The joke of it all is that in many instances Blu-ray on-line prices are at or around DVD levels.
Still sales do not take off and obviously the higher margin that was expected has vanished before things even get going, leaving only the early adopter & the PS3 gang to get screwed - so much for your 'loyalty' eh boys?
The fact that the prospect of there being any money in it is vanishing fast is what gives us all the final guarantee that Blu-ray won't be around for too long.
BTW Bozster I know you gave some of the losses Sony flushed away on PS3 there (never to be recouped, even if they do - eventually - start to make money on the PS3 sales price v production costs) but did anyone ever unearth the figure for the vast amount of R&D spent on this white elephant? I'd be interested to know just what Sony (and the rest) have flushed down the lav on this one. How many $ billions?
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Multi-format-mayhem @ Jun 23rd 2009 8:06AM
The joke of it all is that in many instances Blu-ray on-line prices are at or around DVD levels.
Still sales do not take off and obviously the higher margin that was expected has vanished before things even get going, leaving only the early adopter & the PS3 gang to get screwed - so much for your 'loyalty' eh boys?
The fact that the prospect of there being any money in it is vanishing fast is what gives us all the final guarantee that Blu-ray won't be around for too long.
BTW Bozster
I know you gave some of the losses Sony flushed away on PS3 there
(never to be recouped, even if they do - eventually - start to make money on the PS3 sales price v production costs)
but did anyone ever unearth the figure for the vast amount of R&D spent on this white elephant?
I'd be interested to know just what Sony (and the rest) have flushed down the lav on this one.
How many $ billions?