Blu-Ray's Statement on Wal-Mart's Decision

In light of the big Wal-Mart announcement that came down today and hot on the heels of similar recent decisions by Netflix and BestBuy, Blu-ray Disc Association's chairman Andy Parson issued the following statement:

"Retailers have a tremendous impact on consumer preferences, and as the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart's reach and leadership are unparalleled. Their decision to support only Blu-ray, particularly in light of the string of similar announcements from the content and retail communities over the last six weeks, seems to us to be a very clear statement that Blu-ray Disc has emerged as the format of choice for high definition home entertainment."

The transmission also features a timeline since Warner Bros. announced exclusive Blu-ray support. The reference is available in the full report.

[HarryEtTubMan]

SONY IS SO SMART.

[meepmoopmeep]

feels good to be on the winning side
*savors*

[Silellak]

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one." - Malcolm Reynolds

Actually, I really don't/didn't care how the format war plays/played out. I just wanted to use a Firefly quote.

Please don't hate me.

[INehalemEXI]

Serenity was a kick a** movie. Wow @ wal mart announcement.

[nomad117]

"I told all of you PS3 fanboyz that this was gonna happen!! Sony lies to you all and you still stick by their side(duh, dumb!) You all are gonna pay $600 for a overhyped console to play BLU-RAY movies that are gonna lose to HD-DVD anyways!!!"

Didn't he predict wrong lol.

[shine1396]

there was another thread on n4g earlier where a bunch of us where trying to convince someone that 'this' anouncement is the biggie. yes the others were big but this one is the biggest non-movie studio announcement. I mean you can never say never but come on already. there's hardly anyone out there who thinks HD-DVD has a chance. Walmart is the behemoth of behemoths.

[wallace1000]

Firefly is a fantastic show, stupid fox. Quote away!

[Bathyj]

Well lets hurry up and get Firefly on BR then.

[XxZxX]

Here's the Statement from HD-DVD camp.

We're f***ed.

[MaximusPrime]

"we shouldnt have called it "HDDVD" in the first place."

[-EvoAnubis-]

Since that literally made me bust out laughing, bubbles for you.

[Darkiewonder]

It's official. Let's hope they [blu-ray owners] don't just stop buying because HD-DVD is gone. :3

[Silellak]

In light of the big Wal-Mart announcement that came down today and hot on the heels of similar recent decisions by Netflix and BestBuy, Blu-ray Disc Association's chairman Andy Parson issued the following statement:

"owned. lol."

[-EvoAnubis-]

This comment, much like the one in the open zone, made me bust out laughing, so you get bubbles too.

[-EvoAnubis-]

They are teh arrogant!

*chuckles* All joking aside, this is really good news. The sooner this "war" ends, the sooner we'll see regular, non internet savvy end users begin to adopt to a next-gen format.

[XBREAK3FIXME]

Ah yes once again Sony proves to be the dominant force this generation.

[heyheyhey]

buy an HD-DVD player or a fresh cup of hobo sperm?

so hard to decide

[HD DVD]

I can't make my next car payment!

[XBREAK3FIXME]

LMFAO

[RIPHDDVD]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[TruthBTold]

At least you make a good laugh. You should be a comedian and quit the format wars.

[beoulve]

That's funny. LOL

[whoelse]

I dont care really about the BDA response. I want to hear HD DVDs.

[Salvadore]

Wonder if people are still working there?

[Silellak]

Just listen to a depressing, angsty song like "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and you'll get the general gist of their reply.

[Reggie Fils- Aime]

And the Reggie-meisters statement:

YEP it looks like the Flawless and MAJESTIC Wii still has the best games

[Fan Tastic]

Will Toshiba, Paramount and Uni follow.

Personally if I was a 360 fanboy (thank god I'm not) I'd be madder than hell at MS and its minions.

[niall77]

to DEAD.

Im surprized how quick this happened

[Bathyj]

You're right.

I think we all owe Warner Brothers a great big THANK YOU !!

[name]

Blu ray won a long time ago, why are people still talking about this? You might as well be talking about the Giants winning the superbowl.

[Bathyj]

Until Toshiba themselves, officially lay down them arms and surrender, its gonna keep going. For all the powerful companies in the world, only one can stop the madness.

[Fototherapist]

that prices will start going down!

