Blu-ray Disc Beating HD DVD...Thanks to the PS3

Research firm Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) revealed that there are 1.5 million Blu-ray players in the U.S., compared to only 300,000 HD DVD players. But while the HD DVD hardware base is a nearly equal split of set-top boxes and Xbox 360 HD DVD players, the Blu-ray camp is divided up into 1.4 million PlayStation 3 systems and 100,000 set-top boxes.

Without a doubt, the PlayStation 3 has helped Blu-ray Disc outperform HD DVD, because when it comes to software sales, DEG’s research indicated that "consumers have spent $35 million on Blu-ray software thus far in 2007, as opposed to $19 million on HD-DVD product."

Is Blu-ray Disc winning the next-generation optical-disc war? Is Sony on its way to winning a format war since its Betamax and Walkman formats were crushed by VHS and the iPod?

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