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Microsoft Fueling HD Wars For Own Benefit?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-they-ain't-running-a-charity-over-there dept.

DaveyJJ writes "According to Transformers' director Michael Bay, in a story over on Electronista, Microsoft is deliberately feeding into the HD disc format wars to ensure that its own downloads succeed where physical copies fail, he says in a response to a question posed through his official forums. The producer contends that Microsoft is writing "$100 million dollar checks" to movie studios to ensure HD DVD exclusives that hurt the overall market regardless of the format's actual merit or its popularity, preventing any one format from gaining a clear upper hand."

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  1. Re:Doesn't sound like Microsoft. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    "No I couldn't write this with a straight face."

    "Embrase..."

    Or correct spelling, apparently...

  2. Re:I call bullshit on this one... by darkmeridian · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't believe Michael Bay either, but how deliciously evil would this be if Microsoft actually planned this? This is the kind of evilness that requires a slow clap.

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  3. Re:I call bullshit on this one... by Hal_Porter · · Score: 3, Funny

    Microsoft is quite obviously betting it will. In fact, they've been telling people that's the future that Microsoft will bring for years now. I went to a "Digital Home" show that was nothing more than Microsoft shilling their Digital Home products under a different name. That sounds rather underhanded of them.
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