[QUOTE="Rev2221"]

Ok OP I'm sure it's been said but just incase to answer your question...

first off the PSP. Sony wanted to promote their new media format = UMD. Sony wants you to buy UMD movies because they get royalties since the films are being put on their media format. Sony makes the PSP use UMD's. This jacks up the price of the system.

lots of ppl buy the PSP and therefore lots of people buy tons of UMDs = tons of $$$ for sony.

 

 

The PS3 is the exact same scenario. Sony wants everyone to buy blu-ray discs. This requires a blu-ray player. blu-ray players are hella expansive since they're brand f****ng new. Sony's dilemma- we need people to buy blu-ray players. Sony realizaton: a lot of people want to buy PS3s. Sonys dilmma: blu-ray players are expansive. Sony's realization: people really want the PS3 so they'd probaby be willing to pay alot for one. Sony's solution: make the PS3 use blu-ray disks!

Yes say it again and again... the PS3 is a fu***ing bargan. I know it is. But it's still really really really expensive when it doesn't have to be.

blackace

That pretty much sums it up. The problem is Sony like to take these big risks that could cost them millions of dollars. Even though Blu-Ray is selling better then UMD did, the format still isn't selling they way Sony though it would. They have over 3 million Blu-Rays in homes world wide, but can only sell 1500-2000 Blu-Ray movies a week for each title? These type of sales aren't making movie studios happy. Their profits are pennies compares to what they make with DVD's. DVD profits per disc is probably 4-5x's greater then Blu-Ray & HD-DVD.

Sales weren't great for DVD its first 1 year either.  It's a new format and takes time to establish itself.   

[QUOTE="Spartan4001"]

[QUOTE="Killer_Wuggles"]It's not a 360 version. It's a PSP version. We've known this since E3 2006, and FFXIII won't go to the 360. jedigemini

Why? Why is that so inconceivable? Because previous installments have been on Sony consoles? I don't understand why cows blindly ignore the fact that it just does not pay to keep a game PS3 exclusive this gen, especially in the face of Assassin's Creed, Virtua Fighter, Unreal Tournament and the others.

I don't see how they could put the game on the Wii.  It would be like trying to play run the Indinapolis 500 in a Kia. 

[QUOTE="ramey70"][QUOTE="latinrage69"]

[QUOTE="ramey70"]Lord of the Rings is not HD-DVD exclusive. New Line Cinema is a subsidiary of Warner Bros who are format neutral. I have no idea where you people come up with your nonsense.latinrage69

yes we know. i've made corrections to that statement before. currently, it is rumored that lotr will come out by the end of summer for hd dvd, the theatrical release not the extended edition, and the bd version will come out either at the end of the year or early next year. also, the back to the future box set will come out by years end. since it's from universal, it will be exclusive to hd dvd. scarface is also a universal release meaning another hd dvd exclusive. if fox postpones the star wars box set for bd, sony is screwed. also, fox needs george lucas' ok in order to sell the movie because lucas owns the rights to the movie, not fox, and he hasn't decided what format to back just yet.

So you are using rumors and speculation in a debate setting?

funny how you seemed to miss the scarface and the back to the future series being hd dvd exclusive. it's not rumor that fox has postponed all spring releases to undetermined dates. it's because of the lack of security and production issues. they may however postpone future releases until these are fixed or they will release the crap movies from their catalog. and yes i did use a rumor about lotr launching for hd dvd during the summer because the last time that a rumor such as this went around (the rumor being an hd dvd version being released months before its bd counterpart), the rumor turned out to be true and the matrix hd dvd box sets will be launching months before the bd versions.

There were also rumours that Fox and Disney were going format neutral at CES 2007 and that didn't turn out very well.  I think you're also discounting several exclusive releases for BD upcoming in future months as well.   You're going to have to try much harder with me.  I'm format neutral.  I don't care either way but the misinformation is mind numbing regarding these format debates.  I'm actually surprised no one has made the absurd claim that Bluray forbids porn or that HD-DVD can't do 1080p video yet. 

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Shall I /thread?

LINK

DVD supporters bought mass HDDVD to raise the rankings...

How sad.

hockeyruler12

well i have a comeback for that

Quoted from the article i originally posted:

Note that while the most recent spike in the chart above (from this past weekend) is likely attributible to a coordinated "buy-a-thon" on the part of some online HD DVD supporters in honor of the format's first anniversary this past Sunday, setting that aside, the format's overall Amazon trending would appear to indicate that its poor performance vs Blu-ray over the first few months of the year may in fact have been (as its backers have long argued) more attributable to a dearth of new releases than anything else.

I think what it really says is that Amazon can no longer be considered reliable data for or against either HD-DVD or Bluray arguements.  Probably going to see how the latest Nielsen-Videoscan data looks to really ascertain anything worthwhile. 

[QUOTE="ramey70"]Lord of the Rings is not HD-DVD exclusive. New Line Cinema is a subsidiary of Warner Bros who are format neutral. I have no idea where you people come up with your nonsense.latinrage69

yes we know. i've made corrections to that statement before. currently, it is rumored that lotr will come out by the end of summer for hd dvd, the theatrical release not the extended edition, and the bd version will come out either at the end of the year or early next year. also, the back to the future box set will come out by years end. since it's from universal, it will be exclusive to hd dvd. scarface is also a universal release meaning another hd dvd exclusive. if fox postpones the star wars box set for bd, sony is screwed. also, fox needs george lucas' ok in order to sell the movie because lucas owns the rights to the movie, not fox, and he hasn't decided what format to back just yet.

So you are using rumors and speculation in a debate setting?  

[QUOTE="ramey70"]NCAA Football 2007 was pretty good. -Sir-Poof-

pretty good? not really it was FREAKIN GREAT!

O and they made FNR3 which is really good.

It will be great when they don't have cheerleaders on the sidelines for Texas A&M. 

[QUOTE="ramey70"][QUOTE="axt113"]

[QUOTE="GsSanAndreas"]I stopped reading when you said disapointment, i realized this is a fanboy threadaxt113

It is a disappointment, it'll likely end up in third place this gen

There is no way to know that this early.

No I can't prove it, but if history is any judge then its very likely

Actually it isn't.  It's like trying to predect the winner of a Superbowl 1 minute into the game.