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Kasz216 on 24 April 2008
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Yeah i figured. They've got to get cheaper after too however as the rest of the Blu-ray consortium won't take to being undercut by the PS3 forever. Perhaps they're just biding their time a year or two until it is more mainstream however, that way they don't have to waste production time to take a loss like the PS3.

I find it weird that people are saying PS3 is real close to breaking even, yet blu-ray players that offer less then a third of what PS3 offers can't seem to lower their prices below it.

What's up with that?

 


Maybe Sony has the key patents on the technology, which makes it easier for them to produce new Blu-Ray players? Or perhaps Sony is the only major manufacturer which also holds some of the patent rights, whichgreatly lowers their costs? I honestly don't know, but I'd imagine either of those scenarios is plausible.


I doubt it. A lot of companies that make blu-ray players own key patents. I believe no one with a Patent actually pays anyone else with a patent a liscensing fee. At least that's what i've read before.

I believe Sony, Pansonic, Warner and.... Pioneer I want to say hold most of the patent.

Phillips holds some as well. So that's 3 makers right there that could. They all hold essential pieces to make the technology work. So none holds an advantage over the other really.

Honestly Sony doesn't hold as much of the format as people thing. It's less then 35-40%

Still... if the liscensing fees were as high as DVD... and it's as big as DVD... that's pretty decent. DVD licensing costs per machine were like.... $10-$20 a machine i think. Sony made like... a penny per CD printed... not sure what DVD per disc royalties were.

Though it's likely they'll get less for Blu-ray then DVD, otherwise there will be little incentive for studios to bring over all new movies instead of just ones they think will sell well in HD.

It should make millions a year. It might not make up for the losses Sony incurred due to the PS3 early on if you think that's why it failed... but i'd say that's not why it failed. It just did a poor job targeting PS2 users and instead targeted only a very select group of PS3 owners.