Do you think the "War" would've lasted longer if there was no internet?

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Originally Posted by Nerdkiller likes BD

I mean think about it, most of the info we got about the format was from the internet, and if that was taken away, we would've waited about a month for any magazines that talked about the war. Remember Beta vs VHS? That war lasted 12 years and yet the BD vs HD DVD war lasted almost 2. What do you think?

Since the MAJORITY of forums and Blogs were heavily DUD lopsided and Jackasses like Rob Enderle and Ken Graffeo incessantly flapped their corrupt shill gums in favor of the DUD... I actually think the war would've been over sooner without the Internet. The Bricks & Mortars were always strongly lopsided towards Blu-Ray and it's higher cost and margins (more money in their pocket) and they KNEW the format that the PS3 and Disney supported would end up winning the war. Without the internet, the B&M's would have ended this either sooner or at the exact same time (January 2008 CES).

The bottom line is that the PS3 needed to be in the field for at least a full year in order for the DUD to die so January 2007 CES was out of the question... leaving the next logical date to be the January 2008 CES.

The sheer amount of HD DUD FUD that was proliferated by the Internet, IMHO, was vastly responsible for 90% of HD DUD's sales volume (think pimply Crapbox360 fanboys ).