makingmusic476 on 23 February 2008
They could be interchanging Sony for the BDA, much like most articles concerning the format war do. Considering the fact that Matsushita (Panasonic) has more to gain from a Blu-Ray victory than Sony does, and considering the fact that they are by far the largest CE in Japan, it's more likely that they paid the $400 mil. than Sony.
Actually, it's more likely that many companies from the BDA contributed to the $400 mil.
That is assuming that these reports of a payoff are correct.
