Warner paid 500$ to be BR exclusive !!!

[HappySqurriel]

ssj12 said:

HappySqurriel said:

I said a while back that Warner's move towards either camp would be the result of a large cash transfer because neither format is selling well enough at the moment for any company to be really happy with their sales ...

My only real question is, with how much companies are losing giving studios incentives and selling hardware at a loss how can they ever expect to break even on these formats?

 yes but software-wise the Blu-ray version of their movies were selling 2 to 3 times as much as their HD-DVD brother so of course Warner dropped HD-DVD.

Anyways, I believe that Toshiba is losing way more then Sony is in the format war. Sony drops price when they cut manufacturing costs. Toshiba jsut dropped the price to the point that they could lose to much blood if something doesnt happen soon. 

I think the sales of Blu-Ray movies probably made the Blu-Ray/Warner deal far less expensive than a similar HD-DVD/Warner deal would have been, but I don't think studios are really supporting either format because they think their sales are (particuarly) strong.