Paramount Telling Porkies?

31. Oct, 2007 0 Comments

Apparently, Paramount’s announcement that the HD-DVD only release Transformers had the biggest ever Hi-Def opening week sales may have been something of a fib. Or, as one reporter put it: “big ass, fat, stupid lie”. According to an anonomous media executive:

“Exact point of sale data from three retailers that make up 62% of the high-def market show sales of 73K units for the week. Being very generous, they could possibly reach 125K-130K, which would barely set a record for HD DVD. And they couldn’t have flooded rental stores since Blockbuster doesn’t stock HD DVD. It’s an outrage. They think they can say whatever they want and that no one will call them on it. They need to be called on it.”