“That and the fact they got the studios on board.”
And now Blockbuster. Many people are saying that their local Best Buys and Frys are expanding their blu-ray sections, and hddvd is getting smaller and smaller.
In fact, at a Circuit City near me they have half an aisle on Blu-ray when they used to be equal. The hd dvd section is on the side of the aisle, about 15 movies.
Yep, in spite of what some fan boys say... and some Sony bashers think. The war is pretty much over... Sony clearly has won the battle, and the writing was on the wall a while ago.
PS3 just pushed it over the top. While you can argue 3 Million units in 7 months is disappointing for console sales.... 3 Million Blu Ray Players in 7 months is too much for Toshiba to overcome. And they were being beat even before the PS3 launched.
You can thank MS for prolonging this war needlessly.... HD-DVD was DOA less than a year ago in the states. Toshiba foolishly was conned by MS into keeping it alive.... and will take some heavy losses for it.