Reaching this impressive milestone after being on the market for less than a year, the Blu-ray Disc Association has today announced that since inception, Blu-ray has sold more than one million movies. The majority of these discs were sold during the first three months of this year, where Blu-ray held 70% of the High Definition market.
Despite coming to market months after the competition, Blu-ray was able to reach this important milestone first, supported mainly by strong sales of the
PlayStation 3. Additionally, an impressive launch of Blu-ray in Europe has aided in the increased demand of Blu-ray movies since the beginning of the year.
Attached to the press release was a list of current and future releases. While not complete (there are plenty of upcoming releases which did not make the list), the list does reconfirm that Warner Home Video is planning to release '
The Matrix' on Blu-ray this year.