Sony Declares War Over--Blu-Ray Wins

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Originally Posted by BastiB

Hello,

I just found this at our beloved AVS Forum.... What do you think about it...?




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Originally Posted by crashoveridema0
dear amirm,

Sony is already claiming that blu-ray has already beaten hd dvd because blu-ray has surpassed hd dvd sales and now has 1 more movie avaible for it what do you have to say about this?


BD+HD DVD don't even have a 1% share of the DVD market. The numbers of titles being sold is so small, that if half a dozen of you decided to buy one format or the other, it would skew the numbers that way (OK, I am exaggerating some but you get the idea ).

You might think I am dismissing these numbers because BD claims they are ahead using them. But I never bragged about them even when they admit that for the entire last year save the last week of it, HD DVD was ahead. It is just silly to hang your hat on small numbers which can have high variability. You also don’t walk looking at your feet. You have to look at where you want to go and in the process, ignoring hills and valleys along the way. As otherwise, BD should have given up last year, given the same logic!

IMHO, both camps need to focus more on winning average customers, than taking pride in taking some tiny share away from the other. I feel that we are doing the most to do this with much lower cost players, and widest array of content from around the globe. And a format that is easy to replicate, enabling us to reach the 14,000 or so DVD titles that are out there in addition to being economical to produce in full capacity and backward compatible versions. And possibly one that shares the same name as DVD .

So if the BD group is still counting on us closing shop due to these claims, my reply to them is that we have heard this story many times before. It didn’t concern us then. It certainly doesn’t concern us now, on the heels of BD exclusive companies such as LG supporting both formats. We will be around, as they will be. But if they want to underestimate us, as they did at launch last year, no one will be happier than me . It served us well then, it will serve us well in the future….

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Amir
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The A-man still has no clue about basic business practices and conduct, MS can't be too pleased.