NPD Group discount BR numbers

[r.jones1116]

BDA/Sony back to their old tricks to inflate the numbers?

BetaNews | NPD: Free Blu-ray player deals led to boosted sales this month


Wonder how many of these will be returned with the TV sets after Superbowl
Sunday

 

[r.jones1116]

This is interesting too....

NPD: Sky Isn't Falling for HD-DVD, Blu-ray Isn't Champ Yet -- DailyGame

 

[teamerickson]

This is interesting too....

NPD: Sky Isn't Falling for HD-DVD, Blu-ray Isn't Champ Yet -- DailyGame

You should start a new thread.

 

[bsk116]

BDA/Sony back to their old tricks to inflate the numbers?

BetaNews | NPD: Free Blu-ray player deals led to boosted sales this month


Wonder how many of these will be returned with the TV sets after Superbowl
Sunday

Yeah but it's a 100% attach rate

 

[nonrev]

Very telling quote from the VP over at NPD:

"NPD's numbers do not include online sales from the likes of Amazon, where Toshiba's HD-A3 HD DVD player is the number one seller in the DVD player category and number 14 in all of electronics. By contrast, standalone Blu-ray players do not make the electronics list."

 

[JoeSp]

I like where NPD just about admits that Toshiba can not sell their HD-DVDs without some serious discounting! They can't sell them at $299 which is almost $200 below most BD players? I guess poor Toshiba needs all the help they can get.

Let's see what the numbers are in February when all the smoke clears and Toshiba is once again selling their players under $200. Maybe they will climb back up in standalone sales -maybe?

 

[teamerickson]

I like where NPD just about admits that Toshiba can not sell their HD-DVDs without some serious discounting! They can't sell them at $299 which is almost $200 below most BD players? I guess poor Toshiba needs all the help they can get.

Let's see what the numbers are in February when all the smoke clears and Toshiba is once again selling their players under $200. Maybe they will climb back up in standalone sales -maybe?

??? blu-ray manufactures gave them away for FREE.

 

[GeorgeLV]

Very telling quote from the VP over at NPD:

"NPD's numbers do not include online sales from the likes of Amazon, where Toshiba's HD-A3 HD DVD player is the number one seller in the DVD player category and number 14 in all of electronics. By contrast, standalone Blu-ray players do not make the electronics list."

Fail. That was added by the author of the story, Nate Mook. Stephen Baker, the VP of industry analysis at NPD, did not proffer any quotes relating to Amazon.

 

[r.jones1116]

Fail. That was added by the author of the story, Nate Mook. Stephen Baker, the VP of industry analysis at NPD, did not proffer any quotes relating to Amazon.

Wonder where he got his information relating to Amazon? Stephen Baker could have given the author the information and the author chose not to quote him but to put the information in his own words.

 

[JoeSp]

??? blu-ray manufactures gave them away for FREE.

You think dropping $2000 to $3000 on an HDTV is free? Were they giving away the BD players on the $600 to a $1000 HDTVs? Now that would be giving them away.

 

[GeorgeLV]

Wonder where he got his information relating to Amazon? Stephen Baker could have given the author the information and the author chose not to quote him but to put the information in his own words.

For what it's worth, here's a direct quote from an NPD vice-president confirming they track Amazon sales.

"In any given year, we typically add a few retailers and lose one or two," explained Martin Zagorsek, Vice President, Games & Software at The NPD Group. "This year both the adds (e.g. amazon.com) and the losses (Toys R Us) were a bit larger than usual, but overall our market coverage has not changed very much compared to last year."

Video Game News, Video Game Coverage, Video Game Updates, PC Game News, PC Game Coverage - GameDaily

 

[r.jones1116]

For what it's worth, here's a direct quote from an NPD vice-president confirming they track Amazon sales.

"In any given year, we typically add a few retailers and lose one or two," explained Martin Zagorsek, Vice President, Games & Software at The NPD Group. "This year both the adds (e.g. amazon.com) and the losses (Toys R Us) were a bit larger than usual, but overall our market coverage has not changed very much compared to last year."

Video Game News, Video Game Coverage, Video Game Updates, PC Game News, PC Game Coverage - GameDaily

Martin Zagorsek, Vice President, Games & Software at The NPD Group.
You know for sure that includes DVDs.

 

[Chucky Cheese]

You think dropping $2000 to $3000 on an HDTV is free? Were they giving away the BD players on the $600 to a $1000 HDTVs? Now that would be giving them away.

Got that right. No one gives nothing for nothing. The player is in the price of the set.

 

[vurbano]

Got that right. No one gives nothing for nothing. The player is in the price of the set.

HUH?? BluRay has been giving away half of their discs all year.

 

[Chucky Cheese]

HUH?? BluRay has been giving away half of their discs all year.

Reading is fundamental. I believe I was talking about the players.

 

[vurbano]

Reading is fundamental. I believe I was talking about the players.

It doesnt matter.

 

[Chucky Cheese]

It doesnt matter.

It does to you.