BengaBenga on 04 November 2007
| Coca-Cola said: Sony made a mistake by adding BR player on PS3, and they are paying (literally) for it. They are getting desperate - cutting prices - losing money and now this - The BR camp is accusing Microsoft for fueling the format war! http://www.homemediamagazine.com/news/html/breaking_article.cfm?sec_id=2&&article_ID=11479 Good article about the format war. There are many articles on this subject today - the war is heating up. "Collins said Microsoft decided to join the HD DVD format two CES shows ago because the format’s replication costs were and still are the cheapest. He said there are only three plants in the world that can produce BD-50 discs, and those are all owned by Sony." (emphasis mine) |
There is no format war. DVD is going to rule the disc format for at least the next 5 years. Consumers don't want to choose, when there's a risk they choose the losing format. So as long as there's not a single next-gen disc format there won't be mass consumer adaption.
That doesn't mean it couldn't be a good gaming format for the PS3, but Sony loses a lot of money and marketshare due to the discission to push a disc format via their gameconsole.
