"And no, my point about Blu-Ray from the beginning is it's quite likely upon researching the options that Nintendo will find that Blu-Ray (like DVD for the Wii), propietary or not, is a good option for several reasons."
Okay, it just seemed like something else.
"One example I'll give is this ... Nintendo with Blu-Ray can go to Panasonic and say "a Chinese manufacture is going to give us $15 a drive for this part, beat that and you have a deal" ... they have leverage and bargaining power with a format that has so many manufacturers."
I would say reliability would matter at least as much as cost. As in they would stick with vendors that have good reputation.
"Some exotic completely propietary format? Probably not. You're stuck with that one supplier. And heaven forbid if they ever start hitting shortages because then you really don't have much of a recourse either."
They ARE using proprietary formats, but those are NOT the way you are describing. So you are using a strawman alternative (even if unintentionally) to try to make blu-ray look like the only reasonable alternative when that isn't the case.
A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.
Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs
