PS3 didnt kill HD-DVD?

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/02/20/ps3-hd-dvd-killer-title

while I agree with some of his points- I still think that:

PS3 having BluRay showed the studios & shops the staying power of BluRay

It lead to higher sales for BluRay disks- this must have been important

the death of HD-DVD was the result of

strong backing for BluRay

the inclusion of BluRay into PS3

half-hearted backing for HD-DVD

etc

Yes, PS3 did kill HD-DVD.

Studios/retailers realized PS3's selling potential as a BR Player vs Stand Alone BR players, which sold less then PS3s.

PS3 is the logical choice for consumers, if they decide to buy a BR player.

Yes the PS3 was a major factor in the death of HD DVD.

I mean there are over 10 million Blu Ray players in homes now, that has to make some sort of impact....

Yes, PS3 did kill HD-DVD.

Studios/retailers realized PS3's selling potential as a BR Player vs Stand Alone BR players, which sold less then PS3s.

PS3 is the logical choice for consumers, if they decide to buy a BR player.

M8ingSeezun

Agreed!

Well, Sony did a very smart thing, by making the PS3 the cheapest, most efficient Blu-Ray player on the market, thus hitting two markets at the same time: gamers and movie-watchers, which aren't mutually exclusive. It's ironic really, if you go to any major retailer and look at the prices, you'll see that most standalone Blu-Ray players are about $500-$600, while the cheapest PS3 is only $400, which really leads you to wonder what's going on here. Nevertheless, it seemed to work for Sony, since Blu-Ray is the undisputed winner of the format war.

But a large part of it was HD-DVD's half-hearted defense; Toshiba did not fight tooth and nail to beat back Sony, nor did they pressure Microsoft to help them out. Microsoft's Xbox 360 might've been able to make a difference, but what with Xbox LIVE allowing downloads of HD content, it could be supposed that most Xbox 360 gamers were not interested in HD-DVD the way Sony foisted Blu-Ray on it's PS3 users.

Sony is the main reason BD didn't get slaughtered. HDDVD players were all much less costly than stand alone BD players.Chutebox

but video did kill the radio stardoobie1975

[QUOTE="Chutebox"]Sony is the main reason BD didn't get slaughtered. HDDVD players were all much less costly than stand alone BD players.skrat_01

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[QUOTE="Chutebox"]Sony is the main reason BD didn't get slaughtered. HDDVD players were all much less costly than stand alone BD players.EuroMafia

[QUOTE="skrat_01"]

[QUOTE="Chutebox"]Sony is the main reason BD didn't get slaughtered. HDDVD players were all much less costly than stand alone BD players.EuroMafia

yes, philips developed the blu-ray technoligy with help from Matsushta, Pioneer, Thomson, LG Electronics, Hitachi, Sharp and Samsung.

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[QUOTE="Chutebox"]Sony is the main reason BD didn't get slaughtered. HDDVD players were all much less costly than stand alone BD players.EuroMafia

The Inquirer? Really?

Really?