Engadget
reports that over 90,000 HD DVD players were sold this weekend thank to the
$99 price tag on most of them. This dramatically increases the user base for the
HD DVD camp, but that's not saying much since the format only sold about this
many stand-alone players in its first year. In the world of consumer
electronics, 90k isn't that impressive, but considering the estimated loss
Toshiba took on each unit, we can see why they'd want to limit the supply. The
problem for the HD DVD camp is that they're really up against the PS3's sales,
and even though only 40% of PS3 owners realize that there is a Blu-ray player
built in, that's still about 750,000 people in the US.