astrosmash on 28 September 2008
| FinalEvangelion said: All the studios in Hollywood are behind Blu-ray, so I'd trust their judgment more than a few haters around here. |
The studios are behind it for reasons that have nothing to do with consumer interests (DRM) or even sales (most of them were on board when its sales were nothing or almost nothing).
Which isn't to say I think its going to fail; in fact I don't even think it has to do much better to be a success. I think the potential that blu-ray has for making pirates lives a little harder will make the studios pull the plug on DVD the same way they pulled the plug on VHS. (for those of you who don't remember, Christmas 2003 has the best sales ever for VHS movies - far greater than DVD - and then spring 2004 every major studio announced they would stop releasing movies on VHS)
