Silver_Z said:
I think the number of people on this site will not decide who will win the format war. You should instead be asking the studios, why are they in favor of BD over HD DVD. Content decides the winner. "Currently, Blu-ray Disc is exclusively supported by Columbia Pictures and MGM which are both owned by Sony, as will as Disney, 20th century Fox and Lionsgate. Both Blu-ray and HD DVD are supported by Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks, Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema. HD DVD is exclusively supported by Universal Studios[2] and The Weinstein Company." from Wikipedia |
Right so ignoring the companies that support both or the ones that Sony owns, the major independent publishers are as follows:
Universal vs Fox and Disney. Universal produces more movies than either of those two, altough granted together Fox and Disney produce more. My point is though that I always seem to hear of this huge gap between the two companies, and that "studios heavily favor Blu-Ray" when this doesn't appear to be the case. The vast majority of studios (Paramount/DreamWorks/Warner/NewLine) are supporting both formats, and NBC Universal is one of the largest media outlets in the world.
Yes Blu-Ray has the upper hand, but it's not like as one sided as many people are saying it is.