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"There is no format war in Australia," says Sony on Blu-ray

Posted Jul 26, 2007 at 4:48PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PS3 Tags: Australia, gaming accessories, Sony, Toshiba

Sony Australia is very confident in Blu-ray's dominance over HD-DVD. Toshiba general manager Mark Whittard stated that the war is "far from over," but Sony Australia managing director Carl Rose begged to differ.

"Let's get things in perspective here. Despite all the hyperbole whipped up in the media, so far there is no format war in Australia," Rose said at the Experience More event in Sydney.

To back it up, Sony unveiled statistics that show Blu-ray's massive advantage over the competing high-def format. "You've just got to take a look at the industry support and the sales figures to see that," Rose added.

A chart Rose dished out reveal that Blu-ray takes the lead in hardware alone, even without the PS3 numbers. The BDP-S1, Sony's new standalone Blu-ray player, released last month gave Sony an edge over HD-DVD players with an 80:10 ratio, he said.

"The S1 joined PlayStation 3 in the market and as a result, over 90 per cent of the High Definition packaged media sales are on the Blu-ray format," he continued. Another player with a lower price, the S300 which will ship this September, is expected to "fuel the market" in Australia.

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and in all honesty here in Australia HDDVD is nothing... any australian who would say that statement is not true is a plain liar.

.LOL.

LOL .NO 1 in australia has a ps3 anyway...

No one has any HD DVD or Blue ray so i guess you should stop spamming qj with your pointless topics. kthx

No wonder japan is in a recession.

# Yea — Stealth! 2007-07-26 22:29

I know some people from there they said the PS3 is selling good there and the Blu-ray is wiping the floor against HD-DVD so i don't see how its going to win, i mean the U.S seems to be the only place that there is competition, i would know im in New York.

# Target Stores To Sell Blu-ray Players — Guest 2007-07-26 23:26

I just read in my local paper that in October Target is planning on selling a model of blu-ray player from Sony and supposedly they are going to be displaying them along with a lot more blu-ray movies on a special end cap. There was also a mention that they had no intentions at this time to do that for HD-DVD.

# you have that right Stealth — Quixand 2007-07-26 23:31

for a place where the PS3 is at around USD850 it is showing off the 360 and even the Wii... people love the Playstation brand and the PS games and the history behind them... most people stick to what they know and comfortable with... the unreliability issues of the 360 surely doesn't help its cause either.

amazingly even if the PS3 is more expensive here i don't hear a lot of moaning that "oh its too expensive" "the ps3 is overpriced" stuff like that... they know what they are getting and even if it costs a lot of dollars they accept that it is not overpriced... pardon my saying so Stealth but it is the americans who moan and whine all the time.

Australia is probably the only place where the PS3 leads on a weekly basis...

just this thursday i went to JB Hifi to buy Bluray of Hostel and there were a lot of people in the Blu Ray section getting some and since there still aren't a lot of Blu Ray movies at this time the display area for Blu Ray isn't that big so the people looking for their Blu Ray movies are all cramped together some waiting for the ones in front to get out before even having a chance to browse the selection of Blu Ray... i ended up buying Hostel and Rocky Balboa.

# @ Quixand — na2rul 2007-07-27 03:41

Also in UK a store called HMV has HDDVD along the 3 bottom rows whereas Bluray takes up bout 5 ROWS(more?) along the top.

# IS Ausie word racist? — na2rul 2007-07-27 03:44

Well neway i jus hope HDDVD is forgotten soon

# Dude — Guest 2007-07-27 04:41

i live in AUs and i own a PS3, and i watch BD movies all the time, go back to 1801 you pile of *****

# GO SONY! — Guest 2007-07-27 09:02

Yahoo now all you Sony fans that have invested money in Sony's stocks can now reap the benefits..... Oh wait.. None of you have stocks in Sony?? Oh you mean you advertise for Sony for free?? You don't even live in Japan?? OH hah your just a LOSER I see now.

The only winner here is Sony and Microsoft for breeding lame free advertising by fanboys like you all. What a complete Joke. Quixand go run your subway before I come build a quizno's next to it.

# ha — Morbidly 2007-07-27 13:05

go get stingrayed you aussie trash

# . — Guest 2007-07-27 14:06

I havent even seen a HD-DVD in Western Australia. Its all Blu-Ray over here.

# lol — Guest 2007-07-27 18:27

lol youre so funny, you should quit games and become a comedian !!! ZOMG!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BD sucks.

Target sucks.

# Hddvd — Guest 2007-07-27 18:58

The fact that HD DVD players arnt really sold in australia is a big factor.

What a stupid article

# because — Guest 2007-07-27 20:55

because 80:10 sounds bigger. standard business advertising technique.

# why set yourself up for this i will never know. — Guest 2007-07-27 20:57

You suck.

# And how does 80:10 make "over 90 per cent" — TPot 2007-07-28 01:44

# Yes they are — Guest 2007-07-29 10:44

Open your eyes you'll find them

# Quixand — Stealth! 2007-07-31 18:38

I know im late but don't worry, i know most Americans whine and complain, its cause of idiotic fanboys and Press that is annoying. I personally knew what i was getting and im glade i did. I research my console 6 years b4 buying it. I also did the same for the other two. Some time later i will buy a Wii, Xbox you fail to reach me at this current time.

heath why don't you play your xbot system b4 the RRoD comes for you, oh wait too late its already happened, since your here.

# Morbidly — Stealth! 2007-07-31 18:40

How dare you bash Australians you peice of XBox trash. Why don't you do everyone a favor and suck Bill gates C.O.C.K and while your at it choke.

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