A billion dollar market only one console is a part of.

Over the course of this system War, the debate about Blu Ray has raged on from all sides. While its impact on games might be evident by more PS3 exclusives being nominated for Best Graphics awards than other console exclusives, one thing is certain, the Blu-Ray movie industry is now a billion dollar market that only one console is apart of.

In 2009 consumers spent $1,500,000,000.00ish on Blu Ray products. Software sales are up 70%, rental sales are up 48%. In contrast, digital distribution was up only 32%; and, because DVD's continue to do so poorly total annual spending on DVD's and Blu-Rays combined was down 13%. Roughly $500,000,000.00 was spent on blu-ray titles in the fourth quarter alone, which accounted for 13.4% of all sell-through sales. Also, 17 million households now have a blu-ray player which is up 76% over 2008.

As blu-ray continues to take away market share from DVD, the PS3 will continue to look like the best choice for someone wanting a game console that is capable of playing the best movies on the market. As a owner of over 70 blu ray titles, I am not surprised to see the PS3's popularity grow month by month. These figures tell us a couple of things. Most importantly, Blu-ray will be staying around for awhile so don't be surprised if the next generation of consoles have blu-ray drives. Secondly, it proves to us that people are willing to pay more for a higher quality product, even when the economy is horrible. Lastly, as stated above, the PS3 is the only console that is apart of a billion dollar plus market and that may be the deciding factor of who comes out on top in 2010.

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It means I use my PS3 as a blu-ray player instead of a gaming machine...

PC is also part of that billion dollar market.ferret-gamer

That seems a bit irrelevant to the topic. The title of the thread, after all, is definitely "A billion dollar market only one CONSOLE is a part of."

It means I use my PS3 as a blu-ray player instead of a gaming machine...

bad_fur_day

As far as the movie industry is concerned, I think the PS3 is pretty irrelevant anymore. Nobody is buying a PS3 just for the Blu-Ray capabilities; there are much cheaper stand-alone units on the market now.jalexbrown

Putting Blu-ray into the PS3 is definitely starting to pay off for Sony.

Doesn't matter to me though. The only Blu-ray I have so far is the Ricky Bobby that came with my PS3 :P

[QUOTE="jalexbrown"]As far as the movie industry is concerned, I think the PS3 is pretty irrelevant anymore. Nobody is buying a PS3 just for the Blu-Ray capabilities; there are much cheaper stand-alone units on the market now.Cait__Sith

Putting Blu-ray into the PS3 is definitely starting to pay off for Sony.

Doesn't matter to me though. The only Blu-ray I have so far is the Ricky Bobby that came with my PS3 :P

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"]PC is also part of that billion dollar market.Assassin_87

That seems a bit irrelevant to the topic. The title of the thread, after all, is definitely "A billion dollar market only one CONSOLE is a part of."

PC is also part of that billion dollar market.ferret-gamer

Putting Blu-ray into the PS3 is definitely starting to pay off for Sony.

Doesn't matter to me though. The only Blu-ray I have so far is the Ricky Bobby that came with my PS3 :P

Juken7

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"]PC is also part of that billion dollar market.Assassin_87

That seems a bit irrelevant to the topic. The title of the thread, after all, is definitely "A billion dollar market only one CONSOLE is a part of."

PC is also part of that billion dollar market.ferret-gamer

I'm actually surprised Microsoft hasn't released an Blu-ray player add-on yet like they did with HD-DVD.Stevo_the_gamer

i could imagine those blockheads pissed off for purchasing an overpriced add-on for nothing. LMAO.

I'm actually surprised Microsoft hasn't released an Blu-ray player add-on yet like they did with HD-DVD.Stevo_the_gamer

Yet, that one console manufacturer sacrificed their dominance in the gaming industry to capture that movie market. So what is this, a demonstration of self-ownage?

I think people who use their PCs to view blu-ray films are a severe minority among an emerging group of mainstream adopters into blu-ray and HDTV entertainment.Brainhunter

You would be surprised, I've seen several laptops advertised on TV with Blu-ray disk drives.

That and my PC has a Blu-ray disk drive.

It means I use my PS3 as a blu-ray player instead of a gaming machine...

bad_fur_day

I'm actually surprised Microsoft hasn't released an Blu-ray player add-on yet like they did with HD-DVD.Stevo_the_gamer

Considering that the WiFi adapter is 100 bucks, blu-ray add-on would cost as much as a regular priced standalone player itself.

I dont see it that way. I dont see BluRay doing that well. I know because some article written by someone who doesnt live the way 90% of the world lives from a site where the peopel who run said site dont live the way 90% of the world population lives it must be true. No I dont buy it either. Its all misconstrewed truths (lies) made up by people who dont kno how things really are. We are still in a depression people, people dont have money for HDTVs and BR movies and players. Most people I know still use DVDs or illegaly download movies. I dont see alot of HDTVs and BR players in the houses of people I know. I was just in walmart a year ago, they were still selling SDTVs and people were buying them up left and right even though they had HDTVs onsale. Everyone who knows anything knows BluRay is the 21st centuries equivalent of laserdisc. Laserdisc existed side by side with VHS even though it was a superior format, it just never caught on. Thats what will happen with bluray, that is whats happening.

