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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. cool. by President_Camacho · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    Are they also going to market their laptops as the winner of the battery war?

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    1. Re:cool. by MrNaz · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yep, it'll be like when George Bush declared the Iraq war won! :P

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    2. Re:cool. by Reverend528 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Are they also going to market their laptops as the winner of the battery war?

      They blow the competition away!

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    3. Re:cool. by SatanicPuppy · · Score: 5, Funny

      Why not?

      "Sony lithium batteries smoke the competition!"
      "Sony is on fire with these new batteries!"
      "Put a Sony battery in your laptop and witness an explosion of power!"
      "Sony lithium: Taste the Apocalypse!"
      "Sony lithium batteries: Your laptop will never be the same!"
      "Sony batteries keep burning long after the competition has gone out."

      The marketing material just writes itself.

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    4. Re:cool. by SCPRedMage · · Score: 3, Funny

      That's funny, because when I read this the first thing that crossed my mind was, "I wonder if they're going to hold a press conference on an aircraft carrier..."

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    5. Re:cool. by soft_guy · · Score: 1, Funny

      Maybe they can get a picture of the CEO of Toshiba smiling while holding a newspaper that reads "Blu-Ray beats HD-DVD!".

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  2. Head Sony Exec: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

    1. Re:Head Sony Exec: by UbuntuDupe · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's kind of unfair. If you look carefully at the banner the ship actually put up, you'll note it *really* said:

      this specific ship's MISSION has been ACCOMPLISHED

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  3. Will they say the same about the PS3? by vjmurphy · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Citing the recent sales numbers, Sony exec David Bishop is claiming that the next gen console war can officially be declared over. Looks like the Wii and 360 are the winners."

    Perhaps they shouldn't be gloating.

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  4. Sounds familiar. by endianx · · Score: 1, Funny

    Mission accomplished!

  5. because.... by President_Camacho · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why is this article here in the games section?
    You don't think a corporate pissing match is a game?
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  6. In other news by TinBromide · · Score: 5, Funny

    HD-DVD proponents throw up arms and say "That just about wraps it up for us". They began packing up the manufacturing plants and began work on other projects.

    In other news, Apple declares victory over vista because of the ratio of new apple ads to new microsoft ads.

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  7. Alien Technology by ngtvtw13ve · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course Blu-Ray is the winner, it is by far a superior format. HD-DVD is nothing but DVD with 2 extra letters who wants to buy something unimaginitive, but Blu-Ray thats new and exciting. Its "blue" wich means advanced cause aliens are blue, and ray makes me think of an awsome ray gun from all those sci-fi movies. Its friggin advanced alien technology that Sony got its hands on hundreds of years before any other company. How could it not be the leader.

  8. Problem with Ratios by flynt · · Score: 5, Funny

    With a movie sale ratio of almost 2:1

    Unfortunately, he forgot to mention that those were also the actual numbers of discs sold.

    1. Re:Problem with Ratios by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      So does that mean only 2 Blu Ray discs were sold?

    2. Re:Problem with Ratios by mypalmike · · Score: 2, Funny

      >> With a movie sale ratio of almost 2:1

      > So does that mean only 2 Blu Ray discs were sold?

      No. It means that almost 2 have been sold. Right now, there's a guy at Best Buy holding a Blu-Ray disc in his hand, pondering its purchase. He's not sure it'll play in his VCR, but the clerk is close to convincing him it will.

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  9. Yeah, we trust them by GweeDo · · Score: 5, Funny

    This coming from the same company that owes me $9,600 for all the PS3's at my local walmart! source

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  10. In other news ... by Ace905 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Citing recent sales numbers, local used car dealer frank "the lone testicle" johnson has declared that he is in fact the best car dealer in all of north america.

    "It was a toss up between me and every single other person, that is until I decided on the criteria by which we were all graded.", said the lone testicle.

    Some other sales people are confused by the unanimous victory, but have to admit that Johnson is the best at dealing cars he himself is authorized to sell - in all of north america. One of johnson's opponent dealerships claims, "He only gets those numbers because he's counting sales of the very rare 'Delorian' cars that he sells. Of course when they offered 2 delorians for sale this year, his numbers doubled and every single other dealer in north america that doesn't sell those got a zero on his rating scale."

    Confused by semantics, my editor has decided to just give free publicity to Mr. Johnson because he came up with a self-fellating story that almost sounds legitimate. congratulations lone testicle, please take all of my readers and try to sell them your over-priced crap.

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  11. Re:Number of movies by Dorkmaster+Flek · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sony doing something idiotic? Naw...

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  12. Re:Two major advantages by Pojut · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow, way to make it clear to everyone that you're just another idiotic fanboy.

    Hey dipshit, the PS3 is selling at a faster rate than the 105+ million selling PS2...


    Anyone wanna get in on this one?
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  13. Re:Sure.... by pionzypher · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't know what (google cache) you're talking about. (second link has a great pic below the PA comic.)

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  14. Re:Number of movies by encoderer · · Score: 2, Funny

    So let me get this straight:

    A single data point can be used as a "tool" to gage the trend?

    No shit?

  15. Re:Two major advantages by SCPRedMage · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think this image says it all...

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  16. Reminds me of famous historical headlines: by vertinox · · Score: 3, Funny

    1812
    France to market Napoleon as winner of battle of Waterloo!

    1862
    Southern states to market General Lee as winner of Battle of Gettysburg!

    1944
    Germany to market themselves as winner of World War 2!

    2003
    Fox news to market US as winner of Iraq war! Oh wait...

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  17. Re:Number of movies by oh_bugger · · Score: 3, Funny

    you hit the nail on the head when you said it's too early to tell. Sony can't decide at this point which product is the winner. That's like Al Gore saying he's the president just because he's got the most votes. (yes bad analogy, I was going to say something serious but that came into my head)

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  18. Re:Numbers?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Duel-format player? There's a typo that deserves a whole cartoon devoted to it.

  19. Re:Number of movies by bdr529 · · Score: 2, Funny

    6 months of data is a single data point? No shit? It's not a single data point. It's the volume of title sales over 6 months. RTFA and maybe... just MAYBE click the links.

  20. Sony pissing match: don't cross the streams! by MS-06FZ · · Score: 2, Funny

    No no no! We cannot infer that it will work for Sony. This Sony is Blue. Bush is a Red. If they ever cross: total protonic reversal! And that's bad. Okay. Alright, important safety tip - thanks.
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  21. Re:Number of movies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    What? Isn't Sony's Beta the winner format? What am I going to do with my Betamax and all my Beta tapes?

  22. Re:Number of movies by PopeRatzo · · Score: 4, Funny

    I agree with TFA. Blu-ray has won the format war.

    I'm also ready to declare Tom Vilsack the winner of the '08 presidential election and the Chicago White Sox the winner of next year's World Series.

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