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Forecasting the future--or simply wishful thinking?

Posted by 4season on July 6, 2007 at 21:08:40:
Amazon's top-seller list suggests that same-title sales of HD DVDs routinely outsell their B-D counterparts, and I don't think customer confusion can entirely account for the ongoing disparity.

Playstation 3 appears to be the #1 selling high definition disk player in either format, and in theory, it should have already turned the tide in favor of Blu-Ray, but so far, it's "halo effect" has been surprisingly weak.

The Blu-Ray camp has come out with a free 5 B-D movie deal of their own, and there are rumors of a $100 mid-July price cut for PS/3. Weak "halo effect" or no, if Sony can sell enough of the things, it could put B-D over the top. But at the moment, this doesn't appear to be the reality, and there are no guarantees that it will become so, or that Sony can continue to afford to bleed cash with every PS/3 sale--we'll just have to wait and see, won't we?

Personally, I'm still sitting on the fence with regards to my own Playstation 3 purchase.