Analyst: PS3 a Crutch to the Blu-ray Market

[TheRealMafoo]

BengaBenga said:

With people already having large libraries of DVDs, and with DVD player technology improving, consumers have less of a reason to upgrade to high-definition video, even if Blu-ray won the war against HD-DVD.

BD didn't win the war against HD-DVD, HD-DVD just failed. Sony owns more then half the movies ever made, so it was guaranteed that they would never see HD-DVD.

Because of this, HD-DVD had no chance to succeed.

I make this minor distinction, because BD is currently not in a position to beat anything. It's in its infancy. It's doing well for a new format, but it will probably be another 2-3 years before it's a mainstream competitor to DVD.