360 to out future-proof the ps3?

[welshbloke]

thismeintiel said:

welshbloke said:

AussieGecko said:

not better technology, as far as I know HD DVD was in fact that, blu-ray is more space

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.

Maybe I was not present then because as a consumer I certainly had no choice at the time the biggest selling HD players were for HD DVD, Sony had the Blu Ray installed in a console this was not a consumer decision and to suggest otherwise is nonsense.

Also my point about HD DVD and DVD was they were both on one disc which of course meant you had less shelf space and ultimately less issues about is it a DVD or a HD DVD. The problem with your scenario is I cannot put your Blu Ray into my DVD player, I could put a dual format HD DVD disc into it though.