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Where Have All The Blu-rays Gone? |
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Written by Jared Maynard
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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
"Overseas, we have seen a lot of Blu-ray talk of late. Former HD-DVD
heavyweights Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures have now aligned (or
re-aligned, as the case may be) with the Blu-ray Disc Association and have committed
to releasing Blu-ray products in the very near future. In Australia, Universal
remain quiet on Blu-ray support, albeit with the promise it is coming, and Paramount
have just announced four titles for release on the 31st of July. But apart from
that, the release schedule is still looking rather gaunt.
So why is this? Despite the colossal amount of PlayStation 3 units that have Trojan
horsed themselves into Australian homes, Blu-ray disc sales are generally low. Of
course, it’s a catch 22. They are struggling to sell because of general lack of
content, and distributors (especially locally) are generally wary of releasing
because they aren’t selling a fraction of the numbers their DVD counterparts are." ~tweaktown.com
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