No, they compare apples to apples. Standalones to Standalones. PC drives, add ons, game consoles all are not counted in standalone player comps and I'm not sure if that sales data is even tracked anywhere (consoles are but not sure about add ons or PC drives).
Attach rates are a different animal and have little to do with how many standalone players are sold. Trying to draw some sort of parallel between attach rates and standalone player sales _is_ comparing apples to watermelons.
Given that many, if not most, blu-ray players are bought by people who have yet to buy a single blu-ray disc, what is the utility in comparing these player sales?
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joe @ Nov 15th 2007 1:21PM
H0mi-
right now HD-DVD compares all players including the PS3 for attach rate but only standalone for players sold.
They compare apples to watermelons for now.
h0mi @ Nov 15th 2007 5:09PM
No, they compare apples to apples. Standalones to Standalones. PC drives, add ons, game consoles all are not counted in standalone player comps and I'm not sure if that sales data is even tracked anywhere (consoles are but not sure about add ons or PC drives).
Attach rates are a different animal and have little to do with how many standalone players are sold. Trying to draw some sort of parallel between attach rates and standalone player sales _is_ comparing apples to watermelons.
Given that many, if not most, blu-ray players are bought by people who have yet to buy a single blu-ray disc, what is the utility in comparing these player sales?