| libellule said: ""HD-DVD started with a 30% lead, not a 2:1 lead, and by the end blu-ray was in the lead 85%:15%, not 2:1."" wait, +30% lead ? something like 60% vs 30 % ? something like 2 : 1 ? and the 85% vs 15% was only true for the very very end ... ""Plus the PS3 being there only proves it was there. You first have to look for OTHER POSSIBLE CAUSES to determine if the PS3 was the primary one."" ==> but we dont have any test to prove we are wrong ro not ... I dont have others reasons than the PS3 to explain the BR win (or at least, the BR increase in market share) |
Nods in agreement. Something cause the movie studios to move en masse from both formats to just Blu-ray. Now, Sony could have bought them all off, but most likely it was due to the sales of Blu-ray players being sold more than HD-DVD ones. And what percentage of Blu-Ray players are PS3? A very large percent, I would suspect.
Now, will it help PS3 a lot in the future? Only if those buying Blu-Ray players keep choosing to buy PS3s. If Blu-Ray moves into more mass market numbers, some company, including Sony itself if it was smart, will bring out a cheaper player that the PS3 can't match in price, due to the costs of the other components making it a game machine as well.
Unless, of course, Sony chooses to drop the PS3 price quite a bit. That is, sell it for the cost of Blu-Ray components, and eat the rest of the box costs. This stragety goes back to believing that game sales will make up for the loss on the box. But if it is sold to someone only interested in Blu-Ray movies, that won't help Sony, especially its game division, that much.
@ Branko2166
Actually, two others bought up Wii earlier. Just that Squrrielly went nuts about it. ;)
Torturing the numbers. Hear them scream.
