An ill counter every single one of points with common sense

I don't think Blu-ray is as relevant anymore as there are now plenty more options to get your media. Sure, BR has an advantage in that it is of better quality and is a physical format.

However, what I learned from the previous generation of media, the DVD, I realized that I was amazing a huge collection that takes a lot of space. It is hardly worth anything now, but with a streaming or downloaded option, it hardly takes any space. I can take the account to my friends house to

I haven't bought a DVD in ages, and the last and only BR movie I ever bought is Enter the Dragon. I either rent, stream or use netflix.

CD Audio is superior to MP3, but that didn't stop it from shrinking the market.

The market is now fragmented and physical format is going the way of extinction. People are getting more and more used to consuming audio/video digitally only.

Who knows, we might even get a green movement to push the digital age faster!

other then how naive this guy is. Three paragraphs in I stopped reading because he doesn't know what he's talking about.

He obviously doesn't own an Xbox 360 or never watched or rented a HD 1080P movie off the marketplace or Netflix.

For those that don't own an Xbox360 and don't know about "Instant On" (1080p HD streaming video in an Instant) then you can read more here, http://www.microsoft.com/Pr...

@IdleLeeSiuLung - 19 minutes ago

"I don't think Blu-ray is as relevant anymore as there are now plenty more options to get your media. Sure, BR has an advantage in that it is of better quality and is a physical format."

dude you should've just stopped typing after that...really, everything after is pure comedy gold.

(P.S. - I just saw the new Kevin Butler GOW3 commercial with the chick that's getting "ignored" for the first time during the Trailblazers v Warriors game. Thank God for Blu-ray - the game looks visually overwhelming.)

The reason digital downloads won't take off any time soon is that a lot of people trade their games in if it has no replay value (which a lot are just beat it once and it's done). You can't trade in a digital copy so a lot of people will opt for a disk given the choice. Digital only works for smaller things like music for now, but will be a ways before it's the masses in gaming.

And MS talking about digital downloads is the future is ironic given not all of the 360's even have a hard drive and their prices for them is ludicrous.

You know..... just once, just once in their whole lives I would love to see Microsoft be humble. It makes my blood boil how much they hate to lose. Their insatiable revulsion of losing is so much that they would waste money, go out of their way and employ very questionable tactics just to one-up Sony, just so they can say "We beat you, nar nar". There isn't a more childish company in the entire world.

It just disgusting the spew that comes out of their PR department week after week. I will never support this company as long as they keep making childish, pathetic jabs at their competition.

M$ will always be M$. Arrogant and evil.

The interest in BD purchases and rentals will become greater. Anybody who has seen both BD movies and digital downloads or streams knows that BD movies outperform in every aspect. MS is still bitter about their horrible loss in the HD-DVD market that they will say anything negative about BD. If they honestly thought BD was bad and not worth the investment then they would have never supported HD-DVD since it too was a physical media and not digital distribution.

Ah...Please, Digital Media is So Far Away... Big-@ss HDDs that can get f*cked as usual, like 10 Times Bigger Servers than Now, just imagine a "Big" Release, oh and with the Current ISP "state", lol, it's so improbable...

Answer this idle.... How come the PSPGo which is download based hasn't taken off?

I'm sure the download files for the PSPGo are like 1/3 the size of what DVDs are. The answer is I think Sony has proven already that digital media still fails.

I'd like to see MS put their money where their mouth is and release a FIRST party title via download. LOL we all know that answer.
You know what too? I also get this sinking "feeling" that games will continue to grow in size as long as demand for quality goes up. Sorry but until bandwidth AVERAGES at least 80+ mbits in the US, digital media streaming of HD games will remain a minority.

Tell my why then Netflix Streaming, Hulu, Steam, Xbox Live Arcade games, PSN Arcade games and iTunes is taking off like wildfire in a windstorm?

The PSP Go is nothing more than a money grab attempt by Sony gone wrong. Consumers recognized there was a superior product on the market for a lower price, the PSP-3000. Also, the majority already preferred the Nintendo DS at a significantly lower price point.

Why anyone would pay $80 more for a less capable PSP with limited choices is beyond me? It was a failure at the outset and the articles and peoples reaction at the unveiling warned of this impending disaster.

Even Sony admitted the price is too high:

http://gogomob.thekartel.co...

The only thing holding back digital downloads/streaming is broader high speed internet connection to the masses at a more reasonable price. Once we have that, people will prefer the instant gratification of streaming and downloadable content despite it's disadvantages.

The vast majority of people don't care about HD and that is why we still have plenty of people playing Wii. To even aggravate the issue, there are plenty of people playing Xbox 360 and PS3 on Standard Definition TV!

Sure, physical media has it's place and will not disappear for a long time, but it's market has already been fragmented and will continue to shrink.

Then if MS is THAT confident in HD digital media downloading for games, let them release Alan Wake, Crysis2, on Xbox Live! They won't because they're hypocrites. It is so obvious that we don't have the bandwidth to handle full fledged downloads yet. And guess what? Bluray is proving that studios want more than 8 gbs to work with on titles.

Well, MS aren't stupid like Sony and released the PSP Go as an overpriced download only device when clearly the market isn't ready for it.

The market is moving in that direction, but a big chunk of people still don't have broadband. Games on Demand is pretty successful on the 360 and Steam is increasing sales every year. I never really heard any PC gamer using Steam complain about download time for their games. There are plenty of PC games that use multiple DVDs.

so true i bet AG has it hidden in his house from steve ballmer.