Sony Corp. chief Howard Stringer reversed his previous description of the high-def format war as "at a stalemate" in light of Warner Bros.' abandonment of the HD DVD format, and cheered what he now sees as a Blu-ray victory.
Stringer closed Sony's Sunday press conference on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show here by saying "All of us at Sony are feeling Blu. But that is a good feeling. We thank Warner to release only in Blu-ray."
The HD DVD format has shown pluck, with sales of its set-tops-particularly Toshiba players-topping sales during the holiday season's Black Friday week. But BD set-tops surged during December, overtaking HD DVD players, Sony VP Chris Fawcett told VB after the press conference.
"Every week after Black Friday, BD set-tops collectively beat Toshiba players," he said. "During the week leading up to Christmas, BD set-tops were 67% of market share unit sales and Sony was 50% of that."
Huzaifah from eXputer: "Sleeping Dogs from the early 2010s is one of the best open-world games out there but in dire need of a resurgence."
You say "yet" as if it's even possible anymore. United Front Games is gone, along with anyone that made this game what it is
That’s what happens when games sell poorly. And I’ve seen people wonder why people cry when a game sells badly… this is your answer.
Grasshopper Manufacture's Shadows of the Damned returns this year with a remaster, and Hardcore Gamer got to talk with Suda51 about it, among other things...
Game industry working conditions are improving, but occupational burnout still runs amok. Studios and workers have the power to slow it down.
Quite being abusive to the workers and hold management accountable.
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even at 99$ Toshiba standalone players couldnt beat BD standalone players?
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So what did hd-dvd have on its side. Blu ray sold more players with ps3 and apparently still sold more without. Blu ray sells more hd discs so what does hd-dvd have? I think i'm gonna check amazon for some blu ray movies to purchase. Been wanting to get dreamgirls(yes questionable choice but its a pretty solid musical) hopefully v for vendetta comes out on blu ray soon thats the one i really wanna get.
now if only toshiba would stop flogging that dead horse...
What will HD-DVD backers have to their defense now? Other than the whole Paramount thing I think HD-DVD is boned. Lets wait and see if Paramount can back outta this one. And why is Universal exclusive to HDDVD? Is it contract or pure idiotic choice?
HD-DVD will still win this war.
by next year bluray will be long dead, and I will flame anyone that does not agree with me.