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QuezcatoL

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HD-DVD sales boosted with 1000%!!! - Aug 03, 2007 00:01
http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/08/02/xbox-360-hd-dvd-player-sales-rise-1-000/

Apparently the price cut+5 HD-DVD made HD-DVD sales go nuts.
Mass X

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RE: HD-DVD sales boosted with 1000%!!! - Aug 03, 2007 05:10
It was reported elsewhere as well. That was just a meager $20 off the origional price ( you could' ve gotten the 5 DVDs prior to the drop as well I think). So lloking at that do you think maybe the small price cut on the 360 might have a similar spike?

Who knows.
QuezcatoL

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RE: HD-DVD sales boosted with 1000%!!! - Aug 03, 2007 05:48
But,5 movies for free? awesome.

Ofc these are cheaper then games.

But add in a price cut for 360+2 bundle games and yes.
mikayd2

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RE: HD-DVD sales boosted with 1000%!!! - Aug 03, 2007 07:16
Queznos you can get 5 blue ray discs for free as well.


But add in a price cut for 360+2 bundle games and yes.


It sucks you guys have to pay for the HD-dvd drive. Now if ms said hey for now one here is a free hd-dvd player for every 360 now that would be cool. And would put sony in the ground
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RE: HD-DVD sales boosted with 1000%!!! - Aug 03, 2007 07:51
Like I always said, Blu ray is starting to crush HdDvd, altough it will take a while for it to be dominant.
Eddie_the_Hated

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RE: HD-DVD sales boosted with 1000%!!! - Aug 03, 2007 09:04
It' d be a great deal if I supported HD-DVD.
Dionysius

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RE: HD-DVD sales boosted with 1000%!!! - Aug 03, 2007 09:05
Does that Link say XBox 360 Fanboy?

Not that I question or suggest that this would be a lie, but seriously, Quez... You use a page called XBox 360 Fanboy as a source for information?!
QuezcatoL

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RE: HD-DVD sales boosted with 1000%!!! - Aug 03, 2007 09:15
They got their source from Amazon.com as you can see yoruself.
Joe Redifer

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RE: HD-DVD sales boosted with 1000%!!! - Aug 03, 2007 09:52
So basically that means they sold 100 HD-DVD players this month instead of the usual 10.
QuezcatoL

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RE: HD-DVD sales boosted with 1000%!!! - Aug 03, 2007 10:05
Whatever,blue dragon > you.
Joe Redifer

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RE: HD-DVD sales boosted with 1000%!!! - Aug 03, 2007 11:15
Miracle Warriors for the Sega Master System > Blue Dragon, and Miracle Warriors sucks ass!
Zoy

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RE: HD-DVD sales boosted with 1000%!!! - Aug 03, 2007 11:17
Hey! I had Miracle Warriors! It had the best title screen.
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RE: HD-DVD sales boosted with 1000%!!! - Aug 03, 2007 13:01

Does that Link say XBox 360 Fanboy?
Not that I question or suggest that this would be a lie, but seriously, Quez... You use a page called XBox 360 Fanboy as a source for information?!

Is this link better?
emofag

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RE: HD-DVD sales boosted with 1000%!!! - Aug 03, 2007 13:56
You get 5 free bluray movies with bluray players too, including PS3.

Big deal.

I' d rather buy a $500 PS3 with 5 bluray movies, than a $400 X360+ $180 Add on for a format that doesn' t look like its going to make it.
Joe Redifer

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RE: HD-DVD sales boosted with 1000%!!! - Aug 03, 2007 15:04
Plus at least the PS3 has HDMI. I' m not buying an Xbox 360 1337 just for HDMI. I heard the HD-DVD deal only lets you choose 5 free from a selection of 10 total or something like that.
Evilkiller

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RE: HD-DVD sales boosted with 1000%!!! - Aug 03, 2007 17:27
Actually this is quite good news for the HD DVD camp. They were ALWAYS beating BluRay when it came to standalone players, the big difference only came from PS3 sales in the format war. Now if the HD DVD addon is starting to catch up this means, that actually the HD DVD camp is close to getting a second chance.

I like it, I dont want to be dependant on a Sony format. Someday BluRay Discs will start blowing up just like their rechargeable batterys do (Pure trolling). And what do I need HDMI for, when BluRay is still using mostly an inferior codec?


As for the movie choice, Joe, you are mixing something. Both formats let you choose your movies out of a list of 20 or so really bad movies (like, for example, Resident Evil: Apocalypse or Underworld: Evolution).
nekkid_monkey

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RE: HD-DVD sales boosted with 1000%!!! - Aug 03, 2007 23:32
It will be interesting to see if this will make Blockbuster change their policy. I heard a while back they chose BluRay.

In the long run though, I don' t think HDDVD has a chance against Sony. PS3 is selling slow, but it' s definitely still selling. That means Sony has a super reliable, albeit slow source of new BluRay customers. That' s going to be pretty hard to counter.
QuezcatoL

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RE: HD-DVD sales boosted with 1000%!!! - Aug 04, 2007 00:30
The ps3 is still costing 900$ here in EU.

And the 500 dollar price is just temporary,while 360 atleast will cost 350$ from now on.
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RE: HD-DVD sales boosted with 1000%!!! - Aug 04, 2007 01:13
Thats cool, but with Target and Blockbuster going to the Blue-Ray camp... I think I might as well head over there too... I wouldn' t be surprised if we hear that Wal-Mart goes Blue by spring or summer of 08' .
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RE: HD-DVD sales boosted with 1000%!!! - Aug 04, 2007 01:57

Thats cool, but with Target and Blockbuster going to the Blue-Ray camp... I think I might as well head over there too... I wouldn' t be surprised if we hear that Wal-Mart goes Blue by spring or summer of 08'

Walmart already chose HD-DVD
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