Packet on 02 January 2008
BluRay's victory as the next gen movie format means two things for Sony:
1. Cheaper BluRay drives as drive manufacturing costs continue to drop with the increasing numbers of BluRay drives being sold
2. Cheaper BluRay disc replication costs as disc volumes go up for both games and movies
So it will help Sony to continue lowering their PS3 manufacturing costs and hence ability to price reduce the console and also lower the cost of game disc production leaving more money for themselves and developers.
Also, BluRay's marketplace victory doesn't require Warner officially dumping HD-DVD. BluRay is handily destroying HD-DVD in sales for both players and movies all across the globe.
