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Can Sony Dig the PS3 Out of a Rut?

@jman
First please re read my post just in case you don't want to i will copy and paste. "No Digital downloads is not the future and will not replace DVD or Blu-ray." People will always want a hard copy of movies. There was a study put out and do you now what it found? I will let you know that over 70% of all people that download songs or movies have the exact copy at home on DVD, CD, Blu-Ray, or HDVD.

By the time that USA even gets to true Broadband Japan and other countries will already have better options. Japan in May 2008 tested satellite service that can get 1.2 gigabits per second. We here in the USA are still classifying 256Kbps as broadband. The United States continues to fall behind in broadband adoption, ranking 15th among 30 OECD nations according to the latest installment of the
organization’s semiannual (April 2007) survey of broadband subscriber ship. This same study and finding showed that we will fall further back.

Here are some things you might want to know.
New surveys shows Blu-ray expanding On June 3, the NPD Group released the results of their latest study:
--Almost 4 million HDTV owners said they plan to buy a BD-capable player in the next six months.
--Consumers who purchased a BD set-top player cited "leading-edge technology" and a "superior viewing experience" as primary reasons for making the purchase.

According to a Sony Computer Entertainment American Internal Data survey of close to 3,000 PS3 owners in May 2008,

--Approximately 52 percent said they plan to purchase six or more BD titles over the next year.
--Approximately 50 percent prefer to exclusively purchase or rent movies in BD format, even if they have to wait longer for the title release.
--Over 40 percent report increased movie viewing since the purchase of their PS3.

According to Redhill Group for Home Media Magazine surveys,
--Blu-ray disc software sales in the U.S. have exceeded the 11 million mark.
--Blu-ray disc software sold for the first quarter of 2008 were more than 4.5 times the amount sold the same period in 2007.
--In the first quarter of 2007, Blu-ray disc sales for day-and-date titles represented only 1.7 percent of the total sales for the top 10 selling titles compared to the DVD version. For 2008 that number has increased to 14.3 percent.

The Blu-ray Disc Association announced that there are approximately six million Blu-ray capable machines in the hands of consumers now, with more than 80 Blu-ray options on the market for consumers to choose from: 12 PC drives, 40 PC options, 14 stand-alone players, the PS3, and 13 players announced to appear before year's end.

According to Home Media Research compiled by the Redhill Group, it appears that Blu-ray sales are actually quite solid for the year, and up 300 percent year-on-year from 2007.
The research says that Blu-ray movies are selling at about 1.14 million per month on average for the year. The combined total for 2006 and 2007 was about 6 million discs sold. So 12months x 1.14million per month =13.68 for the year that means the more than double the 2006 and 2007 total.

According to Home Media Magazine's own figures, in the optical video disc market, DVD still has a 95 percent share vs. Blu-ray's 5 percent. By comparison, high-def percentages during the height of the format war rarely topped 2 to 3 percent of sales. This little nugget of info was in the artical were hey were blasting Blu-Ray sales. So during all of 2006 and 2007 when there was 2 choices high def sold only 2-3% of movies vs standard def but since the end of War in Middle Feb of this year High def now makes up 5% of the movie sells hmm a 2% increase in 6 months.

In response to Sony doing Digital Downloads. Sony Pictures is one of the world's largest media conglomerates with revenue of US$88.7 billion per year. Yeah um i think there in the business of selling movies and making money of those films if thats by downloads, dvds, blu-ray, etc. Come on do you really think there going to throw away a chance to make money off people.

Can Sony Dig the PS3 Out of a Rut?

@jman

No Digital downloads is not the future and will not replace DVD or Blu-ray.
This comes from PC World, FCC, and Gartner study.
By 2012 only 77% of U.S. households will have broadband Internet subscription. Just over half of U.S. households currently subscribe to broadband Internet services. Just on a side note Broadband is defined as 256Kbps in the US (and that people is not true broadband).