Posted by mark johnson on 01/11/08 16:25

"The alMIGHTY N" <natlee75@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Jan 10, 7:31 pm, "mark johnson" <mark-john...@freeola.com> wrote:
>> "TheGame" <n0n0n0n...@excite.com> wrote in message
>>
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>> Me thinks it was more about the $500 million sony gave WB than the
>> number of PS3s sold...
>>
>> Nope, no pay off
>>
>> Warner Home Entertainment President Kevin Tsujihara says the studio took
>> no
>> pay-offs to exclusively back Blu-ray.
>>
>> "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."
>>
>> http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/1327
>
> You believe everything that the head of a studio says? Let's say for a
> minute that the story is true and Warner Bros. did accept a $500
> million payout to drop HD DVD support. Do you really think the head of
> Warner Bros. would be so quick to admit that to the public after the
> backlash against Paramount for accepting "Shrek licensing money" that
> was only one-fifth of that amount?

lol, yeah ya right there. I think we will never get a true story on how well
a product is doing, while businesses are giving out back handers left, right
and centre.

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