| mrstickball said: It comes down to simple economics, for Microsofts next choice. If the Blu-Ray provides the cheapest, most reliable, easy to manufacture, option...Then MS will do it. Sony doesn't own Blu-Ray. The Blu-Ray association, as far as I know, does. Sony is only 1 part of that association.... Correct me if I'm wrong, but Microsoft already pays Sony for Sony Pictures movies via Netflix and the Marketplace, right? So why is Blu-Ray any different? Going into the future, Microsoft will look at every format - BR-DVD, HDDVD, HVD, and a litany of other formats, and chose what is the best. I think they'll certainly use something bigger than DVD, and preferably in the 20gb+ range, but I am unsure. I think they should use BR-DVD if it's cheap enough to produce by 2011, but we'll see. |
I agree with mrstickball, money talks. Though I don't think MS would go with HD-DVD since that would not at all be cost feasible. Replication lines for HD-DVD's have been scrapped, so MS would essentially have to pay to get lines installed since it would be the only company even using the technology. Economies of scale wouldn't help that much either since no one else would jump on board with HD-DVD.
I'll eat one of my shirts if MS goes with HD-DVD.
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