Would PS3 use Blu-Ray if format war didnt happen?

[Zappykins]

In my opinion No. In the final negotiations on the new format they agreed to use Sony's disc format, if they could use Microsoft’s software to organize the data. Toshiba had given up given up so much to try to find a format agreement and not have another war - there were making certain parts. Most of the Picture industry liked Sony's format better, while the manufactures wanted something closer to HD DVD - as they could upgrade rather than replace their equipment - thus allowing them to start faster, and at a lower cost. They went over and over, but Sony refused to give up that part of control. Everyone was going to have a part, but Sony refused to allow Microsoft's format. Talk broke down finally everyone split into two camps. Thus the HD DVD/Blu-ray format war.

Sony would have used whatever the new HD/Bluray format was called. There would have been one new format, and I think much more popular than it was today. Sony's Blu-ray won Because of the PS3 and some fortunate, for Sony, negations.

I think it would have made a very different entertainment distribution industry from the one we see today. It might have actually been much better for the PS3 sales in the long run too.