Were we this bad when Paramount left?

[Icemage]

Originally Posted by Dalese

The feelings of hurt, anger, and fear were just as prevalent here after the Paramount annoncement.

The difference IMO is the feeling of desperation coming from the HD-DVD side due to the ramifications of what the Warner decision means. When Paramount dropped Blu-ray, there was an effort by the blu community and insiders to calm the troops. Loosing Paramount was an unexpected setback, a delay, a speedbump that in the end would not make a difference in the format war.

Warner's dropping of HD-DVD is a "deathblow" to the format. The finality of the decision leaves no realistic opportunity for HD-DVD to overcome the loss.

By nature, people do not like to loose. I only hope that those who are upset by this can understand the reality of the situation and move beyond their anger. The Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD format war may be wrapping up but the more difficult Blu-ray vs. DVD has barely begun.

What's interesting is the lack of any counter-attack from the HD DVD insiders (talking more specifically about Amir Majidemehr, but also referring to the other Microsofties there in general), even on AVS. That speaks volumes about how invested Microsoft really is at this point in HD DVD.

When Paramount went down, our Blu-ray insiders went to bat for us here and gave us some good news (Fox, upcoming Warner releases, et. al.). I don't see anything of the sort from the red side at the moment - and according to amirm, they've known about this move - at least potentially - for some time now, so for them to have no formulated response is extra significant.