Were consumers REALLY waiting for the "format war" to be over.......

[MikeB]

I do think this will be very good for the PS3, with Microsoft hyping HD DVD for a long time many vocal 360 fans made it their mission to denounce Blu-Ray in general. Despite the movie playback quality in general is poor on the 360 and the PS3 is one of the best quality Blu-Ray and upscaling DVD players on the market, many 360 fans slammed the PS3 on high def orientated websites.

Now with clarity on this matter they are left with no ammo and may be less inclined to spread the Microsoft gospel on other things as well, at least I hope so. The US media may become a lot less biased as well.

Well, even if Blu-Ray failed as a movie format (which was already unthinkable considering the support) the drive would still be a huge pro for gaming (no disc scratching and less drive wearing to worry about, less drive noise production, bigger storage space and constant streaming speeds). And in any case Sony Pictures and partially Sony owned movie studios would still have continued to pump out movies.