HD DVD sales hit 750,000

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kitler53 said:

friedtofu said:

dabaus513 said:
http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=10890 According to the source used there blu ray 66% compared to 34 hddvd. Closing the gap my ass.

Fans from both sides have the predicament of contradicting themselves when it comes to hd format wars + console wars. My god has this shit been beaten to death over and over.

On one side Sony fans are saying why should Toshiba waste their time with hddvd, its a losing format, AND the PS3 isnt failing and its selling lots of software given its smaller user base.

Yet on the other end why should Sony waste their time on ps3, its a losing console, and HDDVD is selling very well given its smaller user base.

In hddvd's defense, given the 6 MILLION PS3's plus 400K(?) Blu-ray standalones vs 750K hddvd stand alones + xbox hddvd add-ons combined, doesnt a 66:34 ratio look pretty damn GOOD for hddvd? Do hddvd owners just buy more movies?

One thing Ive wanted to hear peoples thoughts on, that was brought up in another forum, is why 2 hd formats couldnt survive side by side. "It works for consoles, shouldnt it work for movies?" I dont personally believe this would work myself, since movie studios dont have hardware sales they need to stand behind. Anyone else have thoughts on this?

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 Smaller studios would have a smaller market to sell to as they'd have to choose sides. Larger companies would be unaffected but then would still need to look at the demographics and decide how many units they need for each system.  It's not as easy as it is with a console.  Games sell for ridiculous amounts of money to make up for this problem. If there was just 1 console, software prices could be lower due to the software makers having a larger market with their product, also the competition moves from the hardware side to software which in the end would drive down costs for the end user.  Movie prices will stay inflated if a 2 player market emerges from this battle.  However, I'm still way more inclined to believe that digital distribution makes more sense.  Maybe not exactly right now as most service providers don't have the bandwidth to support it, but it is coming and it'll be here sooner then later.