take a look at this . . .
2007 Box office take in the USA . . . $10 Billion
2007 DVD Revenue in the USA . . . . .$24 Billion ($42B ww)
2007 HDM Revenue in the USA . . . . .$300 Million.
Here is the breakdown on the $300 Million:
BD - 7 studios . . . $170M
HD DVD - 4 studios - $130M
The split between D/D and Catalog is 65/35 for both formats.
BD - $110.5M D/D and $59.5M Cat.
HD DVD - $84.5M D/D and $45.5M Cat.
Pretending all studios release the same amount of titles for easy math purposes
BD yields 24.3 million /studio
HD DVD yields 32.5 million/studio.
Now thats real incentive for a studio to go BluRay exclusive.
2007 Box office take in the USA . . . $10 Billion
2007 DVD Revenue in the USA . . . . .$24 Billion ($42B ww)
2007 HDM Revenue in the USA . . . . .$300 Million.
Here is the breakdown on the $300 Million:
BD - 7 studios . . . $170M
HD DVD - 4 studios - $130M
The split between D/D and Catalog is 65/35 for both formats.
BD - $110.5M D/D and $59.5M Cat.
HD DVD - $84.5M D/D and $45.5M Cat.
Pretending all studios release the same amount of titles for easy math purposes
BD yields 24.3 million /studio
HD DVD yields 32.5 million/studio.
Now thats real incentive for a studio to go BluRay exclusive.