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Posted by Doug Jacobs on 01/17/07 21:26
In alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 asjbiotek@gmail.com wrote:
> Yeah, but it's the most recent month....
One month does not a "trend" make.
> here's the thing about it...setting aside all the hype, and looking at
> long term trends as opposed to short term news hypes, HD-DVD simply
> does not have the muscle to compete against Blue-ray, and that graph is
> already starting to show that (notice how FLAT HD-DVD sales seem to
> be)....
6 months from now, the majority of consumers are still not going to care
about HD-DVD or Blu-Ray because they still lack the HDTV required to get
the superior picture.
Of those who do have a HDTV, the majority of THEM will be satisfied with a
cheap $100 upscaling DVD player.
For the rest, hybrid players will be cheaper than Blu-Ray-Only players,
making this whole "Which format should I support?" BS immaterial.
As far as the consumer is concerned, this 'war' is over.
> people here keep pointing out Sony, but completely forget that BLU-RAY
> IS MADE UP OF SOME OF THE BIGGEST COMPANIES IN THE WORLD (many bigger
> than Microsoft). These guys can afford to have short-term downsides,
> because they can see that in the long term, they'll simply overwhelm
> HD-DVD with the number of titles and players out there.
Again, company size doesn't matter.
And at the rate things are going for Sony, they may not be the "big"
company you think they are for much longer.
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