In a move that could be key to determining the future of home cinema, European antitrust regulators are stepping up their probe into possible anticompetitive practices in the format war over high-definition DVDs.
Hollywood's studios are racing to dig up files, emails and records of telephone conversations related to the competing Blu-ray and HD DVD formats after the European Commission sent out letters last month demanding evidence of their communications and agreements on the new generation of DVD formats.
http://www.videobusiness.com/index.asp?layout=talkbackCommentsFull&talk_back_header_id=6450774&articleid=CA6458096
"According to sources “familiar with the situation,” cited by the Journal, investigators seem particularly interested in statements made by some Blu-ray executives at the Consumer Electronics Show in January regarding certain studios’ exclusivity to Blu-ray.
In their formal request to one studio, the Journal reports, investigators sought information about the studios’ decision to release movies exclusively on Blu-ray and not on HD DVD. The request also asked for records of any communications regarding both formats with certain “individuals associated with Blu-ray.”
In the annals of Mortal Kombat history, Stryker stands out not for his prominence but for his successive series of blunders and near-misses.
Will focus on "art, merch, and more".
Naughty Dog has announced it'll be celebrating The Last of Us Day - its annual hat tip to the community - again this year, but has warned fans not to expect any game or TV show news.
Is that multiplayer EVER going to drop? Like good lord... I love Naughty Dog so much, they're definitely in my top 5, if not top 3 developers. At this point, it's just getting ridiculous though. There's never even been a trailer for it, right? What the heck is going on with that? Just kind of baffled by the lack of info because I was looking forward to that quite a bit before Last of Us 2 even dropped.
Last gen, 2 years after the PS4 released we had Uncharted 4 but we didn't get a new IP from them.
3 years after the PS5 dropped and we've had nothing new from NaughtyDog and still no sign of a new IP just a remake we really didn't need.
The only thing we know is coming is an online focused multiplayer game and while Factions was a great addition to the original TLOU it's not like any of us wanted a full on multiplayer game spin off to take time away from other things. We could have at least had a reveal trailer of their new IP by now by their second team if the focus wasn't so split.
Feels like they care more about the TV show, it's all they ever talk about even with the writers / actors strike going on.
Goes to show how boring this gen will turn out everyone's talking forever to craft their graphical masterpiece that the generation will be over by the time the next hitters come out
starting to get fairly fed up with all the lack of communication from 1st party. Even when the last of us started its hype was more interesting, showing the ants etc and no one knew what the game was about.
Being totally in the dark is much worse
"Just kind of baffled by the lack of info because I was looking forward to that quite a bit before Last of Us 2 even dropped."
Looks like the rumors surrounding that game been in development hell are accurate.
Based on their last update and some reading between the lines, it seemed like the work they had done was deemed as scrappable by the Bungie gods. I mean, factions was always kinda niche and this GaaS religion is probably looking for it to be a mainstream hit.
I'm guessing it's scrapped altogether. Maybe ND reworks it to be more accessible to the masses, but Last of Us doesn't seem to fit into the prototypical 3rd person shooter for the masses mold imo
http://www.videobusiness.co...
SCEA President Jack Tretton told PSM in the latest issue:
"We have a very different approach to exclusives than some of our competitors. We don't buy exclusivity. We don't fund development. We don't, for lack of a better term, bribe somebody to only do a game on our platform. We earn it..."
http://www.n4g.com/industry...
I guess that doesn't apply to what Sony REALLY cares about, blu-ray.
Wake Up Lemmings.
@1.1: I'm not the one with the TOY icon, dude, YOU are.
Do you have some fascination with children and death?
Hmm...maybe you might want to keep a low profile, if you know what I mean.
@3: Don't Hate, Look At The Date.
@1.3: Lame comeback, try harder.
Updated: You and Your icon are both toy.
punk.
@1.4: Guess what fool, Microsoft isn't in the motion picture business.
News Flash: This isn't about MS.
@5: Bubble for you.
wat is a lemming?
someone been sleeping for the past 10 months, just wake up and posted this news.hah and it updated.it been for over 2weeks in engadget.
EDIT: 1 disagree who could it be....who could it be...ah ..the person who just wake up
EDIT: DO not miss with the one who just wake up because you will lose 3 bubbles
amusing how the sentinel that updated the story did not post the entire quote instead a selective part, but I'm not surprised.
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The HD DVD camp has been lobbying the commission to draw attention to Blu-ray's tactics in the movie capital in a bid to force more studios to put their product on HD DVD, according to people familiar with the situation. One issue the Commission has raised with some studios is statements made at the Consumer Electronics Show in January in Las Vegas about the exclusivity of studios to Blu-ray, according to people familiar with the situation.
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You force gamers to buy a Blu-ray player when they by a PS3 (whether they want it or not) and now there is talk of shady behind the scenes deals with movie studios. You just couldn’t fight fair.
Let’s not forget that Sony wanted more of the royalties, thus choosing not to unite formats, and the reason we have a high def format war today.
I hope PS3 & Blu-ray fail and Sony’s greed will be what killed them in the end.