Would PS3 use Blu-Ray if format war didnt happen?

[Zappykins]

VGKing said:

Zappykins said:
I am going to revise what I said. After thinking about how many people I know who bought a PS3 because it could play Blu-rays.

So having a Blu-ray significantly helped the PS3's sales. But the format war significantly damaged disc sales, the industry, and launched the door to streaming.

Also, I think Microsoft pushed streaming, and their 1080P 5.1 streaming more because they had to counter blu-ray.

LOL. Streaming is just part of the digital revolution.
Streaming really took off with Netflix. Microsoft had nothing to do with it.

Do you realize that Netflix runs on Silverlight and Moonlight (in Linux - say on a Roku) for streaming?  Those are Microsoft developed formats.

If the HD war didn't happen, people wouldn't be streaming as much - as more people would own and use whatever the HD format was.