Sony Computer Entertainment of America points out that the Blu-Ray is now officially beating HD-DVD on several levels:
* Blu-ray has surpassed HD-DVD in cumulative sales
* Blu-ray titles outsold HD-DVD titles by more than a two-to-one margin during the first week of January (47.14 HD DVD titles for every 100 Blu-ray titles)
* Blu-ray titles outsold HD-DVD titles closer to three-to-one during the second week of the month (38.36 HD-DVD titles for every 100 Blu-ray titles)

Source: Nielsen VideoScan, the consumer research firm for the VHS and DVD sell-through industry.

Sony is quick to point out that this is probably due to the Playstation 3 and the fact they have now shipped two million of the consoles wordlwide.

According to their customer survey data, 90 percent of PS3 users have watched at least one Blu-ray movie on their PS3, 80 percent said they plan to purchase a Blu-ray movie and 72 percent said they plan to rent a Blu-ray movie.

Whether you like the PS3 as a gaming console or not, you can't overlook it's built-in ability to play Blu-ray movies and to do so for less than most stand alone players. That's Sony's trojan horse right now, I think. Brian Crecente

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