Blu-ray Sales Jumps Nearly 30%
According to a new report released by the The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG), Blu-ray sales increased 28.5% for Q1 2013 (over the same period last year). Similarly the sales of new release titles on Blu-ray were up 37% in Q1 from a year earlier.
According to DEG data, the number of Blu-ray homes continued to rise as well, with 3.2 million Blu-ray Disc players (including BD set-tops, PS3s and HTiBs,) sold in the first quarter.
The total number of US homes with at least one Blu-ray compatible device is now estimated to be 60 million climbing from 42.1 million at the end of June 2012.
DEG: Blu-ray Sales Jumps Nearly 30% Q1