NPD Gamasutra article (interesting facts on Sony)

[jneul]

BoneyBoy said:
@JNEUL - you are not making sense - yes beta max failed to catch on with the public but it was superior to vhs in every way

The same cannot be said bout bluray. HDDVD did the exact same thing for half the price.

Sony paid warner and fox over 500 million dollars and that is why bluray won.

Sony has lost 5-6 billion on the ps3.

The ps3 has wasted more money than any console in the history of gaming

1.beta max failed to catch on with the public but it was superior to vhs in every way - hence flop ( i know it was superior )

2. blu-ray is already being adapted faster than dvd was when it was first launched, i did not know about any deals and HD-DVD had there own deals as well, you do remember that right (they both had studios that was exclusive), but the ps3 had the blu-ray drive inside it, that is where the battle was won, if the x360 had HD-DVD in it, then you may have seen a different outcome.

3. yes sony has spent a whole load of $$ on the ps3, but the same can be said about the xbox, i think MS are still trying to make back all the money that was gobbled up on that one, so yes I agree with you on that one, but it shall pay off just watch.

lets keep this nice debate up, not trying to offend, just trying to level with you here