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Sony Set to Market Blu-ray as Winner of Format War

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the self-serving-prophets dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Citing the recent sales numbers, Sony exec David Bishop is claiming that the high-def format war can officially be declared over. With a movie sale ratio of almost 2:1 Blu-ray discs are being declared the victor over rival HD-DVD by Blu-ray supporter Sony. 'And yet while all agree that it was a strong month for Blu-ray, opinion is split on whether the surge in sales is an indicator of stronger user adaption of Blu-ray compared to HD DVD, or simply a reflection of the larger number of new Blu-ray titles that hit the market over the month -- 25 new Blu-ray titles were released in January, compared to just 11 titles on HD DVD for the same period.'"

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  1. And the real winner is... by countSudoku() · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Regular DVD5/DVD9 format, by a landslide! When you can *only* purchase a title on either BR or HD formats, and *not* on DVD5/9, *then* we can decide a winner. Until then Sony should rethink it's policy of preventing hackability in their products... I'm looking right at the PSP, Sony. You shmucks.

    From the same idiots who brought you the overpriced, under performing "Memory Stick"! I've got a Memory Stick for them... ;)

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  2. Mandatory Maddox by frostband · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    As soon as Sony stops shitting all over us, I'll buy a Blu-ray player.