welshbloke said:
I would not maybe suggest HD DVD was better although it certainly had advantages over Blu Ray BUT it was the better option for the consumer just not at the time for the DRM dreaming publishers who saw better strength in Blu Ray. It also helped that Sony had a big foot in this area. For me the worst thing Sony did this generation is kill off HD DVD a format that had real potential to hit the market early and with double sided discs the opportunity to accommodate the DVD market. |
Sony didn't kill off HD-DVD. Consumers made the choice and HD-DVD lost. As far as the DVD market goes, Blu-ray does accomodate them. All the players are B/C, you know. And many movie studios are including Blu-ray and DVD versions in the same case, with little to no extra cost.
This is like the Sega guys who despise them for "killing" the Dreamcast. If the Dreamcast was the best option, people would have bought into it more. However, consumer choice, as well as Sega's poor management decisions, are what killed the Dreamcast (and Sega's turn in the console biz). You can't go around blaming the competition for your prefered format/console's demise.
