Ephraim said:
I remember a year ago reading an interview with Peter Moore. He actually said “The consumer’s choosing HD-DVD.”
They’ve been saying this for a while. If you watch and pay attention the media usually hypes over the losing product every time.
I’ve been calling this battle from day 1 but oddly enough they’ve both been losing overall until now. The exclusive deals did kill both because it turned 90% of consumers off. No one wants to buy 2 seperate $600 movie players just so they can brag about the HD picture that can’t be distinguished from a normal picture. Before it’s over with, Blu-Ray may die as well.
Just a heads up, my next prediction is the influx of cheap Blu-Ray players and the further decline of PS3 sales. As Oh Malley said, Blu-Ray only helps the PS3 if it’s the cheapest player on the market and for the past year it has been. That’s about to change and Sony may regret pushing MS out of the fight so fast.
Also, if you’ll noticed the Blu-Ray format is capable of a 4-layered disc. Sony obviously learned from what killed their Betamax.