| reask said: And supply a add on BR player for its customers. Also with its user base of nearly 30 mil Sony would be happy enough to take the royalties. |
Add-ons on any console rarely take off. Just look at Sega's 32-X, the MS HD-DVD player, the PS2 hard-drive kit. All afterthoughts - all phailures.
MS made a huge step into the download direction with the streaming of Netflix. That's where they wanna go. And to make it - IMHO - as painless as possible. I can imagine they will sell a small license to view a said movie as much as you want - anytime - for one fee. Then, you can throw it on your mem card and go to a friend's house, log into your account and do the same thing.
Guess what? You can almost stream HD content if you have a fast-enough connection. And trust me, it will only get faster.
So, instead of spending $25-$30 for a Blu at Wally World, hop on LIVE, buy the license for half that, and go. And guess what - you don't actually have the file on your drive - it's on a server and won't take up space on your hard drive.
Blu Ray will never, ever replace DVD - streaming will happen much faster. And streaming will slow piracy big time.
