The only sales thus far of BD titles that have been really impressive have been for those that do well with the PS3 demographic, which isn't really Criterion's. So it's actually quite possible Criterion are going to delay things until the numbers start to make sense.
Comment: They'd probably have almost as many sales right now if they pressed HD DVDs instead of BDs, given the number of standalone players of both technologies stands at a little under 1.5M each.
That said, it doesn't really match the article to claim that this has anything to do with sales. What we're seeing is one month delays, for the most part. If sales were the problem, they'd remove the release dates completely. My guess is that Criterion's real problem is getting duplicator time, as unlike HD DVD, Blu-ray requires completely new presses and after HD DVD was vanquished earlier in the year, the number of studios that needed BDs pressed increased by 50%. That's put a strain on Blu-ray replication capacity.
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squiggleslash @ Nov 17th 2008 10:39AM
The only sales thus far of BD titles that have been really impressive have been for those that do well with the PS3 demographic, which isn't really Criterion's. So it's actually quite possible Criterion are going to delay things until the numbers start to make sense.
Comment: They'd probably have almost as many sales right now if they pressed HD DVDs instead of BDs, given the number of standalone players of both technologies stands at a little under 1.5M each.
That said, it doesn't really match the article to claim that this has anything to do with sales. What we're seeing is one month delays, for the most part. If sales were the problem, they'd remove the release dates completely. My guess is that Criterion's real problem is getting duplicator time, as unlike HD DVD, Blu-ray requires completely new presses and after HD DVD was vanquished earlier in the year, the number of studios that needed BDs pressed increased by 50%. That's put a strain on Blu-ray replication capacity.