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The whole point of the next gen format(s)

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Jack G

In Reply to: RE: you're gonna be very disappointed re: that list posted by Joe Murphy Jr on February 05, 2008 at 17:42:55

Is for the studios to resell their catalog titles. They don't need HD to sell blockbusters, those sell fine as DVDs on their own. However, getting us to buy catalog titles again, is almost like free money to them. Many have already been remastered in HD, either for the newest DVD release or for HD broadcasting.
The paradox is that catalog titles aren't selling well in HD, at least in part due to the limited demographics of a game console.
Jack

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$ is a bigger point - Joe Murphy Jr 17:36:13 02/06/08 (1)
As I said, some of those titles will make it to the next gen formats; however, it won't be soon and they won't sell like blockbusters of today and a few years ago. And that's not due to a game console, it'll be the same when stand-alones outnumber the PS3 as well. Older titles/classics have a smaller audience and thus earn a smaller return.

So I'll ask you the same question: How many titles in his list are going to sell more than several hundred or a few thousand?
- Wrong question - Jack G 05:17:16 02/07/08 (0)
  Nothing is selling well on HD. Sure, the Pirates type movies sell better than older titles on HD, but even so, sales are pitiful. Both formats combined only sold 8.9M discs in the year 2007. The #1 title (300) sold 472,400, while the #10 DVD (Bourne Ultimatum) sold 7.35M the last 3 weeks of the year. Are the studios really going to rely on Blockbusters for HD?
  The Transformers HD DVD sold 239,100 (#3 title) but the DVD sold 13.74M. Do the studios really care? Sure, Casablanca HD DVD didn't sell well, but how many DVDs of it sold in 2007? That is the point. Free money (almost).
  
  The real question is "If they are going to focus on blockbusters, why bother?". There's not alot of point to it.
  
  Top ten DVD titles for 2007:
  1. Transformers (Paramount/DreamWorks): 13.74 million units
  2. Happy Feet (Warner): 13.48
  3. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Disney): 13.20
  4. 300 (Warner): 12.91
  5. Ratatouille (Disney): 12.06
  6. Shrek the Third (Paramount/DreamWorks): 11.84
  7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Warner): 10.14
  8. The Departed (Warner): 8.94
  9. Night at the Museum (Fox): 8.66
  10. The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal): 7.36
  
  Top ten HD titles for 2007:
  1. 300 (Blu-ray/Warner): 472,400
  2. Planet Earth: The Complete Series (both formats/BBC Video): 294,300
  3. Transformers (HD DVD/Paramount/DreamWorks): 239,100
  4. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Blu-ray/Disney): 219,300
  5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (both/Warner): 179,500
  6. The Departed (both/Warner): 171,800
  7. Casino Royale (Blu-ray/Sony): 169,800
  8. Bourne Ultimatum (HD DVD/Universal): 162,300
  9. Spider-Man 3 (Blu-ray/Sony): 145,300
  10. Ratatouille (Blu-ray/Disney): 117,500
  
  Rather pitiful numbers don't you think? Unlike the day/date releases, I'm willing to bet that most of the old titles released in HD out sold their DVD counterparts for the year.
  
  Jack

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