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Toshiba Paid Off To Drop HD-DVD?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the murky-dealings-of-international-business dept.

TripleP writes "Was Toshiba paid-off to concede the HD battle? There are some signs that may point to this as a direct result of the ended format war. Reuters has reported that Sony has agreed to sell its Cell and RSX fabrication plants in Japan to Toshiba. The WSJ is reporting that is is a joint venture in the form of 60% Toshiba,%20 Sony and %20 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc."

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  1. PS3 = Still Sucks by Skeetskeetskeet · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What's sad is that the only reason most people get the PS3 is because it's a cheap blu-ray player, the development kits are a nightmare for the PS3, which is why you see significant delays in title releases for other platforms such as UT3 and GTAIV...these two titles have been done for months on the 360 but can't be released for it because Sony cries and whines that their version must be released first otherwise the other platform versions will cause a decline in PS3 sales. Get over it Sony, the PS3 has lost...it's now just a cheap blu-ray player and nothing else.

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    1. Re:PS3 = Still Sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      That's not what I've been hearing. Two of my friends just upgraded their 360s to PS3s and aren't looking back, they say it's a night and day difference. From built-in wireless, built-in BD player, the excellent home media player, better graphics, better controllers, etc. The only thing the PS3 had lacking was a good selection of games, which is not the case anymore.

      Maybe you can go pick yourself up another 360 or two for when yours breaks. I hear you can get them really cheap now.

  2. Re:Who cares by phoenixwade · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Neither format really had a real reason to choose one over the other. Oh, I dunno - sounds like Warner had about 400 million reasons that blu-ray was better... And, at least on paper, It's a better format, more capacity and faster....
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  3. Re:Who cares by vertinox · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Who really cares. At least the war is over.

    No its not. If you want and analogy to real life I would say the BlueRay and HDVD war was only the Spanish civil war between Fascist and the Republicans. The real World War is pending between physical media and streaming/downloads. I'll let everyone decide who plays the part Axis, Allies, and Soviets are on their own.

    Keep in mind that downloads is not simply torrent pirates but also includes corporations who would rather have their customers use their "On Demand" feature to download HD quality titles rather than buy a disc.

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  4. Re:Who cares by cHiphead · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    sounds a lot like betamax. br is sony's revenge for the betamax vs vhs debacle. Seems rather foolish that suddenly sony, the company with a long history of shady and excessive 'drm'ing of media suddenly wins by bribing and everyone just rolls on over.

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  5. Re:Who cares by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It's kinda neutral news for the average paying customer. It's good news for studios. It's terrible news for people who don't want to pay for their entertainment but still want it anyway.

  6. Absurd FUD by SuperKendall · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Do you think Dell and Apple would back a format that THIER users could not write media to?

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