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selnor on 22 October 2009

How is everyone taking this to mean a 360 addon accessory? I took his comment as you can buy a BluRay player seperately. But nothing to do with the 360. Are media websites really that bad that they take things WAY out of proportion? Why in the hell would anyone buy BluRay add on when 1080p streaming or download is available? Buy or rent? It's conveniant as it is on 360. Waste of time and money for M$ to incorporate BluRay.

I am getting a PS3 and have no intention of buying BluRay films. It's easier for me to download and costs less. And I haven't owned a rental store card for 6 years!



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1337 Gamer on 22 October 2009

i doubt it. Blu ray drives are cheap anyways so this doesnt look like that great of a deal even if it was going to be released.

M$ is gonna go the DD method this gen



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Steroid on 22 October 2009

Sony also had a big hand in CD's and DVD's (though their stake in Bluray is larger then it was for DVD). So we can get over the entire idea of MS being pwned if they decide to go blu. If anything they have done a good job on slowing down bluray adaption but slowly but surely the tide has turned in bluray's favor. I don't think a digital download only console is viable at this time and more likely then not, MS's next console will include a bluray drive.



Bladeforce on 22 October 2009

I havent bought a single movie in over 3 years most are crap nowadays. It's no wonder both the music and movie industry is in such dissarray now.



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selnor on 22 October 2009
Steroid said:
Sony also had a big hand in CD's and DVD's (though their stake in Bluray is larger then it was for DVD). So we can get over the entire idea of MS being pwned if they decide to go blu. If anything they have done a good job on slowing down bluray adaption but slowly but surely the tide has turned in bluray's favor. I don't think a digital download only console is viable at this time and more likely then not, MS's next console will include a bluray drive.

DVD, Blu-ray Shrinking. Digital Distribution Rising

The bad news is that DVD sales are falling and Blu-ray sales, with only 4% of the market, aren’t taking up the slack. The good news is that digital distribution, with ten percent of the market share, is up 18% and rentals are up too.

 

 

Total disc sales, including standard DVDs and Blu-ray, plunged 13.9%, a slightly bigger drop than the 13.5% decline in the first six months of 2009. In an effort to downplay just how dismal revenue from DVD sales has become, DEG didn't disclose total revenue for the category.

 

Why would M$ worry about 4% of the market?

http://www.hardocp.com/news/2009/10/20/dvd_bluray_shrinking_digital_distribution_rising



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Steroid on 22 October 2009
selnor said:
Steroid said:
Sony also had a big hand in CD's and DVD's (though their stake in Bluray is larger then it was for DVD). So we can get over the entire idea of MS being pwned if they decide to go blu. If anything they have done a good job on slowing down bluray adaption but slowly but surely the tide has turned in bluray's favor. I don't think a digital download only console is viable at this time and more likely then not, MS's next console will include a bluray drive.

DVD, Blu-ray Shrinking. Digital Distribution Rising

The bad news is that DVD sales are falling and Blu-ray sales, with only 4% of the market, aren’t taking up the slack. The good news is that digital distribution, with ten percent of the market share, is up 18% and rentals are up too.

 

 

Total disc sales, including standard DVDs and Blu-ray, plunged 13.9%, a slightly bigger drop than the 13.5% decline in the first six months of 2009. In an effort to downplay just how dismal revenue from DVD sales has become, DEG didn't disclose total revenue for the category.

 

Why would M$ worry about 4% of the market?

http://www.hardocp.com/news/2009/10/20/dvd_bluray_shrinking_digital_distribution_rising

Yeah I never heard of that site.

Why would MS care? Because not every single person that buys a console is going to have it hooked up to the internet that's why.



justinian on 22 October 2009
DirtyP2002 said:
player1 said:
what an irony. MS is going to pay Sony for using the blu ray format,lol.


The industry is full of irony.  I read that BluRay uses some kind of MS software or Toshiba (HD-DVD) helped building the PS3 or Sony using PGR to promote PS3. It is a strange industry.

And it is about time people notice that BluRay is not only a Sony product. Quite a few companies are involved.


I agree, although not sure about Toshiba - I'm not saying you are wrong.

Regardless, there is no denying who is the big cheese where BR is concerned.



Vetteman94 on 22 October 2009
justinian said:
DirtyP2002 said:
player1 said:
what an irony. MS is going to pay Sony for using the blu ray format,lol.


The industry is full of irony.  I read that BluRay uses some kind of MS software or Toshiba (HD-DVD) helped building the PS3 or Sony using PGR to promote PS3. It is a strange industry.

And it is about time people notice that BluRay is not only a Sony product. Quite a few companies are involved.


I agree, although not sure about Toshiba - I'm not saying you are wrong.

Regardless, there is no denying who is the big cheese where BR is concerned.

Yep,  Panasonic



Phrancheyez on 22 October 2009

So...what the hell is blueray??

I'm quite amazed that half of these forums still can't spell Blu-Ray...maybe half the 'general public', but on a site like this it's quite pathetic.



justinian on 22 October 2009
Steroid said:
selnor said:
Steroid said:
Sony also had a big hand in CD's and DVD's (though their stake in Bluray is larger then it was for DVD). So we can get over the entire idea of MS being pwned if they decide to go blu. If anything they have done a good job on slowing down bluray adaption but slowly but surely the tide has turned in bluray's favor. I don't think a digital download only console is viable at this time and more likely then not, MS's next console will include a bluray drive.

DVD, Blu-ray Shrinking. Digital Distribution Rising

The bad news is that DVD sales are falling and Blu-ray sales, with only 4% of the market, aren’t taking up the slack. The good news is that digital distribution, with ten percent of the market share, is up 18% and rentals are up too.

 

 

Total disc sales, including standard DVDs and Blu-ray, plunged 13.9%, a slightly bigger drop than the 13.5% decline in the first six months of 2009. In an effort to downplay just how dismal revenue from DVD sales has become, DEG didn't disclose total revenue for the category.

 

Why would M$ worry about 4% of the market?

http://www.hardocp.com/news/2009/10/20/dvd_bluray_shrinking_digital_distribution_rising

Yeah I never heard of that site.

Why would MS care? Because not every single person that buys a console is going to have it hooked up to the internet that's why.

I don't understand. Someone, somewhere is lying. I thought blu-ray was doing great. Maybe I was wrong.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10288294-1.html