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

[Zappykins]

Turkish said:

Uh, source for that? Bluray was always the popular format. And no HD DVD in the 360 wouldn't have affected the format war anyway. Are you even aware of the fact that the HD DVD addon released in the same month as PS3? So if 360 had a HD DVD drive the console would've been delayed to include the new format, not only that but the price of the  360 would've increased significantly, eliminating any advantage it had over PS3: being early in the market and price point.

Really? I am not sure what you are refering to as HD-DVD came out in April 2006 in the US (March in Japan).

"The HD-DVD side appears to be playing their cards right. According to Nielsen data from August, discs sold in the HD-DVD format sold 3 times more than any other competing HD DVD format, including BluRay. The format is also on track to having 230 titles by Christmas. I don't have comparable data for BluRay, but a graph on this page shows that, currently, there are 80 HD-DVD titles to BluRay's 48. Perhaps BluRay will manage to push out more than the 150 titles HD-DVD is planning for Christmas, but given the issues they have faced thus far, I consider that unlikely."

If you want to read more: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/carroll/hd-dvd-takes-an-early-lead/1609