Posted by Allan on 01/14/06 03:19

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:32:20 -0500, Jeff Rife <wevsr@nabs.net> wrote:

>And, even if all consoles together count close to DVD player counts, no
>single console comes close to DVD player counts. In other words, no single
>console format comes close to the single DVD format in market penetration.

http://www.video-games-survey.com/consoles.htm

Nintendo GameBoy

121

1989

Well...121 million units at the end of 2003.. How many DVD players
were sold at that point?

>For end users, though, if combo BluRay/HD-DVD players become the norm, it
>really won't matter which format is better/wins/etc. This sort of combo
>player is likely to happen, but a combo console will never happen, so I
>think we're talking about some completely different circumstances.

Well there is generally backwards compatibility between the consoles,
but yeah.. a combo unit where Playstation 2 and Xbox games play with
no problem is not going to happen.

Just tired of the "VHS / Beta" cries. Both HD DVD and Blu-Ray are
coming, that's a fact. Not 100% that one format has to kill the other
to "Win". "Software" often crosses many platforms.






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