Pacther: MS to pay Sony $150-$250million in royalty for Blu-Ray. Says he is right 70-80% of the time

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drkohler said:

Adinnieken said:

Microsoft and Sony are both using the same Blu-Ray drive, which is a Sony unit.  So yes, Microsoft is going to be paying a lot to Sony per Blu-Ray drive. 

Sony Optiarc was shut down end of last fy. (In case you wonder, Sony Optiarc was the company that made optical drives....). Try again.

I don't think you need the manufacturing group to be present when you already have trademark or royalties to make money out of a product.