I've been saying this for almost a year now. The two were needed to beat each other's brains in to get prices down. The last 6 months of price drops were staggering -- even seeing an HD-DVD player hit 98 bucks at one point. If you read the article, the sony unit is UP $100 just this year which is crazy.
Warner stated they made the move to drop HD-DVD support because they wanted a one-horse race and that it would speed the shift to next-gen. This is more egg than will fit on one face as far as that reasoning is concerned. Average prices are back to about $400 for a player according to this graph. Joe Six Pack isn't paying $400 for a DVD player -- simple as that.
Those fanboys that were screaming for HD-DVD to give up because teh blu-rayz roolz now have what they want -- to the full and unmitigated detriment to the consumer.
I'd be happy to get a blue ray player as it is now the de-facto next-gen. I'm not, however, going to pay $400 for it. Plain and simple.
I hate trolls.
Systems I currently own: 360, PS3, Wii, DS Lite (2)
Systems I've owned: PS2, PS1, Dreamcast, Saturn, 3DO, Genesis, Gamecube, N64, SNES, NES, GBA, GB, C64, Amiga, Atari 2600 and 5200, Sega Game Gear, Vectrex, Intellivision, Pong. Yes, Pong.
