theprof00 on 12 June 2015
| NightDragon83 said: How so? HD DVD failed simply because more movie studios and media companies backed Sony and their Blu Ray format than Toshiba's HD DVD. Microsoft had nothing to do with the development of HD DVD, and they only supported the add-on for the 360 to try to take a bite out of Blu Ray's marketshare. Joke thread is a joke. |
I think what's meant is that there was a format war going on between hddvd and bluray, and by ms adopting hd-dvd, it prolonged the war, which made it harder for product demand to succeed for BR. This kept the rightful winner from taking the market and easing consumer burden.
In turn, the whole reason for accepting HDDVD was to hurt consumers who supported BR, which, at the time, were ps3 adopters.
