2 million Blu-ray sales in Europe: UK sells millionth Sony PS3

In the UK alone the Sony PS3 has surpassed the one millionth sales mark so this really does mean that Sony have done their part in the industry, the latest news is that the Blu-Ray Disc Association European Promotions Committee have recently announced that the Blu-ray disc movie sales have now sold more than 2 million units across Europe.

So to carry on with numbers this means that this year so far hold 79% share of all the high definition movies sold across Europe and DVD video was the first introduced to Western Europe in 1997, the following year about 230,000 DVD players were installed and 2 million discs were sold.

The association said “In comparison, Blu-ray Disc made its first tentative launch in Western Europe in 2006, and the following year some 3.2 million PlayStation 3 consoles and 34,000 standalone players were installed, while 2.3 million Blu-ray discs sold through.”

So this means and yes we are talking about the format war again Blu-ray is stomping all over HD DVD.

Source – GI (gamesindustry.biz)

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