For any one who has been following this format war, would know that Blu-Ray is winning in sales and has a lot of great movie companies behind its back. But Today, news came from Universal Studios that they are not planning on supporting Blu-Ray any time soon. They Say that they want to be able to market all the great things HD DVD can offer. He then went on to say this about PS3 owners
quote70% of gamers don’t even know that their console has a DVD playback option.
the PS3 simply hasn’t been the gamer changer Sony had hoped it would be
This is bad news for Blu-Ray fans who hoped to get some of the great movies that are made by this company.
For anyone who has followed PlayStation Universe’s coverage of Blu-ray would understand just how much the format is dominating the market over HD-DVD.
It seems as if every other day some type of retailer or studio is announcing their full 100% allegiance to the Blu-ray format. In a sense, it is like a forgone conclusion that Blu-ray will or possibly has already one this format war. Not to jump to conclusions however, we will just give it more time before the victor is declared.
With that being said, there is always the spoiler that has to put a damper on things. In this situation, that nod goes to Universal. In an interview with Pocket-Lint.co.uk, Universal executive, Ken Graffeo, revealed that they have no plans on supporting Blu-ray.
“We want to be able to market all the great things HD DVD can offer consumers. We couldn’t do this if we split our resources on two formats, hedged our bets and had to avoid over promoting features on one format so we wouldn’t undercut the other format. HD DVD allows us to provide the type of quality and truly next generation experiences we need to get consumers to migrate from DVD.”
He later went on to downsize the PlayStation 3’s ability to play Blu-ray DVDs by saying, “70% of gamers don’t even know that their console has a DVD playback option." Graffeo then further added that HD-DVD players this holiday season will be as low as USD 199 assuming that a lower price should make consumers purchase a HD-DVD player over a Blu-ray player. Graffeo concluded: "the PS3 simply hasn’t been the gamer changer Sony had hoped it would be."
There isn’t much that can be done except to point out the numbers of Blu-ray over HD-DVD. Hopefully as Blu-ray becomes more successful, maybe Universal will take a different stance on the situation.
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They'll probably be changing their tune within a year or so...
70% of PS3 owners don't know about the DVD/Blu-ray playback capability? Rich people -_- Only rich people (and parents I guess) would spend that much money on anything, without looking into what it offers...
I didn't really think it would be 70%...But I can see maybe 50% or so...
That's still saying half or more of all PS3 owners don't realize their PS3 has Blu-Ray functionality! How the heck is that any better?
That's stupid as hell tallteen, think before you speak. Jesus.
And I said And really, a lot of people think of it just as a game console...Give it time, eventually it will become very well known (much like PS2 = DVD player)...
Now, cram your hostility up your arse ok?
As for the "the PS3 simply hasn't been the gamer changer Sony had hoped it would be" thats still his opinion, i say give it more it more time before stating nonsense like that.
It's true finalblade, whether you like it or not, those numbers are true.
Besides, he clearly meant Blu-Ray in the case of that sentence since the sentece right before the one you took out of context reads as such:"He later went on to downsize the PlayStation 3’s ability to play Blu-ray DVDs by saying"
Some big releases this month on Blu-Ray, a lot of good stuff from Disney/Pixar like Cars, Ratatouille, and the Pixar Shorts Collection. They're sure to look phenomenal and Disney is exclusive to Blu-Ray. That's a huge blow to HD-DVD.
That's like saying 50% of people don't know how to turn their tv on.