| Alby_da_Wolf said: HD-DVD died too early, had it lived longer, competition would have driven prices lower and now we'd see cheaper BD players and movies and higher sales. Higher BD drives production would have lowered faster its price too, lowering also PS3 production costs. Anyhow, in a year BD drives will be quite cheap, and Cell will be cheaper too, so Sony costs nightmare will be finally over. If Sony will be eager to overtake MS before, it will have to work on pricing too, so it will cost money, but it could pay more in the mid and long term, so it's up to them to decide. PR spin is just what we have to expect, as Sony will do anything that could help, but hey, doesn't MS always do the same? (I didn't say Nintendo, because Wii's success exceeded even their rosiest predictions). |
Wrong. HD-DVD would've lived if Microsoft cared to put it into the 360, but they didn't. After the PS3 launched with the Blu Ray inside, Microsoft quickly reacted making a $200 attachment. Of course everyone knows it's much better built in, so it didn't work. Blu Ray stand alone prices dropping so suddenly with hurt them. It's already hurting Sony dropping the price of their system to $400, when they are losing $400+ in parts and labor. MS doesn't have to worry about a second hand hd-dvd player weighing them down any longer now that HD-DVD is gone. They can lower the prices and everything should be fine. Sony is in a war with two different markets at the same time...this is one of the many reasons why they lost exclusivity of their finest 3rd party games as well.
