stof on 28 October 2007
| kn said: I fully believe that if HD-DVD and Blu-Ray end up "co-existing" and there are enough of both installed in homes, ALL movie houses will go dual format with the exception of Sony. Disney, for instance, would be a fool to ignore millions of players on HD-DVD if it turns out there are millions of units purchased over the next year. Personally I'd like to see an open-source royalty-free format adopted by some large body. Without royalties, the battle ends immediately. ALL publishers of content will publish when it is FREE to do so... |
There's almost no way that they would "co-exist". No retailer/rental chain/studio wants to have to stock/order/produce everything three times (DVD ain't going anywhere). Rental chains in particular will be the biggest push towards one format or the other. As for studios supporting both, that just seems to be because they're trying to play it safe or are in contractual deals to do so. As soon as one format seems to really take a lead, expect the other to be dumped like me on prom night.
I'm a mod, come to me if there's mod'n to do.
Chrizum is the best thing to happen to the internet, Period.
Serves me right for challenging his sales predictions!
Bet with dsisister44: Red Steel 2 will sell 1 million within it's first 365 days of sales.
