Infotech says 6.7mm PC-DVD's in 1998.
If you believe some of the old posts on this thread claiming how many Ziva's Creative has taken (200k?), then you would think that Creative has >50% market share in PC-DVD (infotech said 330k was the total for the 1997 PC-DVD market). Maybe then it's safe to say they have 25%?
Infotech says 6.7mm PC-DVD's in 1998, at 25% thats 1.7mm Ziva's to Creative alone this year.
What about Diamondmm?
What about Toshiba?
What about NEC & PackardBell?
What about Dell?
What about...
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InfoTech Reports Worldwide CD-ROM Installed Base Approaches 200 Million
WOODSTOCK, Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 21, 1998--Worldwide unit sales of CD-ROM readers increased 27% in 1997 to 74.1 million, according to a new InfoTech report, Optical Publishing Industry Assessment, Ninth Edition. The total worldwide installed base of CD-ROM drives on PCs and videogame consoles has now surpassed 195 million. In addition, an estimated 330,000 DVD-ROM drives were sold worldwide following the new format's introduction in late March.
With the price differential between DVD-ROM and CD-ROM readers steadily diminishing, OEM PC manufacturers are expected to offer DVD-ROM drives on an increasing number of models in the second half of 1998. DVD-ROM drive sales are projected to accelerate accordingly, reaching 6.7 million units in 1998 and 24.2 million in 1999.
DVD-ROM is expected to replace CD-ROM as standard equipment in all new PC and TV set-top system configurations thereafter, including sub-$1000 PCs and videogame consoles. By 2002, the installed base of DVD-ROM drives is projected to exceed 250 million worldwide, replacing CD-ROM as the dominant software and multimedia delivery platform.
At year-end 1997 total DVD-ROM titles in print worldwide numbered just 60 compared to nearly 46,000 CD-ROM titles in print. Based on InfoTech's annual survey of publishers, the catalog of DVD-ROM titles will remain limited until 4Q98, when the total is projected to reach 500 worldwide.
According to InfoTech Chairman and CEO Julie B. Schwerin, this situation provides a unique opportunity for prospective DVD-ROM publishers: ''With fewer DVD-ROM titles in print, the available revenue per title at a given price point and unit sales volume increases. DVD-ROM thus offers the interactive publishing industry a second chance to approach packaged multimedia more selectively, with the benefit of known adoption patterns, established distribution channels, and proven business models.''
The InfoTech Report: Optical Publishing Industry Assessment is a comprehensive, statistical profile of the worldwide interactive entertainment and digital information industry, providing integrated title and hardware sales and installed base data by country from 1986 with projections through 2005. The report is available for $1,250 from InfoTech at +1.802.763.2097 or on the World Wide Web at infotechresearch.com.
Headquartered in Woodstock, Vermont USA, InfoTech is an independent market research and consulting firm specializing in quantitative analysis and forecasting of the electronic publishing, information technology, and interactive entertainment industries.
NOTE TO EDITORS: Chart available; Schwerin available for interview. |
