LivingMetal said:
Who cares. Blu-Ray is here and everyone loves it. Well, everyone who matters that is. And for the record, you can thank Warner Bros. for the collaspe of HD-DVD and the flourishment of Blu-Ray. WB saw their DVD's sales dipped 5% during the 2005 Christmas shopping season compared to the previous year while ther HD sales (HD-DVD and Blu-Ray) were abysmal. They saw that consumers were on the fence about the new HD medias, and it hurt their sales. So WB did the logical thing by the supporting of Blu-Ray exclusively, and that's when the dominoes started to fall. True story, bro. Stop hating. |
You're painting an incredibly simplified scenario. Let me add some points:
1. At the time of WB switching support, HD-DVD WAS the dominant of the two formats (though still an incredibly small amount compared to DVD), both in media sales AND standalone device sales. If WB decided to just suddenly pick and choose ONE format (whereas other companies were indifferent with supporting both formats), the market factors would have pointed towards HD-DVD.
2. And WHY did WB decide to not support both formats in an emerging market, like other studios? They struck a deal with Sony for lower royalties and licensing fees and in exchange for exclusitivity.
You really don't think that WB just suddenly decided to suddenly support the market trailing one of the two emerging formats for no reason, did you? But what can I expect from the same guy who was openly touting about eviscerating somebody who outlined a security flaw in Sony's system? Yes, I remember you...