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

[joeorc]

here is exactly why there would have been no problem, is just if everyone would have just used Microsoft's IHD over Java, the Blu-ray vs HD DVD would not have happened because by 2004 Blu-ray was already employed in the retail chain in 2003 well in advance of even the first HDDVD player even being on the market.

http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/08/29/origins-of-the-blu-ray-vs-hd-dvd-war/

and yes even without this freaking format war Sony was indeed going to still use Blu-ray because they already were

a: working on this format since 1997 and

B: many of the very same DVD forum member's were waiting on Toshiba to get out AOD by that time there was still no hide or hair of HD DVD while blu-ray was already in retail chains selling. 

blu-ray as a format was already proven in the market in 2003 and in a record to disc consumer top set box no less, while HD DVD did not even have a player or Record to disc for the consumer market ready even in 2005!