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As of Wednesday morning I see that the top sellers in Amazon's DVD list includes:
2 300 DVD
3 Planet Earth DVD
6 300 Blu-Ray
10 300 HD DVD
14 Fifth Element Blu-Ray (remastered)
16 Planet Earth HD DVD
17 Planet Earth Blu-Ray
54 Resident Evil Apocalypse Blu-Ray
And on the video game bestseller list:
1 Sony Playstation 3
2 Nintendo Wii
4 Sony PS/3 DVD remote
5 Sony PS/2 console (silver)
6 Sony PS/2 console (black)
7 Sony PS/3 contro1ler
Looks like "Planet Earth" has lost a bit of traction overall, but it's been near the top of Amazon's charts in all formats for weeks. Generally, the DVD version is by far the best seller, followed by HD DVD, with Blu-Ray not far behind.
I'm not familiar with the movie "300", but coworkers of mine are eagerly awaiting it. As with "Planet Earth", regular and high-definition formats are being released simultaneously, and maybe as a result, preorders for both Blu-Ray and HD DVD versions also look decent.
The remastered "Fifth Element" Blu-Ray was just released a day or two ago, and it looks like some folks were waiting for it.
Amazon's giveaway of Resident Evil Apocalypse with the purchase of a Playstation 3 has apparently ended, and sales of the movie dropped rapidly as a result. Not sure why it's still on the charts at all.
On the video game charts:
Playstation 3 is selling! It looks like, for the moment, the price reduction has released pent-up demand for this pricey console. But the #2 ranking of Nintendo's Wii is deceptive, because most Amazon visitors are not seeing the Wii listed at it's usual $249 price, but at $399. And sales of Nintendo's DS are broken down by color, and would appear much stronger if all DS sales were combined.
Whoops, got to run, more on this later
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Judging from it's long stay (in all formats!) on the bestseller list, it looks like lots of folks expect the BBC series "Planet Earth" to have lasting appeal as part of their video collection, and releasing the regular and high-def versions simultaneously looks like a smart move.
Although action/adventure movies are well-represented in high def formats, and Blu-Ray in particular, they usually don't seem to remain on the bestseller list for very long. I think this is because most folks balk at paying top dollar for a movie which may not hold up to repeated viewing.
I'm not familiar with the movie "300", but I gather it's a guy's movie, and if the Playstation 3 is a guy's game system, and it's also the #1 selling Blu-Ray player, this might explain why preorders for 300 on Blu-Ray continue to outnumber those for HD DVD, whereas the opposite has been true for Planet Earth.
I think if we had actual sales figures we'd find that Playstation 3 sales remain well behind the Nintendo Wii and DS, even the Playstation 2. But for the moment, it's ahead of Microsoft's Xbox, and that's not a bad start.
Discovery is putting out the Sigorney Weaver version of Planet Earth on both HD and BD as well as DVD. I wouldn't have thought they would bother, but they are.
300 is based on a graphic novel that is *very* loosely based on an historic event. I'll pass on it. The HD DVD is a combo disc, and hence $4 more expensive. The BD will sell better.
Jack
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