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theprof00 on 29 December 2009
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Kasz216 said:

A viewpoint that is wrong... I may as well say Lays potato chips are a Sony product.

Sure, Microsoft was funding HD-DVD, for no real benefit to themselves.

If you consider 'keeping an aggressive Sony at bay' no real benefit.

Regardless...  some things to know about Blu-ray and Sony profitability.

1) Sony owns LESS then 30% of the IP. 

but not less than 25%

2) The Blu-ray Assosiation wasn't collecting too many royalties until 2008... after Februrary some time.

3) Blu-ray is not expected to be as profitable as DVD... due to digital distribution, China's own HD format (you'd be surprised just how up it is on Blu-ray despite being released later) and a number of other reasons.

 http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9874317-7.html

4) Blu-ray royalties are not $30 dollars for a player anymore.  They are 23.75.

4) Blu-ray royalties are expected to plunge in prices.  Quicker then DVDs ever did... why?  See number 3.

They are plunging 40% per drive.  So now each drive will be... $9.50 per drive... actually cheaper then the $12.  DVD was making... last year!

http://www.myce.com/news/Blu-ray-prices-to-fall-as-patent-holders-simplify-licensing-15591/?utm_source=cdfreaks&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email_newsletter_activestories_week

Anyways, you should do some more research on what kinds of fees are required to sell BR-paraphenelia.

I don't have any concrete numbers, because I can't seem to find how many drives/standalones exist, and I can't find exactly how many BR titles exist.

However, there is a 30k$ fee per title for commercial distribution.