"Stuff like drawing attention to the departed while ignoring other titles that dont share that conclusion is why people call you a bluray fanboy." I was going to mention that, but you beat me to it (although I do believe Ben is trying harder to be neutral... Maybe I'm naive).
And Ben, you do realize that Sony paying for the "research" means that Sony will come out looking good, regardless of the truth, right? Microsoft was/is NOTORIOUS for doing this - paying small research companies to give them positive press. It's business 101 really.
The Casino Royale numbers are especially slanted. Sony has been touting this as the "must own" movie for quite awhile (heck, they even advertised BD in the movie itself!) Talk on many forums are that they're doing "funny math," counting the free copies that were given away with the PS3 and things like that. It's highly suspicious that they'd have THAT many sold compared to even the next highest BD disk. Someone's cooking the books to make themselves look better there.
At least your readers are smart enough to see the spin in the article. :)
Also, the article clearly states that the numbers are not all-inclusive -- missing "some online merchants," as well as Wal-Mart. What online stores are those? Important information to note.
Your conclusion was correct though - the format war won't end for a long time.
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Xyzzy @ Apr 12th 2007 5:31PM
"Stuff like drawing attention to the departed while ignoring other titles that dont share that conclusion is why people call you a bluray fanboy."
I was going to mention that, but you beat me to it (although I do believe Ben is trying harder to be neutral... Maybe I'm naive).
And Ben, you do realize that Sony paying for the "research" means that Sony will come out looking good, regardless of the truth, right? Microsoft was/is NOTORIOUS for doing this - paying small research companies to give them positive press. It's business 101 really.
The Casino Royale numbers are especially slanted. Sony has been touting this as the "must own" movie for quite awhile (heck, they even advertised BD in the movie itself!) Talk on many forums are that they're doing "funny math," counting the free copies that were given away with the PS3 and things like that. It's highly suspicious that they'd have THAT many sold compared to even the next highest BD disk. Someone's cooking the books to make themselves look better there.
At least your readers are smart enough to see the spin in the article. :)
Also, the article clearly states that the numbers are not all-inclusive -- missing "some online merchants," as well as Wal-Mart. What online stores are those? Important information to note.
Your conclusion was correct though - the format war won't end for a long time.