Is DVD-9 enough this generation?

[naznatips]

windbane said:

naznatips said:
I don't see how the overall sales could POSSIBLY be better, can someone cite this? Because if not it seems a fair assumption to assume that with attach rates like that (even not counting the PS3) that HD-DVD must be at the least even with Blu-Ray in software sales. Please try and find a source no more than 1 month old. Again, I'm not criticizing either format for what they are, I just don't think either stand a chance of winning fast enough to stop something like HVD from blowing them away as soon as it gets in cheap range.

Geez. Every news article tells you that blu-ray is beating hd-dvd. I'm not sure about this month exactly but seeing as how Pirates beat out Matrix and every multi-platform other than Planet Earth was higher on amazon's list all month, I'm pretty sure the trend will continue.

If every article says it, seems it would have been quite simple for you to cite it, agreed? I'm hardly an unreasonable man. I just like to see sources for statements.

JSF, I'm not "fighting" against anything. I am just interested in the situation and am presenting my point of view. I hardly hate either format, nor do I care whether they succede or fail, I'm just stating what I believe from my perspective. I don't think DVD was given enough time, and I don't think people are accepting Blu-Ray and HD-DVD very readily. I think around the time that an HVD player could be sold for 200 bucks or less (the magic number) will be around the end of this gaming generation. It's such a huge technology leap, but prices fall very quickly, and as long as they don't try to introduce it too early (read: when it's still really expensive) like these 2 formats did, I can easily see it becomming dominant. Either that or downloadable movies (in HD) as compression technology advances.