New war 360 vs Blu Ray?

[krik]

crumas2 said:

krik said:
Well, Sony can do just the same and I believe they just said something about it they will have a press conference about it in 2 months.

Actually the PS3 is even better positioned to be a digital download hub than the 360, since all PS3s have HD (replaceable + USB 2 external drives) and Gibabit ethernet+Wi-Fi (except 20Gb, no wifi).

Also Sony owns 2 movie studios and due to their Blu-ray partnership they probably have good contacts with other studios... so they they will most likely be able to match or even beat MS on content.

But then there are others interested in this market. Apple and Netflix just come to my mind. Microsoft will not have an easy way to win this one...

PS: Also, don't forget the PS3's DVR ability in Europe (forgot how it's called)

Can... is a long way from is doing.

Correct, but right now MS has to worry about Netflix and Apple not Sony. I bet during next week's Apple World Steve Jobs will announce something regarding digital movies/tv downloads from iTunes.

But soon MS will have even more problems (besides Apple/Netflix) since Sony already confirmed they are working on "media downloads" from PSN... they will announce it in a press conference in about 2 months (they said it during CES). Actually, if you remember it correctly, "PlayStation 3" was supposed to be a digital hub for the living room. This was Sony's plan from the beginning so they might be working on it for a while.

I think Sony will win the HD format war but they will not win the digital download war. You know why? Because the digital download wars don't have winners... that war will have loosers but it will not have a solo winner.