Leetgeek on 11 July 2008
HappySqurriel said:
Don't forget that the UMD format also smashed the sales of DVD ... DVD started out very slowly because people were very reluctant to buy into a disc format after Laser Disc, DVD lacked the features that people became accustomed to from VCRs (like recording television), and early DVD players were insanely expensive because companies were not subsidizing them. It took (essentially) 3 years from its release in 1996 for people to really start paying attention to DVD, and Sony was able to capatalize on the new excitement surrounding the format by releasing their highly anticipated PS2 console to take advantage of it. |
Cha ching!
