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Kasz216 on 12 August 2008
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Retrasado said:
Kasz216 said:
obieslut said:
if it was not for sony and the ps3 blu ray would be another betamax so i guess it is only fair that it has the most attention drawn to it out of the other blu-ray players

I'd say Laserdisc not Betamax.

Difference being Betamax had a pretty good following of techno and cinemafiles backing it until the new format (DVD) came out.

Blu-ray woulda ended up the same way (still has a chance of it.)

 

Actually, Betamax would be a better comparison at this point because BD has sold far, FAR more discs than Laserdisc ever did..

Dude, you really are anti-Sony aren't you? Can you say one, just ONE thing good about them ever? I mean, I don't like MS at all, but I give them credit where it's due. Sony won this time. Give them credit for that.

 

I was agreeing with Obieslut that if it wasn't for the PS3 Blu-ray would of been screwed isn't that giving Sony credit?

Furthermore instead of it being a complete bust like Betamax, I was saying it would be something that would keep going after the format war was over. While Betamax eventually died out well before DVDs. Laserdisc survived on until after DVDs took control of the format.

Also it was clearly superior to VHS unlike Betamax which was more tied then anything.

You want something good about Sony? The Playstation 2 ruled and was the best system of it's generation, so was the playstation 1. I have both and they rule.

I like the PSP lite dozens of times more then the DS slim.

I also plan to buy a Playstation 3 and a PSP in the future when i get bored with games I can get on current consoles i own.

I'd also say there is about an 80% chance that my favorite game of this generation will be Valkria Chronicles.  A PS3 exclusive.

If i seem anti-sony it's because i'm pro-fact, anti-fanboy and go off of available data.

Likely you see me anti-sony soley as a reflection of your own bias... that's generally what happens when someone with bias goes off someone working from solid fact.

Blu-ray did beat HD-DVD, it always was going to beat HD-DVD, however Blu-ray disc adoption rates are lagging WAY behind DVD adoption rates...(less then half of what DVD was at this time) so it still is very much in the air whether
or not it will catch on as the next format, or whether it will be a "luxuary format" much like Laserdisc was.

Laserdisc made a lot of money, Just not as much as they wanted.