Why gamers won this format war

[NARMAK]

Now, i know what you may think, but this is the single biggest truth of this format war, the simple fact is that it was the PS3 that kicked the ball into motion, now i know you may think that quite a few bought the PS3 to play JUST blu-ray movies but if you remember around a year ago, a campaign was launched by many online game sites that have dedicated PS3 info to make all gamers aware of the Blu-ray drive as a movie device & encourage them to buy Blu-ray movies

In all truth, THIS is where the snowball effect for blu-ray started, had PS3 gamers not been made aware & encouraged to buy at least one movie at that time, HD-DVD would have beaten us in numbers & we would have LOST

Sony's decision to include the Blu-ray was good but it was people like us that helped others realise what it could do for them besides hold their games & educated some of our J6P friends

Warner virtually helped end the war but it was Gamers on the blu-ray side that helped things get to that point & the BDA that also helped seal Warner with a rumoured 11th hour deal

I don't expect a prize for writing this little speech but how i feel Gamers on the Blu-ray side simply helped this war, like how in the previous format war of VHS vs Betamax, it was Adult films

The simple fact that many had to go to a dedicated cinema for such movies instead of the individuality of their house until VHS & Betamax arrived was enough to force people's adoption BUT a crucial point last time was that the Sony backed Betamax would not allow Adult films on the format, essentially sealing it's fate BUT this time we have the internet & with more tech savvy average joes, they understand MORE is BETTER & this helped most make the right choice & side with the right format from the start

To people like Bill Hunt of the Digital Bits, he did a great job advising MANY of his regular site visitors many a time on formats, one such is the DivX vs DVD battle but as Bill himself stated, THIS format war was much CLEARER from the start

People from the HD-DVD side such as 'Amir' & 'rdjam', the fought furiously for the format but in the end it was simply not enough & the BETTER format won out, i like to give credit where it's due so i acknowledge how furiously they fought despite the tactics they used to spread FUD, 'rdjam' though recently accepted the defeat of HD-DVD & clearly wishes to embrace the now single standing Blu-ray format BUT he did make a good point that to stem any further consumer confusion, we not must standardise profile 2.0 for ALL players & discontinue the sale of 1.1 players

I'd like to say a big thanks to ALL people who helped us with whether you bought 1 movie or a 1000, we WON