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BBC will not drop HD DVD

It looks like BBC is planing to continue releasing on both HD DVD and Blu-ray. BBC Video is released under Warner Bros. and it was believed that they would follow WB and go Blu-ray exclusive.

whoelse6682d ago

being the BBC, they let other companies and consumers decide and probably wont jump until the last minute before the ship sinks.

decapitator6682d ago (Edited 6682d ago )

Yeah but they are also just prolonging the war. Toshiba along with it's supporters are in a pretty bad situation as it stands right now. It would be smart to wave a white flag before they go down in shame.

Either way, format war needs to end if it hasn't already done so.

EDIT: BBC are making great profits from each sides as of right now so they see no reason why they would want to drop them. But for how long though ?

mikeslemonade6682d ago

Planet Earth sold as much if not better on HD-DVD than Blu-ray.

monks6682d ago

i dont think they care either way and this is the way the BBC has always been hear in the UK because they are a public funded company

Lucreto6682d ago

Warner publish BBC content so unless they change that they may support HD-DVD but their work will be out on Blu-ray.

wallace10006682d ago (Edited 6682d ago )

For the record i think Planet Earth is great. BBC are probably happy selling on both formats right now. I don't think they will jump ship until they have too because they don't offer a huge selection of titles in HD or Blu.

gameforall6682d ago (Edited 6682d ago )

so cannot exclude one format. Look at it's iPlayer which was original Windows only, but had to be made compatible for Mac and Linux.

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lodossrage16d ago

I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise

We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.

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Scissorman15d ago

it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.

__y2jb15d ago

This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.