Why the Paramount deal doesn't matter

[BRisJesus]

There are 3 main reasons why this deal doesn't help the HD DVD camp at the moment

1) Due to the Paramount deal consumers are getting pretty pissed off. Everyone knew that the US was leaning toward Blu-Ray. With the whole 2-1 versus HD DVD for 300 and 2-1 versus HD DVD in the first half of this year PLUS Target, Bj's Warehouse, and Blockbuster going Blu-Ray exclusive. People were leaning to Blu-Ray but with this deal Blu-Ray's great speed they picked up the last few months has slowed them down enough to grab a mocha while HD DVD is still behind. This will result in less HD players sold in general since people will have to wait longer for the war to end, all this did was prolong the war.

2) The point of getting a Studio to sign up with a format is to get more movies released on that format! Paramount and Dreamworks haven't announced any new movies for HD DVD, hell this announcement hurt them when Fox/MGM rushed their announcement of 29 Blu-Ray titles because of the Paramount deal.

3) We still have more movies out and have more movies announced than HD DVD with only 68 titles announced on the HD DVD side excluding re-release, and 118 titles for Blu-Ray announced (Including the 29 movies announced today). ALMOST DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF MOVIES ANNOUNCED VERSUS HD DVD.

So Warner..... since you're all alone now JOIN us.