Michael Bay on Warner's move to Blu-ray

[DPyro]

I know that, I'm just saying that their already losing money on PS3 so why would they spend more on 'bribes'.

[Shadowblind]

I know that, I'm just saying that their already losing money on PS3 so why would they spend more on 'bribes'.

They do make some kicka** laptops (Vaios, I suck at spelling) They're TVs, however....

But yeah, the rest of the Sony corp probably will take some of the slack. I'm gonna suppose that if console sales are making them lose money, that they will be heavily relying on game sales to make up for it, correct?

[DPyro]

Games/DVD/TV's etc....btw I just found this image I thought was funny

[Elven6]

I never said they didn't pay em, and you need to put in the production costs. Sure it might outsell, but considering how HD DVD costs less, on the production line and in the editing room, it evens out in the end.

Its only popular in Japan for 2 reasons:

1. PS3 is crazy their
2. Japanese have their own weird porn, tv shows, etc that are only in Japan which are being released onto Blu Ray because people have PS3's their, the cheapest Blu Ray player. And the closest formwat that could meet their um "needs"

[F9zDark]

I never said they didn't pay em, and you need to put in the production costs. Sure it might outsell, but considering how HD DVD costs less, on the production line and in the editing room, it evens out in the end.

Its only popular in Japan for 2 reasons:

1. PS3 is crazy their
2. Japanese have their own weird porn, tv shows, etc that are only in Japan which are being released onto Blu Ray because people have PS3's their, the cheapest Blu Ray player. And the closest formwat that could meet their um "needs"

It costs less, sure, but Blu-Ray has long had the majority of support in Hollywood, which indicates to me, that features, not cost, is the deciding factor for why Blu-Ray was chosen. From what I have heard around here, Blu-Ray discs have better DRM protection, which is something movie studios (and if Blu-Rays are ever used for music) music studios would prefer.

And besides, I think the price of Blu-Ray discs have come down quite a bit. Just a few weeks ago I looked around at Amazon.com and there were a few movies that were more expensive on HD-DVD than on Blu-Ray...

[Elven6]

Studios like Fox and Diseny haven't released good titles on Blu Ray other then Die Hard, but thats not enough to say those studios are helping out.

[DPyro]

Um what? What about Pirates of the Caribbean?

[F9zDark]

Studios like Fox and Diseny haven't released good titles on Blu Ray other then Die Hard, but thats not enough to say those studios are helping out.

Blu-Ray is winning, and has been, so these companies must be doing something right.

[MicroNut]

The two formats are equal in performance.
The difference is available content.
Right now Blu-Ray has about 70% of the content on the market.
This is why sales are so high for Blu-Ray.

Blu-Ray:
Disney
Fox
MGM
Warner
New Line

HD-DVD:
Paramount
Dreamworks
Universal

There is a lot of money involved here.
The quicker the market standardizes the format the better for everyone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc

[F9zDark]

There is a lot of money involved here.
The quicker the market standardizes the format the better for everyone.

Exactly. Format wars only hurt the consumers in the end.