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EliteStance on 04 January 2008

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of course there will be. Electronics companies will push all approaches for different consumers.

But PS3 now represents a solid gaming platform and a great BR player and that will increase sales if the format war really does end on this decision.



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Victoresparza2003 on 04 January 2008

TO Makingmusic476:

Slowly but surely.



LordTheNightKnight on 04 January 2008
makingmusic476 said:
Victoresparza2003 said:
SO, when do you guys think we'll start to see the affects of Warner Bros. actions. (ie Blu Ray wipesout hddvd).

Things will start to slow drastically for HD DVD as news of this spreads, as it will turn off potential buyers, cause HD DVD owners to go format neutral, and cause dual format owners to curb their HD DVD buying habits. This will cause sales to slwow drastically, decreasing retail space, which already heavily favors Blu.

Things won't really end until after May, when Warner stops releasing on HD DVD, removing over 1/3rd of HD DVD's catalog, including major titles like 300, Batman Begins, and other top sellers on HD DVD.


That is really presumptive. It could happen, but don't pretend this is anything other than a guess right now. We don't know what consumers are going to do.



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finalsquall on 04 January 2008
LordTheNightKnight said:
makingmusic476 said:
Victoresparza2003 said:
SO, when do you guys think we'll start to see the affects of Warner Bros. actions. (ie Blu Ray wipesout hddvd).

Things will start to slow drastically for HD DVD as news of this spreads, as it will turn off potential buyers, cause HD DVD owners to go format neutral, and cause dual format owners to curb their HD DVD buying habits. This will cause sales to slwow drastically, decreasing retail space, which already heavily favors Blu.

Things won't really end until after May, when Warner stops releasing on HD DVD, removing over 1/3rd of HD DVD's catalog, including major titles like 300, Batman Begins, and other top sellers on HD DVD.


That is really presumptive. It could happen, but don't pretend this is anything other than a guess right now. We don't know what consumers are going to do.


 Yes we do... Buy Blu Ray :P



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makingmusic476 on 04 January 2008

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/1327

Warner: No Payoff for Move to Blu-ray
Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 07:56 PM ET
Tags: Warner (all tags)

Warner Home Entertainment President Kevin Tsujihara says the studio took no pay-offs to exclusively back Blu-ray.

In a post-announcement conference call, Tsujihara flatly denied rumors that studio had accepted anywhere from 250M to $500M in exchange for dropping its HD DVD format support.

According to the exec, Warner's sole motivation in dropping its HD DVD format support was to ensure growth of the "category" and the long-term health of the industry.

"The packaged media business is a $42 billion dollar business worldwide at the retail level, and we [Warner] have the largest market share of anybody," said Tsujihara. "From our perspective, the most important piece of this whole puzzle is, "How do we get growth back into this category?" That far outweighed anything else."

This [decision] was one hundred percent around what makes the most sense for the consumer, the retailer and the industry. This was not a bidding war. This was all about what was best, strategically, for us."

Stay tuned for more news from the Tsujihara conference call shortly...

See what people are saying about this story in our forums area, or check out other recent discussions.



NJ5 on 04 January 2008

I don't know why people are so happy... Sure, it's good if this stupid format war ends, but did it have to be with the region-locked, most DRM-ridden format? I'll probably stick with DVD for a few more years at least.



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LordTheNightKnight on 04 January 2008
finalsquall said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
makingmusic476 said:
Victoresparza2003 said:
SO, when do you guys think we'll start to see the affects of Warner Bros. actions. (ie Blu Ray wipesout hddvd).

Things will start to slow drastically for HD DVD as news of this spreads, as it will turn off potential buyers, cause HD DVD owners to go format neutral, and cause dual format owners to curb their HD DVD buying habits. This will cause sales to slwow drastically, decreasing retail space, which already heavily favors Blu.

Things won't really end until after May, when Warner stops releasing on HD DVD, removing over 1/3rd of HD DVD's catalog, including major titles like 300, Batman Begins, and other top sellers on HD DVD.


That is really presumptive. It could happen, but don't pretend this is anything other than a guess right now. We don't know what consumers are going to do.


Yes we do... Buy Blu Ray :P


This from the guy who was "shocked" Lost Oddessy was on 4 discs, when that was announced weeks before. You clearly don't have a say in predicting what is going to happen. Neither of us do, but you aren't going to make anything happen by pretending otherwise.



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Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs

makingmusic476 on 04 January 2008
LordTheNightKnight said:
makingmusic476 said:
Victoresparza2003 said:
SO, when do you guys think we'll start to see the affects of Warner Bros. actions. (ie Blu Ray wipesout hddvd).

Things will start to slow drastically for HD DVD as news of this spreads, as it will turn off potential buyers, cause HD DVD owners to go format neutral, and cause dual format owners to curb their HD DVD buying habits. This will cause sales to slwow drastically, decreasing retail space, which already heavily favors Blu.

Things won't really end until after May, when Warner stops releasing on HD DVD, removing over 1/3rd of HD DVD's catalog, including major titles like 300, Batman Begins, and other top sellers on HD DVD.


That is really presumptive. It could happen, but don't pretend this is anything other than a guess right now. We don't know what consumers are going to do.


Indeed, my use of the word "drastically" is a bit of an exagerration.  Things will slow, and what I said will happen over time (imo), however.  

Once Warner's titles begin to go out of stock, HD DVD's sales will fall far behind Blu-Ray's, simply because of lack of content, let alone a smaller install base.  Three out of the four top sellers on HD DVD in 2007 were Warner titles: 300, Planet Earth, and Batman Begins.  What happens when titles like those and Harry Potter disappear?  And new titles like the Dark Knight are released exclusively on Blu-Ray?  Or the Lord of the Rings?  HD DVD cannot survive on just Universal and Paramount, especially since Spielberg's titles are specifically excluded from all exclusivity deals, including Indiana Jones, ET, Jurassic Park, etc.



LordTheNightKnight on 04 January 2008
NJ5 said:
I don't know why people are so happy... Sure, it's good if this stupid format war ends, but did it have to be with the region-locked, most DRM-ridden format? I'll probably stick with DVD for a few more years at least.

They aren't really happy that blu-ray won anything. They are more happy HD-DVD lost something, and happy to gloat. I doubt that many even care about blu-ray in the first place if those didn't come with it.

Some are happy for blu-ray, but there are quite a few who clearly wouldn't give it the time of day if there wasn't a format war. 



A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.

Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs