The consumers didn't choose BD? Last I saw, BD was outselling HD DVD 3:1. I think that says everything about who "chose" the format. If HD DVD was so much better, they would be outselling BD in movie sales.
My pokemon brings all the nerds to the yard. And they're like, "You wanna trade cards?" Damn right, I wanna trade cards. I'll trade this, but not my charizard.