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Katilian on 07 December 2008
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Comrade Tovya said:
SMcc1887 said:
Any idea how much M$ would have to pay Sony for Blu Ray? Ive heard that Sony owns around 30% of blu ray and if blu ray becomes the new dvd, M$ will use it.

 

I really, really doubt that Nintendo or MS will use Blu-ray... it's just not either one of their styles to do something like that (especially Nintendo, they always buck the media-format grain anyway).

I don't understand the idea that blu-ray is something that MS would be against. Do people realise that VC-1, which is a mandatory codec on bluray, was initially developed and partly owned by Microsoft?

While I have no idea how the licencing is broken up, MS would be receiving some sort of royalties (maybe indirectly) from the sale of blu-ray players and possibly certain titles.

If blu-ray is the "next" dvd by the next gen consoles, I can't see MS not including it. Given that both the PS3 and 360 are marketed as media centres, it would be a massive blow for MS not to support playback of bluray and if you are already supporting the discs, why not use them for your main media?