I hope it doesn't come out that soon.  There's no way I could get a divorce* in time for the release.

*There's no way I could maintain a successful marriage while playing this game. 

1. That will never happen

2. Failure rates for dual layer (50GB) blu-ray discs are so high they haven't used them for much of anything yet.

OPbarfer

Actually most new BD releases are on the 50GB disc. 

[QUOTE="CJL13"][QUOTE="pundog"][QUOTE="Javy03"]

[QUOTE="pundog"]You guys don't get it. How many signs at Best Buy or Walmart or Circuit city say that BR has x number of exclusive studios or HD-DVD has x number of exclusive studios. Right, none. What people see is a really pretty picture next to a big price tag regardless of format. The first company to get that price tag south of $200 will win, because by then they are charging pretty close to the price of a quality DVD player, or at least close enough to justify spending the extra coin.tango90101

Wrong, what people see is what movies are availble in what format and when they find out most of their fav. movies are on Blu ray and exclusive because of whatever reason they will wait to invest in the HD player that satisfies them.

You buy a media player to play movies. Blu ray has more variety and more movies. It doesnt matter if HD DVD players are 20 dollars if they dont have the movies I wanna buy I am not gonna settle for smokin aces over 007, Pirates, Spiderman and many others. Having more movies makes it more likly that they will appeal to the audience while HD DVD only appeals to people who care for some fox movies, but mostly love Universal.

They can just look at the movies. Once they see there are no Columbia, MGM, Disney etc. movies on HD-DVD but on Blu-Ray, they'll start to wonder.

if people bought movies on studio rather than title, they'd be shelved alphabetically according to studio..

but they list under title.

and no, the "average consumer" does NOT typically do research before buying... the early adopters do....;)

the average consumer shops on price as the paramount consideration with all things being perceived equal.

What if they don't perceive the products to be equal? 

See, I told you.

[QUOTE="ramey70"]

Both the Matrix and 2 Pirates films were released on May 22nd. The 2 Pirates films sold 47,000 units while the Matrix sold 13,900.

 

Take from it what you will.

tango90101

matrix = $99

pirates? you had to use TWO movies against one?

is that fair?

If you divided the Pirates sales in half you still end up with 23,000 to 13,900. In addition, the comparison comparing The Matrix and the 2 Pirates movies has been made on many reputable sources the past few days. I can happily provide links if you desire.

Both the Matrix and 2 Pirates films were released on May 22nd.   The 2 Pirates films sold 47,000 units while the Matrix sold 13,900. 

 Take from it what you will.