It seems to be a fairly routine too quick to reach a conclusion c-net article. But there is some truth to it. Blu-ray is by no means failing, but I still don't see how it will ever become the standard. The improvements over DVD are far too slight.
"slight quality upgrade when given an appropriate Television" I'm sorry, but way too many people are just not going to ever need, or even want, to make that switch.
And now that DVD's have become more integrated in to society than VHS ever was (laptops, minivans, multiple tv's, etc), even people that upgrade to Blu-ray will still have a desire to purchase DVD's.
Also, as stated, the field is becoming a bit more crowded with the digital download field. Especially when you factor in my personal prediction of Apple's new oft speculated videogame console, consisting of a completely revamped Apple TV as a digital download entertainment hub. But even without, plenty of the audience that Blu-ray targets are also being targeted by digital downloads.
Perhaps I'm just biased, not because of my videogame console, but because Blu-ray makes me a bit peeved. It sucks that the attempt at a replacement for the DVD medium doesn't improve upon the one glaring fault of DVDs. They scratch like crazy! Why we've been given a new format with a giant exposed flat surface of "please scratch here" utterly confounds me, and ensures we'll eventually be getting an entirely new format in the future.
So yes, Blu-ray will be around for a long time and sell a lot of movies, but it won't replace DVD the way VHS was.
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Chrizum is the best thing to happen to the internet, Period.
Serves me right for challenging his sales predictions!
Bet with dsisister44: Red Steel 2 will sell 1 million within it's first 365 days of sales.
