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Kasz216 on 26 December 2008
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akuma587 said:
Kasz216 said:
akuma587 said:

I'm not sure if he is correct about the PS3 not supporting 7.2, but then again I haven't done a lot of research on the audio end of HD movies as I can't afford a good surround sound system!

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Blu-Ray wouldn't have gone anywhere if it wasn't for the PS3.  You wouldn't have been buying a Blu-Ray player if Sony hadn't included a Blu-Ray drive in the PS3.  So you are kind of arguing a chicken before the egg kind of conundrum.

I disagree.  Blu-ray always had the advantage over HD-DVD do to the Sony studios.

At worst it would of took longer. (And prices would be cheaper.)

Blu-Ray standalone sales were anemic though.  Blu-Ray disc sales beating HD-DVD week after week (every week in 2007) are what allowed Blu-Ray to maintain its foothold, and that wouldn't have been possible without the PS3.  Standalone Blu-Ray price players were pretty high, and Toshiba was willing to take a loss on its players to be competitive.

Studio support can change at the drop of a hat.  Fox was very close to switching to HD-DVD at one point, and only decided not to because Sony threw some money at them.

It would have been a very different game if the PS3 had not included Blu-Ray.  I would have put my money on HD-DVD.

Doesn't Sony own like 50% of the movie buisness?