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Originally Posted by Regorium
So really what is the lesson to be learned here. At the beginning, I would've thought that HD-DVD had everything going for it. It had the easily understandable name, backwards compatability, easy manufacturing methods, decent studio support, internet features. The physical disk was also superior in terms of durability. There were 3 layer disks that could match the dual layer BD's capacity, and both were on the same level of difficulty to produce.
It just seemed the PS3 advantage was just too much? How does this bode for future formats?
I'm also wondering whether or not newer formats will only be released by Microsoft and Sony, as they have the video game backup. I don't see a new format being able to pick up something like 5 million players in the first year without it having mass appeal to non-videophiles.
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The Xbox 360 really killed them though. If the 360 held back their release date a 6-8 months they could have had a hd dvd drive built in, instead of asking their users to pay $250 for an add on.
Also if they delayed it,they wouldn't have released such a defective product with 30% failure rates.