badgenome said:
They only have to pay royalties if they use it for movie playback, right? Anyway, with physical media in decline, I don't think this matters at all. If this is an argument that Microsoft lost, then it is also an argument that Sony won. Talk about a pyrrhic victory... |
Nope - as Sony helped develop it and make the discs, I think they will have to pay royalties for it's use in general. Even without royalties, they are still putting money in the competitions pocket by having to buy bluray discs.
Internet is not nearly widespread enough to think that physical media can be gotten rid of for consoles. Most countries don't have stable or fast enough speeds to warrent no physical media. Why exactly has such a victory hurt Sony? Their console sold better then the xbox when adjusted for release date and they secured the next-gen media...What both companies need to work on is improving their utterly lackluster catalogue of games that are watered down, HD renditions of last-gen, otherwise gamers will simply not bother with games and find something else to kill time with.