I dont see it that way. I dont see BluRay doing that well. I know because some article written by someone who doesnt live the way 90% of the world lives from a site where the peopel who run said site dont live the way 90% of the world population lives it must be true. No I dont buy it either. Its all misconstrewed truths (lies) made up by people who dont kno how things really are. We are still in a depression people, people dont have money for HDTVs and BR movies and players. Most people I know still use DVDs or illegaly download movies. I dont see alot of HDTVs and BR players in the houses of people I know. I was just in walmart a year ago, they were still selling SDTVs and people were buying them up left and right even though they had HDTVs onsale. Everyone who knows anything knows BluRay is the 21st centuries equivalent of laserdisc. Laserdisc existed side by side with VHS even though it was a superior format, it just never caught on. Thats what will happen with bluray, that is whats happening.

wulfshelmut

uhh blu ray came out in 2006, xbox 2005, I don't hink MS had a choice. Wiiis aimmed at casuals and blu ray raises price. Nintendo wanted to keep prices down. don't worry next gen all three will have blu ray cause it'll be cheaper. mayceV

[QUOTE="mayceV"]uhh blu ray came out in 2006, xbox 2005, I don't hink MS had a choice. Wiiis aimmed at casuals and blu ray raises price. Nintendo wanted to keep prices down. don't worry next gen all three will have blu ray cause it'll be cheaper. Jrfanfreak88

Nope, HDDVD wasn't really full-fledge until 2006. It's only natural for competitors of something like Blu-Ray to join sides with the competition, HDDVD and Toshiba.

And I doubt suddenly changing all consoles to an internal HDDVD drive would have been smart: 1. They already sold DVD Xbox's 2. Who knows how much extra it would cost to produce something on a dead format.

Their choice now is digital distribution, if you haven't noticed.

uhh blu ray came out in 2006, xbox 2005, I don't hink MS had a choice. Wiiis aimmed at casuals and blu ray raises price. Nintendo wanted to keep prices down. don't worry next gen all three will have blu ray cause it'll be cheaper. mayceV

And Blu-Ray technology has been around since 1998, HDDVD used the same thing, but a different size of laser, same color.

Blu-Ray in disc form was 2003. HDDVD was about 2006, in Toshiba's efforts to do something more viable. In that I mean they had HDDVD players and prices down to DVD 2 years before Blu-Ray came close.

And after speculation, apparently movie companies were paid off to use Blu-Ray, but I can't give full proof on that, so don't buy into it directly.

When I read that title I was expecting a thread about the Wii and the fitness industry.

[QUOTE="mayceV"]uhh blu ray came out in 2006, xbox 2005, I don't hink MS had a choice. Wiiis aimmed at casuals and blu ray raises price. Nintendo wanted to keep prices down. don't worry next gen all three will have blu ray cause it'll be cheaper. HavocV3

And Blu-Ray technology has been around since 1998, HDDVD used the same thing, but a different size of laser, same color.

Blu-Ray in disc form was 2003. HDDVD was about 2006, in Toshiba's efforts to do something more viable. In that I mean they had HDDVD players and prices down to DVD 2 years before Blu-Ray came close.

And after speculation, apparently movie companies were paid off to use Blu-Ray, but I can't give full proof on that, so don't buy into it directly.

I dont see it that way. I dont see BluRay doing that well. I know because some article written by someone who doesnt live the way 90% of the world lives from a site where the peopel who run said site dont live the way 90% of the world population lives it must be true. No I dont buy it either. Its all misconstrewed truths (lies) made up by people who dont kno how things really are. We are still in a depression people, people dont have money for HDTVs and BR movies and players. Most people I know still use DVDs or illegaly download movies. I dont see alot of HDTVs and BR players in the houses of people I know. I was just in walmart a year ago, they were still selling SDTVs and people were buying them up left and right even though they had HDTVs onsale. Everyone who knows anything knows BluRay is the 21st centuries equivalent of laserdisc. Laserdisc existed side by side with VHS even though it was a superior format, it just never caught on. Thats what will happen with bluray, that is whats happening.

wulfshelmut

[QUOTE="Jrfanfreak88"][QUOTE="mayceV"]uhh blu ray came out in 2006, xbox 2005, I don't hink MS had a choice. Wiiis aimmed at casuals and blu ray raises price. Nintendo wanted to keep prices down. don't worry next gen all three will have blu ray cause it'll be cheaper. HavocV3

Nope, HDDVD wasn't really full-fledge until 2006. It's only natural for competitors of something like Blu-Ray to join sides with the competition, HDDVD and Toshiba.

And I doubt suddenly changing all consoles to an internal HDDVD drive would have been smart: 1. They already sold DVD Xbox's 2. Who knows how much extra it would cost to produce something on a dead format.

Their choice now is digital distribution, if you haven't noticed.

[QUOTE="bad_fur_day"]

It means I use my PS3 as a blu-ray player instead of a gaming machine...

Dead-Memories

Because no one used their PS2 for games.

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"]PC is also part of that billion dollar market.Jrfanfreak88

I buy consoles to play games i don`t really care if it plays movies or not.

PC is also part of that billion dollar market.ferret-gamer

I think there are some 6.5 billion people in the world and 304 million in the US alone. There are a measly 17 million households with a Blu-Ray player. Even if you account for PS3's your still not even scratching the surface of the number of people in the world. Firelore29

I thought it was going to be "casual gamers".

I'm actually surprised Microsoft hasn't released an Blu-ray player add-on yet like they did with HD-DVD.Stevo_the_gamer

When I read that title I was expecting a thread about the Wii and the fitness industry.

DaBrainz

same here