What Are Retailers Thinking? - Blu-ray Forum

Proteus · 12-21-2007, 05:13 PM

OMG people... really.. seriously...

Microsoft would not 'punish' BestBuy if they dumped HDDVD by pulling product.

Holy hell where do people come up with this stuff??

If BestBuy dropped support for HDDVD, _nothing else would happen_.

There isn't a manufacturer (Microsoft or Toshiba) stupid enough to 'punish and pull their products' from the nation's single largest electronics retailer. Seriously, can anyone even comprehend how stupid this would be? It is beyond normal human comprehension it is so ridiculous. These products are generating probably 20%+ of their national income from BestBuy alone!

There is no 'punishing' and such in the business world. BestBuy might get 'looked over' for a few promotional dollars at best. But, hardly anything to be too concerned with.

The original poster is absolutely correct in his statements. Retailers need to learn how to look ahead a bit and to a future that, frankly, may not include them. Then stop and think about how they are helping pave the road to that future where their entire optical media business is gone and the affect on their bottomline that would have.

Truthfully, I can't believe retail has even allowed this 'format war' to go on this long. It shows an ignorance of such grand proportions that it is simply overwhelming. If retail lets this continue to a stalmate, then not only will the consumer go online to get films via digidown but they will be 'upsold' as they peruse those services to buy their electronics online as well. B&M retailers lose _everything_.

The writing is on the wall and it's not hard to read.

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12-21-2007, 05:13 PM	#11
Proteus Power Member Member since:Apr 2007 Location:SoCal PSN:CaptBurn	OMG people... really.. seriously... Microsoft would not 'punish' BestBuy if they dumped HDDVD by pulling product. Holy hell where do people come up with this stuff?? If BestBuy dropped support for HDDVD, _nothing else would happen_. There isn't a manufacturer (Microsoft or Toshiba) stupid enough to 'punish and pull their products' from the nation's single largest electronics retailer. Seriously, can anyone even comprehend how stupid this would be? It is beyond normal human comprehension it is so ridiculous. These products are generating probably 20%+ of their national income from BestBuy alone! There is no 'punishing' and such in the business world. BestBuy might get 'looked over' for a few promotional dollars at best. But, hardly anything to be too concerned with. The original poster is absolutely correct in his statements. Retailers need to learn how to look ahead a bit and to a future that, frankly, may not include them. Then stop and think about how they are helping pave the road to that future where their entire optical media business is gone and the affect on their bottomline that would have. Truthfully, I can't believe retail has even allowed this 'format war' to go on this long. It shows an ignorance of such grand proportions that it is simply overwhelming. If retail lets this continue to a stalmate, then not only will the consumer go online to get films via digidown but they will be 'upsold' as they peruse those services to buy their electronics online as well. B&M retailers lose _everything_. The writing is on the wall and it's not hard to read.

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