if sony choose hd dvd the would have won this gen

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theprof00 said:
BR sold 9 million discs in the first quarter of 09, which is double that of last years first quarter. If they can keep doubling up, it could become a huge profit source. The DVD/BR industry is around 27-32 billion a year depending on the year and economic strength.

Let me also point out that Sony gains royalties on every blu-ray sold. May be split up amongst many people but 9 million in 3 months stacks up.On top of that Sony has their own movie studio. And these numbers don't include Blu-ray players sold that Sony also manufactures and gets royalties on. And they also dont include HD-TVs that blu-ray will inevitablly sell... which again sony manufactures.