| MikeB said: @ Golvellius MS do not pretend to give consumers the choice between Blu-ray and HD DVD.
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Moore doesn't say he's giving consumers the choice between HD DVD and Blu-ray. He says that a Blu-ray add-on can be easily made should consumers demand it (which means "should HD DVD lose").
You say there is consumer demand for a Blu-ray add-on? Err... how do you think it would sell if MS released one right now? Would you buy one? I think the sales numbers of stand-alone BR players speak for themselves.
| MikeB said: . Sony forces consumers to upgrade to Blu-ray even if they just want to play games and don't care about movies. IMO the Blu-Ray drive will be mainly beneficial to PS3 games. Nobody is pressuring people to buy Blu-Ray movies, that's an option (I'm very happy with) as the PS3 does feature movie playback support. |
People who want to play PS3 games but aren't interested in high definition movies are forced to buy a Blu-ray drive that they do not need because a common DVD drive would be sufficient for games. (I know Sony-affine developers are claiming the opposite, but what else should they do? Telling people that Blu-ray is not necessary at all for their game wouldn't be very smart.)
| MikeB said: The official DVD successor is HD DVD, not Blu-ray. Not really, most companies which were part of the DVD consortium are part of the Blu-Ray consortium |
Nevertheless the DVD Forum has voted HD DVD to be the high definition successor of the standard DVD.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_DVD#History
