I just noticed that Microsoft doesn't sell much considering its NA lead

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dallas said:

largedarryl said:

dallas said:
yeah, they definitely have a say in who gets the BD drive, b/c it is Sony's intellectual property. Do you think that Sony would give away the right to include a BD drive to MS of all companies for ...... free?

Sorry to break it to you, but Sony does not have that type of power. The blu-ray IP is owned by a coalition of companies. Also, Sony is not the only blu-ray LED manufacturer in the world so you are wrong again.

Uh, no, well, the management at the Blu-ray forum, anyway claims that Sony is the sole owner of the Blu-ray IP, but you might be confusing the IP with the Blu-ray association.

 

In either case your second point is quite correct, as manufacturers all over the world can make LEDs that a player could feasibly use, but they have to get Sony's permission, and this means $$$.

 They claim incorrectly.