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In Reply to: RE: Uh Huh posted by Jack G on November 05, 2007 at 16:21:49
SONY have sold far more than 3 million PS3 worldwide.
20% of 8 mllion is 1.6 million, so 256,000 Toshiba players matter little.
The HD DVD is a failure in Japan, and most of the world.
In USA HD DVD have about 1/3 of the market for movies.
So if a miracle happened, and HD DVD movies began selling better in USA, remember USA is only about 25% of the world market for Japans electronics.
So HD DVD movies have a very small share of the world market, and you cannot change that.
Follow Ups:
the PS3 has only sold 5,509,915 world wide as of 11/5/07.
The rest of your arguments don't hold much water either.
Enjoy,
Jack
> > > 256,000 Toshiba players matter little. < < <
You forgot the Xbox add on, which brings the numbers to about 500,000.
> > > The HD DVD is a failure in Japan, and most of the world. < < <
Japan is BD because the recorders are real big there. That is a given.
As a point of interest:
Globally, the US has 60% of the HDTV market, Japan has 20%, Europe has 10% the rest have 10%.
> > > In USA HD DVD have about 1/3 of the market for movies. < < <
Not true. You're going to have to let go of that 2:1 security blanket you are clinging to. Since inception to the end of Q3, the numbers are approx. 3M:2M discs sold. You can see how well of those PS3s have been at selling movies.
> > > So if a miracle happened, and HD DVD movies began selling better in USA, remember USA is only about 25% of the world market for Japans electronics.
So HD DVD movies have a very small share of the world market, and you cannot change that. < < <
Again, we aren't interested in all of Japan's electronics. Just HDTVs, and HD players. There's a reason why all of these companies have targeted the US market. Can you guess what it is?
Jack
Europe is a bigger market that USA. More people, more money. Have you not noticed the drop of USD dollar versus EURO and other currencies?
HDTV is a big seller in Europe too. USA does not take 60%.
So far you were WAY off on your PS3 numbers.
Jack
where is your documentation on PS3?
On Europe versus USA see link from CIA. Note that USD have dropped a lot since 2006.
- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2001rank.html (Open in New Window)
Show me where that gives us the number of HDTVs, because I must have missed it. The truth of the matter is, if either format fails to make it in the US, it (or they) will be considered a failure, or a niche product at best.As for the PS3 numbers, check this link-1/2 way down the page, is a chart giving weekly and total (annual?) numbers it says 2,324,092.
enjoy,
Jack
I wrote about worldwide sales in SONYs financial year (ends spring 2008)
Current numbers in your own link are:
Japan PS3 1,349,072 units until now
USA PS3 2.324.092 units until now
Europe/other PS3 2,078.340 units until now. Here sales started spring 2007 due to lack of units.
Total 5,751,504 units until now.
Current weekly sales are 199,430 units worldwide. That is 10 million per year, and we have to add the Christmas sales boost.
So SONYs target of 8 to 11 million units looks OK.
USA does not matter that much anymore. USA has less than 20% of the world economy, and that share keeps on dropping. You are living in the past.
HDTVs are expensive, so sales are related to GDP.
In Denmark I can only find HDTVs in shops, except of a few 14".
Your 10% for Europe and 60% for USA are very old numbers.
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