players, then they are in a position to actully win out.

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[patio11]

My mother things BlueRay is a "new brand of DVD player, right?" I'd hate to be Amazon's customer service department explaining to people that they need to read carefully because the new Bond requires a new gadget to be able to play. Maybe if you beat somebody in a high-stakes poker game you'll be able to afford a BlueRay player... or at least the cable for one, which is a start.

Re:Now we just need...

[OldeTimeGeek]

That's somewhat akin to saying that CDs were a failure because they didn't sell as well as LPs when just a few people had CD players.

Re:Price comparison: $15.99 vs $27.99

[flynt]

And at that price, who can afford more than the occasional purchase?

The same people who can afford a PS3 or other device to play them in, and a TV that can take advantage of it?

but Blu-Ray isn't DVD

[58797A7A79]

...but.. Blu-Ray isn't DVD. Blu-Ray is Blu-Ray. Just like DVD isn't CD, it's DVD. That's like saying that this USB pen drive is the best CD-ROM format thus far.

Re:Now we just need...

[CastrTroy]

Not only that, look at the stuff that's in the top 20 [amazon.com]. 2 versions of borat, 3 versions of Casino royale (including the Blu-Ray), Some diet DVD, The James Bond Box Set (I really can't see that selling to many copies at $180), and few other movies that look good, but not extraordinary. What are the actual sales numbers for Casino Royale BluRay, because it doesn't seem like it's beating anything taht I would expect to see selling more.

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Re:Message to HD DVD Camp

[vertinox]

Where is your pr0n to save you now?

What? The ones being seeded or the ones in queue to download?

Seriously, I don't think porn is an issue these days because you can just download it for free or very easily for a small fee at certain sites.

People don't want to go into shady stores to buy porn if they don't want to.

However, I personally believe digital downloads will defeat both BluRay and HDDVD if given the chance by a major corporation.

Re:but Blu-Ray isn't DVD

[jfengel]

But it does show that there is some demand for Blu-Ray discs (or at least, people who think they want one; let's see how many are returned once people realize they can't play them in a standard DVD player).

If it is real, then it shows that format shift from DVD to one or the other format may actually happen. That wasn't a foregone conclusion. Reading previous Slashdot discussions you get the impression that nobody was interested in the new features, especially not at the cost of having to put up with a new DRM format.

I don't think this necessarily shows that Blu-Ray will beat out HD-DVD; both formats are just starting. But if significant numbers of copies are sold of either format, it means that the whole concept isn't necessarily DOA.

Re:That is indeed a really nice ranking

[aadvancedGIR]

1-Apparently, this movie, being THE release of the week, sells more in its BR version than all the other high def disks combined, at least today.
2-This movie seems to be available only in DVD, BR and UMD, so imagine "300" or another very big hit is released only in DVD and HD-DVD because it comes from an anti-Sony studio (I don't know for "300", and I don't care, it is simply for the example), will we see the same kind of article the other way around in a couple of mounthes?

Re:finally!

[soft_guy]

No. That's a terrible analogy. Simply being ahead in a format war helps you to get further ahead, since more players on the market encourage production of more media and more media in existance encourages more people to buy players. A footrace has no such positive feedback loop.

You are exactly right. In order for HD-DVD to win, something has to happen to change the dynamic. For example, much cheaper (than Blue Ray) HD-DVD players, or some super-hot movie(s) coming out exclusive for HD-DVD might change things. But if things keep going like they are going, then Blue Ray will win.

Re:Now we just need...

[nuzak]

FACTS prove that humans are a failure. If they weren't, there would be more humans than insects.