| jkimball said: In Microsoft's case the loss is entirely born by the gaming side - there is no other revenue stream to make up for the loss. In Sony's case they won the hi-def war - they are willing to take loss on every blu-ray player sold. They get a little bit of every blu-ray movie sold. The loss, if any, on the PS3 can be shared by the entertainment and licensing/movie sides. (Toshiba was selling HD-DVD players at$149. They would have made money back by selling HD-DVD movies. )
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Microsoft is attempting to put a media-center in every household, and trying to push the movie market towards downloads. Thats the only reason they ever backed HD DVD, and it worked. Blu-Ray player prices came down far quicker than manufacturers wanted, and studios are signing up their content to XBLM and other services in droves.
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