what if Microsoft pay warner to stay red?

[shug7272]

Originally Posted by NutsAboutPS3

Why speculate about something that won't happen?

Buy Warner Blu-rays, and enjoy Warner becoming Blu-ray exclusive next year as a result.

Digital downloads are a non-starter, they do not compare favourably with other ways of watching movies, not by price, quality, or convenience.

It just never sounds any less ridiculous to me, no matter if its HD DVD or Blu Ray supporters that say "hey lets spend all of our money to help Sony out."

I say **** em . Blu or Red. I will start buying again when it is one format. Dont care which really. If HD DVD wins the hardware will be cheap for me. I just want one format and Blu Ray SHOULD be that format. Not due to my hard work though. Once they make consumers feel safe about one format THEY WILL BUY. Until then, most sane people, will hold their money for the winner, not spend their money to try and buy a winner for a corp.

[tuku]

Warner will never bow down to m$. Especially after the AOL/Netscape v m$ dispute. Im sure there are still people at Warner who do not want to concede anything to them.

[rwduke]

Hopefully Warner has enough sense to not kill hi-def optical media by accepting a bribe from MS. They must know if they do that they are effectively killing both formats. With a stalemate people will just lose interest and walk away from both formats.

[crey014]

If Warner accepts a bribe from Microsoft?

Well then, they deserve each other.

[Musashi]

I remember hearing rumors about whether or not Warner material will ever be available over XBLive. I'm inclined to think that Warner, who has stakes in all video disc formats would probly opt against it. Then again, they have standard def movies on VUDU, so I don't know.

That being said, Warner going red from an M$ bribe? Most unlikely.

[Kirsty_Mc]

I would say that if they did, they must be mad. prolonging this stupidity will affect the future of HDM... maybe even kill it off altogether. In a world of diminishing DVD sales they are bound to know that HDM (specifically Blu-ray) is the future cash cow. It is in their interests (and everyone elses) that this madness should come to a swift conclusion. taking a short term hit by dropping the failing format will promote long term profits.

[yellowblanket]

Originally Posted by shug7272

It just never sounds any less ridiculous to me, no matter if its HD DVD or Blu Ray supporters that say "hey lets spend all of our money to help Sony out."

I say **** em . Blu or Red. I will start buying again when it is one format. Dont care which really. If HD DVD wins the hardware will be cheap for me. I just want one format and Blu Ray SHOULD be that format. Not due to my hard work though. Once they make consumers feel safe about one format THEY WILL BUY. Until then, most sane people, will hold their money for the winner, not spend their money to try and buy a winner for a corp.

well i think that it's better for me right now that the format war is happening, why? because bogo lol when company compete, consumers win. I've bought over 35 blu-ray disc and none of them is higher than 15 bucks.
Oh and i'm glad that warner turned it down, but then again, u'd never know. Company is out to make money not pride

[Blu-Generation]

Originally Posted by yellowblanket

Company is out to make money not pride

Pride brings in more money later than what money can bring in now.

Go Blu - Win now, win later

Go Red - Lose now, lose later

Go Neutral - Win now, lose later

At this rate, pride is good, without it, you'll be like Paramount.

[sodrock]

I would stop buying HDM and stick with DVD's to be completely honest. Getting tired of reading about HDM every single f'ing day!

[w_tanoto]

Originally Posted by yellowblanket

to prolonging the war thus giving them more time to master digital download?

i dont think 150 mil is much for microsoft if it would give them 8 months time frame
thoughts?

with warner rejecting higher offer than para, it is unlikely that they will accept any payoff. besides, they already saw the reaction when para moved to HD DVD