Blu-Ray's press conference has kicked off as planned at 5:04PM.
Here are some of the tidbits that have srung up so far :-
Any Parsons from Andy Parson - Blu-ray Disc Association/Pioneer takes the podium and kicks things off.He introduces the panel which includes; Steve Beeks - Lionsgate, Ron Sanders - Warner Home Video, Bob Chapek - Walt Disney studios, David Bishop - Sony Pictures, and Danny Kaye - Twentieth Century Fox. Andy makes a joke about how Ron is the man who everyone actually wants to talk to, everyone laughs.
5:07PM - The first slide shows that every week and every month Blu-ray Disc outsold HD DVD, but we already knew that,
Andy. Next up is the global market, which is 2:1 as well or 66/34. Hardware sales which includes PS3 give them a 85% share internationally.( in 2007 )
Studio market share is strongly in Blu-ray's favor, with 68.4% while HD DVD only has 22.8% exclusivity.
5:09PM - Danny Kaye from Fox takes the podium, and thanks Andy for "setting up the situation."
During 2007 there was about 170M in disc sales. But in 2008, they expect to see 1 billion -- man we wish we could remember what they were trying to hit last year.
5:13pm - David Bishop from Sony pictures takes the podium and points out that the PS3 they will continue to use bundled titles to help tell everyone that the PS3 is a Blu-ray player. Up till now the focus as been on early adopters, but now they are moving on to everyone, and that is what interactive features are all about.
5:16pm - David reminds us of all the interactive features we saw earlier today and goes on repeating what we already saw.
5:19pm - Bob Chapek, Walt Disney takes the podium and brings up all the issues we know too well about confusion about HDTV. The BDA has been setting in store demos, educational discs.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.
What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.
We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.
If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."
Q. Was there a Warner pay off.
A. Ron says "I wish". He says any pay off woudl've been a drop in the bucket so the decision was not related to any payoffs.
Wouldn't it be nice for once to get new information in these press conferences?
Finally, the superior Blu Ray places a final nail in the format coffin. Blu Ray offers dozens of features not found on the dead format. Experts stated that HD-DVD was "mediocre", "insignificant" and "uninnovative". Now with MS introduction of HD downloads again shows the disparity and down right ruthlessness of the evil empire Microsoft. There will most definitely be a monthly charge of $15 dollars for the download service then an additional $30 dollar charge for the movie itself. HD downloads looks to be dead in the water, with the XBL problems of late. The last time I checked, an internet connection was paramount for downloading. It is safe to say that my Grandchildrens, Grandchildren will probably also chose Blu Ray........
hopfully this is the last day that we see this influx blu-ray, hd dvd news, because it's getting quite excessive. >_<
Whats funny is that a lot of HD-DVD fanboys think that BR paid off Warner to go exclusive.
Yet, Warner has stated many times that if HD-DVD does not make a big impact on the Hi-def market then they(Warner) will consider going Blu-ray.
BD is the future end of story!