'Pirates' Outsells 'Matrix' in High-Def Showdown

Posted by Zonk on Friday June 1, 2007 @07:06AM from the i-thought-it-was-supposed-to-be-ninjas-not-kung-fu dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As Slashdot recently reported, last week saw the latest showdown between HD DVD and Blu-ray, with both formats bringing out the big guns in terms of high profile format-exclusive disc releases. In one corner were the Blu-ray exclusive releases of the first two 'Pirates of the Caribbean' films on Blu-ray — in the other, the HD DVD exclusive releases of 'The Matrix' Trilogy. So who won the sales battle? According to preliminary estimates, this one goes to 'Pirates' in a big way. The two 'Pirates' flicks sold an estimated 47,000 units, while the 'Matrix' sets sold just about 13,900 units. Is this an indication of movie quality, or another notch in the belt for the Blu-ray format?"

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Re:Or... neither by Mr.+Underbridge · 2007-06-01 07:16 · Score: 0, Redundant

If this were the other way around, HD DVD proponents would be shouting the superiority of "The Matrix" trilogy and talking about "Pirates" as child's play. You may have a point, but MY point is that either way, BluRay wins in this situation. They sold more.
Sure, if you blindly trust meaningless statistics with absolutely no analysis of their context, then you're absolutely right.