Paul Hochman explains the battle between Blu-ray and HD-DVD
If you're a fan of epic drama, you probably don't think about the consumer electronics industry, where the battles are usually fought on the microscopic level: the smallest hard drive, the tiniest transistor, the fastest chip.
But a few weeks ago, a much bigger battle - the one being fought for your entertainment dollar - may have finally been won. And it's going to affect you immediately. The decisive shots in this conflict were fired just two days before the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, on Jan. 4.
The result: Americans are about to throw the full weight of the $23 billion they spend every year on DVD rentals and purchases toward one, new, winning movie format.
The winner is: the new DVD disc format called Blu-ray. The loser: a format called HD-DVD.
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
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A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
........in other MSNBC news a man was found Beating a Dead Horse With a Stick today.....more on this developing story at 6:00P.M.....
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...."The JOEY has Spoken"
here in UK, it seems bluray is becoming wellknown.
HMV added two more rows for the Bluray and cut down two rows from HDDVD.
In newspapers everywhere, advertisement for upcoming films on DVD also included Bluray. No signs of HDDVD.
Well HDDVD is dying or had already died.
I am sick of these news stories. Universal and Paramount need to jumpm ship. thats all i care about. seriously, where is my bourne series already?
in germany tv i have been seeing a lot talk about blu ray lately. they are also starting to give bluray movies as gifts in tvshows, and bluray players. most of the big stores for movies, music and so on, are not selling hddvd anymore.
Funny that MSNBC is reporting this too, so it really is close to being over. And the children rejoiced and tacos were had by all.