If Xbox 720 uses blu ray....

Then for every 720 games that sold, Sony gain profit? :?

I can see the debate in future SW if 720 uses blu ray: Halo 5 sold 5 millions! And yet it's in blu ray....:|

Man, SW will be boring....

Blu-ray Disc Association

Blu-ray Disc Association

Blu-ray Disc Association

Not SONY!!!

Who came out with the first commerical Blu-Ray player? NOT SONY!

Sony isn't the only owner of the blu-ray tech.MonsieurX

Blu-ray Disc Association

Blu-ray Disc Association

Blu-ray Disc Association

Not SONY!!!

Who came out with the first commerical Blu-Ray player? NOT SONY!

ShadowDeathX

*Sigh*

Sony co-developed Blu-ray, but in order to own it exclusively, it has to be patented. Now the tricky part is that if Sony patented Blu-ray, it will cease to become a standard format. And Sony can kiss goodbye to universal adoption. Just think of DVDs. Does anybody get a dime for each DVD sold? No. If someone actually did, DVDs would not have become widespread since it would have been a proprietary product. You can't have both.

Nope, blueray wouldn't be a thing if it was

Sony isn't the only owner of the blu-ray tech.MonsieurX

Sony is part of the Board of Directors for the BDA, and a founding member, so they undoubtedly get royalties from the product. I could be wrong, though. However, you do pay to be on the Board of Directors.

Furthermore, MS attains royalties due to one of the codecs utilized in Blu-Ray, which is VC-1.

*Sigh*

Sony co-developed Blu-ray, but in order to own it exclusively, it has to be patented. Now the tricky part is that if Sony patented Blu-ray, it will cease to become a standard format. And Sony can kiss goodbye to universal adoption. Just think of DVDs. Does anybody get a dime for each DVD sold? No. If someone actually did, DVDs would not have become widespread since it would have been a proprietary product. You can't have both.

jhcho2

In other news:

Sony computers use Windows as their OS...

sony will be bankrupt in a year anyways.

sony will be bankrupt in a year anyways.

Evo_nine

Obvious they want to follow the world class gaming capabilities of Sony. Heil68

Then for every 720 games that sold, Sony gain profit? :?

ihsanqueen

Obvious they want to follow the world class gaming capabilities of Sony. Heil68

You're not making yourself look very good.

Why do they need to use bluray? i thought lems were fine with changing disks.... joel_c17

Why do they need to use bluray? i thought lems were fine with changing disks.... joel_c17

If Sony's laptops use Windows...

Same story. Companies do allow other people to make stuff for them y'know.

Look at Samsung and apple. Samsung makes heaps of parts of the iphone, but look who got sued their asses off.

If 720 starts using Blu-Ray, then Sony is screwed

If 720 starts using Blu-Ray, then Sony is screwed

lonewolfman10

So?

The 360 uses DVD and Sony is also part of the DVD Forum.

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If 720 starts using Blu-Ray, then Sony is screwed

MonsieurX

Because that was pretty much Sony's huge selling point with their games and graphics