Last month,
I
wrote that sales of Blu-ray movies had significantly outpaced sales of HD
DVD movies in early January. That trend shows no sign of changing.
InformationWeek quotes VideoScan numbers that say sales of Blu-ray movies
accounted for more than 60% of the high-definition movie market between January
1st and February 18-the latest date for which figures are available. Blu-ray's
market share has oscillated between 63.3% and 69.6% over that time period, and
in the week ending February 18, the format's slice of the market sat at a cool
65%.
InformationWeek also reports that HD DVD had the upper hand between November
19 and December 17, but that Sony's format started pulling ahead in the week
before Christmas-presumably thanks to the company's PlayStation 3 console, which
has built-in Blu-ray support. Sony also has the support of MGM, 20th Century
Fox, and Walt Disney Pictures, which all offer high-definition movies
exclusively in the Blu-ray format.