theprof00 said:
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 $12. DVD was making... last year!
http://www.myce.com/news/Blu-ray-prices-to-fall-as-patent-holders-simplify-licensing-15591/?utm_source=cdfreaks&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email_newsletter_activestories_week
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Anyways, you should do some more research on what kinds of fees are required to sell BR-paraphenelia.
I don't have any concrete numbers, because I can't seem to find how many drives/standalones exist, and I can't find exactly how many BR titles exist.
However, there is a 30k$ fee per title for commercial distribution.
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A agressive Sony at bay... from what?
The console wars? If so, that in of itself shows how more valuable Microsoft sees consoles then format wars.
Afterall, Microsoft does get a cut of Blu-ray royalties.
As for the 30K fee per title for commerical distribution... that seems pertty inconsequential honestly. For each movie sold, you can pay one middleground employee. Care to provide a link for that though?
Not counting the fact that Sony owns a number of movie companies and probably has to pay some of that money back into the pot.
Which is by the way, a reason PS3 didn't need blu-ray. I mean, Sony owns a large percentage of hollywood.
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