Why Blu-Ray is bad for the PS3

[Harvey Birdman]

shams said:

Harvey Birdman said:
Cheaper Hardware? How about software to play on that cheaper hardware? Im not saying that HD DVD has bad titles, but studio support clearly favors blu ray. However, if HD DVD can get one more studio to go exclusive, then maybe this small battle can turn into a long lasting war.

But remember, HD DVD nemisis is BOTH the PS3 and blu ray players.

Ahh - but don't make the mistake:

None of the titles are exclusive. Everything is coming out on DVD, and DVDs play on both BluRay & HD-DVD players.

You aren't restricting choice from consumers - you are just telling them they don't have the option of paying PREMIUM dollars for certain movies. To most consumers - they couldn't care less.

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Its not until studios release EXCLUSIVE HD-DVD or BluRay movies that things get REAL interesting. But of course, they would have to be insane to do that now - as it would cost them 90% of their revenue (approx).

Even Sony doesn't have the balls to do this with Spiderman 3 - that would make things interesting. (of course their shareholders would kill them - but maybe an exclusivity period of a month might help?)

 

 

This is simple, there will be no EXCLUSIVE HD DVD's. Reason, by the time exclusives are released for a HD player, blu ray will be left. HD DVD will be dead. When 2009 approaches, HD DVD will be dying, blu ray will have complete control over the HD market, and studio support will clearly be in Sony's favor.

Even with cheaper hardware, good software is needed to complement it. What software can push HD DVD to compete with blu ray? Nothing. For every lap in this race, even if its only 10 laps out of 100, blu rays lead increases little by little. And with the pit crew (Studio Support) clearly favoring blu ray, how can it lose. HD DVD will be left in the dust.