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@ NJ5

Now think about the converse situation, a loss for Blu-Ray... What can Sony do then?

Include a PS3 driver for the XBox 360 HD-DVD add-on?

Seriously it's strongly looking like Blu-Ray is in a winning position (leader in North America, despite HD-DVD's headstart, in Japan up to 98% marketshare, in Australia largest DVD distributer not stocking HD-DVD movies, in Europe Blu-Ray has pushed HD-DVD movies off many shelves, for instance our local Media markt, Europe's largest retailer of consumer electronics, has placed the last remaining unsold HD-DVD copies within its larger Blu-Ray section, etc), adoption is growing rapidly, more so than was the case with DVD, and the bulk of the industry is positioned behind the format. But even if Blu-Ray would not win that war, I think Sony would still release the best of its own and MGM's library on Blu-Ray disc.

But with regard to gaming IMO Blu-Ray as a default offers a lot more advantages to a game console as compared to playing movies, the lots of extra storage will be very useful to developers. Even if Blu-Ray failed as a movie format, IMO Blu-Ray is still a better format for PS3 games than HD-DVD because the discs are scratch resistant, one of the issues XBox 360 owners complain about

Technically there aren't that many differeces between what's possible with HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs, the major difference seems to be that Blu-Ray discs play at a higher bitrate (and a protective layer). In the past HD-DVD mass production was cheaper, but now even that's not the case anymore. As a movie format I would choose Blu-Ray over HD-DVD both from a technical perspective and based on industry support.



Naughty Dog: "At Naughty Dog, we're pretty sure we should be able to see leaps between games on the PS3 that are even bigger than they were on the PS2."

PS3 vs 360 sales