A new report by Home Media Research concludes that Blu-ray software has sold at a factor of 2-to-1 over its rival HD DVD for the first nine months of this year. Current estimates put Blu-ray software sales at 2.6M units compared to only 1.4M units for HD DVD. Since the format launched, Blu-ray has managed to move 3.01M units compared to 1.97M for HD DVD.
The report also states that consumer adoption has suffered due to having two competing formats. Having two formats has caused confusion and it may be a few years before high definition players becomes as standard as DVD players are today.