"Early adopters will buy anything"
by Richard Lawler 
posted May 5th 2006 at 9:36PM
That's the credo of independent studios rushing to release HD DVD titles onto otherwise-bare store shelves. According to VideoBusiness, many of these companies were able to profit by being first to release on DVD and will take advantage again on Blu-ray and HD DVD.We're sure this comes as a surprise to all the Toshiba HD-XA1 owners who ran out to get their players specifically for Kenny Rogers: The Journey, but shovelware is an unfortunate side effect of the early-adopter affliction. The big producers may want to wait for costs to come down and for a bigger audience before they risk a large release, leaving indies with the market all to themselves.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
James @ May 5th 2006 9:50PM
What are you talking about? Doom is an AWESOME movie.
Brian Naehring @ May 6th 2006 8:42AM
Thus the lack of mega titles that everyone desires. This is a good chance for the studios to soft launch and sell some titles that otherwise would not sell as well. I think a splash title (Kong maybe) or another mega will release around the time of Blu-Ray's release.
EatingPie @ May 6th 2006 11:09AM
Sony's launch lineup sucks too. The insanity of this? Sony WANTS to win the format war... OWNS the studio to release huge titles... and STILL blows out the garbage on release.
Originally, HD-DVD had things like The Matrix Trilogy and Batman Begins slated for launch, a major salvo against Sony's crap lineup. But now? They both have crap. (Serenity is tempting to me, but I'm willing to admit I'm niche).
Way to fight a format war bozos! :(
-Pie