Blu-ray could be the next UMD, says MS

[MikeB]

Alby_da_Wolf said:

konnichiwa said:
Blu ray the next UMD? I thought HD DVD was the next UMD.

Actually HD-DVD was the LAST UMD. 

UMD is far more successful than HD DVD, which was solely a money pit for Toshiba. UMD will be supported (mainly as a gaming format) for much longer than HD DVD was.

The success of the DVD format was ensured by Sony and Philips through joining forces to prevent a format war. Toshiba and Microsoft bullied other companies (The DVD consortium was intended to be democratic, but Toshiba with its leadership role prevented a positive outcome and changed the voting rules for adopting a new standard), wanting others to adopt a technically subpar quality standard using far less open technology.

This resulted into the bulk of manufacturers and content publishers to back the Blu-Ray format.