Kutaragi Confirms End to Blue-Ray Talks

Posted by Zonk on Monday June 20, 2005 @09:25AM from the they-can't-get-along dept.

Ken Kutaragi, SCE President, confirmed that after a long period of talks Toshiba and Sony cannot see eye to eye on the next generation of DVD format. Blu-ray discs, then, will be the only supported format on the upcoming Playstation 3 console. From the article: "Negotiations began back in February, but the two companies failed to reach an agreement on storage capacities. Blu-Ray discs can hold 50GB of data while HD-DVD discs only hold 30GB, but the HD-DVD camp argues that lower manufacturing costs make for a cheaper, more consumer-friendly product."

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What i never understood... by YellowCyclone · 2005-06-20 09:32 · Score: 4, Insightful

is why is there a debate on this to begin with...

blu-ray holds more, shouldn't that be the final blow? even though hd-dvd is cheaper and will save the companies money, if blue-ray is introduce,d costs will eventually go down.....i'm sure this is what sony is betting on (as it did with dvd for the ps2), but will somebody explain it to me why hd-dvd has lots of rich backers?