[Monty_The_Great]

either way, i buy both HD-DVD and blu-ray so it doesn't bother me a bit. All I know is that all of you that want to see Transformers in HD that only support BR, can't, and don't try to say the upscaled version of the DVD on the PS3 looks just as good, because it doesn't.

[Big Jim]

You're right! I don't get to see history's greatest cinematic masterpiece, "Transformers", in high-def!!! Nooooooooooo!!! Michael Bay is the greatest director of all time, and Transformers is his magnum opus, and I'll never be able to see that work of art in high-def!! Why God??!!

(P.S.----in case you can't tell I'm being sarcastic.)

[LinuxGuru]

This a direct quote from Michael Bay, directly from his personal forums website, on January 4th, 2008. Note also his prediction regarding Wal-Mart.

Message subject: blu-ray bay

Message:

"Well another studio down. Maybe I was right? Blu ray is just better. HD will die a slow death. It's what I predicted a year ago. Now with Warner's down for the count with Blu Ray. That makes it easier for Wal-Mart to push Blu Ray. And whatever Wal-Mart pushes - wins. Hd better start giving out those $120 million dollars checks to stay alive. Maybe they can give me some so I can give it to my Make-A-Wish charity, just to shut me up. Have faith people Transformers will come out in Blu-ray one day!"

Bay

Notice the part where he says he'll re-release transformers on Blu-ray? Yeah, I bet you didn't know he said that, did you?

http://www.shootfortheedit....

EDIT**

and I honestly can't believe someone else here has a Jean-luc picard avatar. Damn! lol

[Mr Tretton]

Reggie, you fail at pwns. You are the anti-pwn. You are weak, you look like a FOOT, and shall be destroyed.

Jack Tretton CEO of SCEA, and Super Human

[conswella]

Can you imagine being the guy or girl that articulated the entire world wide adoption of this format?

[psnDevistator356]

HD-DVD is our B1tch

[TwissT]

C'mon Transformers head to blu-ray soon, I know you want to.

[LinuxGuru]

http://www.shootfortheedit....

Read that...Bay himself says he'll put it out on Blu-ray soon.

[Bill Gates]

Waaaaaaah!, we BABOONS lost, waaaaaaaah!

The Sony boys will never let this one go waaaaaaaaah!

You BABOONS just got treated like a red headed step child......AHAHHAHAHHAHA

[AngryTypingGuy]

Many of us 360 guys are happy to see BluRay win. It's the superior format. Don't be surprised to see a 360 BluRay extension in the future. Just like Sony can pay MS money to have its software preinstalled on its computers, MS can make an agreement with Sony to let it support BluRay.

By the way, when you keep saying "BABOONS" and "AHAHAHAHAHHAHA" with every post, you become a one-trick pony, and it makes no one care what you have to say. I'm telling you this for the sole reason of seeing if you have the brains to say anything clever. I can see why you're laughed at by both MS and Sony fans on this website.

[BLUR111]

yeah, i have a blu ray player it kicks ps3's ass playing blu ray movies. the player itself is much better but i play all my game's on 360

[bizi6498]

are getting massively pawned and we don't care what you think is 'better' or 'superior' cuz you guys don't know d!ck and we can smell the sh!t coming from your pants as the Ps3 tsunami is rushing toward the shore.

Bill is right, the 360 con is over, you are BABOONS, and we're having a huge laugh at your sorry asses getting a brutal dose of reality.

WOAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[BLUR111]

reality from what?? most articles on here the last while are not news there just from anti xbox fanboys

[heretic92]

yay for bluray

[cokzilla23]

dam i wish i would have payed the extra $500 to get a 1080p plasma instead of 1080i.

[Thursday]

I'm selling my Xbox 360 HD DVD addon, just put out the ad. Now I don't really need my Xbox 360 either, but who knows, some games might come along... Anyhow, I don't see any reason what so ever to clinge to HD DVD, that market seems dead to me now.

[Monty_The_Great]

fail

[Vip3r]

So does this mean ASDA are Blu-ray exclusive too seeing that they're owned by wal-mart?

[LinuxGuru]

Yes

[SjaakHaas]

If this all succeeds for Sony than Bluray will be their first format that extually succeds!

[floppy]

Actually Sony was successful with the 3.5inch floppy and compact disc.

[JokerSGS]

I couldn't agree more. Feels good to be on the winning side and we can now get this over and done with and get the best possible things delivered instead of having to deal with this unnecessary split that wasted so much time.