crumas2 on 07 October 2008
| cwbys21 said: because when they do that blu rays will be a lot cheaper and they already have done it with sd tvs and vhs. they want you to buy the new stuff, and they will start encouraging you to do it buy releasing it earlier on the new tech or only on the new tech. it isn't stupid, it is smart business and happens all the time. |
Movie studios didn't force DVD adoption by releasing titles on DVD first or exclusively on DVD. They waited until VHS was well on the decline, i.e. - a fraction of DVD sales, before limiting VHS title availability.
Blu-ray needs far greater penetration into the market before it can start to force DVDs off the shelves. This includes livingroom players, mobile players in autos, portable players, computer drives, etc.
As much as I would like to believe this is going to happen, I know it's going to take years, if even then.
