yeah, $1 is high.
for DVD royalty comparisons, i can only find the following:
http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA618849.html
which is 5 cents per.
"Overall, with patents on hardware included, some industry analysts have put the total DVD royalty costs passed onto the consumer at $700 million over the life of the format. "
Let's be generous and say BR roylaty costs passes onto the consumer is $7 bln.
Say Sony gets $1 bln. That still doesn't cover PS3 development costs. It's proof that Blu-Ray is just part of Sony's strategy, and if the PS3 concept as a whole fails, Playstation brand might not survive.
the Wii is an epidemic.