Talk about leading the charge. According to a report in the latest issue of the Wall Street Journal, of the 695,000 "next gen" DVD players sitting underneath TV's in the United States, 550,000 are there because of a video game console.

The report claims 400,000 of that number are PS3's (what with their included/bundled/forced Blu-Ray drives), with the 360's HD-DVD player selling 150,000 units since its launch. Out of interest, that leaves 120,000 standalone HD-DVD players sold, with only around 25,000 Blu-Ray players shifted (though that's hardly surprising, what with Sony funnelling all the Blu-Ray diodes into PS3's).

That's a ridiculous percentage of the overall players currently on the market. Anyone still wondering who the driving forces are behind these formats? Anyone? Luke Plunkett

New DVD players resolve battle of formats [Wall Street Journal, via post-gazette]

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