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Protendo on 03 October 2015
TheSting said:
Aeolus451 said:
Isn't MS licensing Blu-ray from Sony?


Don't know how much they get but according to Wiki MS is apart of Blu Ray as well.


MS is a board member that spends $50,000 a year to be a board member. That is all.



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walsufnir on 03 October 2015
Ruler said:
walsufnir said:


Sure, Intel and MS buy tech that is easily replaceable. 

I mean, why should Sony stop licensing havoc now? 


So why is Intel selling tech if it isnt easily replaceble?


Intel wanted to get big in gaming with Larrabee and while this is still somehow a thing with Xeon Phi, Intel didn't enter the competition with amd and nvidia. 

That doesn't mean Intel has developed an alternative for havoc but it was a business decision to buy havoc and now it's a business to sell it.

Why would Sony give Intel money for all these years if it's so easily replaceable?



TheSting on 03 October 2015
Protendo said:
TheSting said:


Don't know how much they get but according to Wiki MS is apart of Blu Ray as well.


MS is a board member that spends $50,000 a year to be a board member. That is all.


They get nothing in return? 



Protendo on 03 October 2015
TheSting said:
Protendo said:


MS is a board member that spends $50,000 a year to be a board member. That is all.


They get nothing in return? 


They get to help make future decisions. Since they use Blu-Ray, having input for the future of blu-ray makes sense.



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walsufnir on 03 October 2015
Protendo said:
TheSting said:


Don't know how much they get but according to Wiki MS is apart of Blu Ray as well.


MS is a board member that spends $50,000 a year to be a board member. That is all.

 

Sure, they pay money and get nothing



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Protendo on 03 October 2015
walsufnir said:
Protendo said:
TheSting said:


Don't know how much they get but according to Wiki MS is apart of Blu Ray as well.


MS is a board member that spends $50,000 a year to be a board member. That is all.

 

Sure, they pay money and get nothing

What are you referring too?



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Zekkyou on 03 October 2015
walsufnir said:
Zekkyou said:

And every time someone buys an X1 or a game for it they support Sony, since they own part of the Blu-Ray license. These companies don't exist in isolated bubbles. They frequently, both directly and indirectly, make money of each other's success. It's good business.

(On a side note i feel the need to mention that given the nature of this topic, and how quickly such things can spiral into shit throwing on both sides, i'm watching you all :D. Keep it clean).

MS is also part of the Blu-ray association.

But everytime people buy an Xperia MS gets money (as with all Android phones).

Does that change what i said? ^^;



walsufnir on 03 October 2015
Protendo said:
walsufnir said:
Protendo said:
TheSting said:


Don't know how much they get but according to Wiki MS is apart of Blu Ray as well.


MS is a board member that spends $50,000 a year to be a board member. That is all.

 

Sure, they pay money and get nothing

What are you referring too?

What are the implications of being a board member?

Btw, Blu-ray also uses VC-1, licensed by MS



Protendo on 03 October 2015
walsufnir said:
Protendo said:

What are you referring too?

What are the implications of being a board member?

Btw, Blu-ray also uses VC-1, licensed by MS


They could, but nearly eveyrone uses MPEG-4 AVC now. Which is generally lisenced through Google.



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bunchanumbers on 03 October 2015
Sprash said:
bunchanumbers said:
They're doing it when they're buying Minecraft on PS3, PS4, and Vita too. MS has their fingers in lots of pies. This is no surprise.


Really? and if how?


MS owns Minecraft. So MS is the ones cashing in on Minecraft sales on all systems. I wouldn't doubt if Minecraft on Vita is the best selling game MS ever had in Japan.