Hypothetical Situation

[Firestreak]

He's my thoughts on the matter. The PS3 is so much of the high def market, that technically, there are more PS3s out in the wild than all the other players combined. The PS3 is going to be around for years as a gaming machine, regardless of what happens in the format war.

So how would HD DVD ever become mainstream? Even when standalone players start to become cheaper and surpass the PS3, it'll still be a huge factor. Even if all the HD DVD fanboy's insane dreams came true, the PS3 is still there, keeping Blu-ray alive. I mean, what are their dreams?

TL51 being backwards compatable with all players, Disney going neutral. Fox for some random reason deciding to go neutral as well, I guess billion dollar Ms payoff? Warner going HD DVD exclusive. Cheap $200 HD DVD 1080P players from China? All this could happen, and the PS3 would still exist, and it would still have a big enough share of the market to never allow HD DVD to become mainstream.