Vetteman94 said:
Again, you underestimate them, also you dont tend to read what I said. I never said that they can do anything against the others, the others are just left behind because they fail to adapt. But once one member starts to do something that is beneficial, the others will follow. Digital copies of movies are a great example of this.
I am going to compare it with VHS vs DVD, because its basically the same thing. Plus comparing the end of the VHS vs DVD format war to the beginning of the Blu-ray vs DVD format war is a little ridiculous since there is no correlation.
The points you mentioned are valid, sort of.
The part about the sizes is true, it made sense from a logistics standpoint because you could get more product on the shelves. But the same can be said for Blu-ray as well. Blu-ray cases , while the same width, are shorter and much thinner. Which means more shelves and more product on those shelves.
As for the costs of shipping, that is something that is passed onto the customer because it is figured into the cost of the product on the retailers side. Its not like the cheaper shipping was passed onto the consumer for DVDs, especially not early on
And here is why it is a great comparison. DVDs when launched were around $40-50 a peice, they didnt come down to an "affordable" stage until about year 4, which was the $20-25 range. Which is basically identical to Blu-ray. Plus in order to really make a dent into VHS, they had to start making exclusives to DVD.
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