Would HD-DVD have won the format war if...

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thetonestarr said:

SpartanFX said:
I just have one question,,,,

why on earth MS would make its console 200 dollar more expensive (and almost kill xbox brand)to help Toshiba???

HD dvd is a technology owned by Toshiba not MS.So all the losses absorbed by MS is just helping Toshiba and not MS.

bluray one the other hand is owned by Sony,,so it would be justified for sony to suffer the beginning losses in hope of big royalties in future.

 

Owned by Sony? Really?

 

Then why does Sony not own the Blu-Ray Disc Association that created it?

 

Sony does not own Blu-Ray, they merely spearheaded the group that created it, and obviously have the most money sunk into it.

I meant invented blu-ray,,,,,and they formed the association to ensure that blu ray would not go the way of betamax.