True.
The problem is that, if the lower sales numbers increase with a consistent attach rate, it doesn't take much to overtake the greater player sales.
For example, if what I posted above is close to true (U.S. figures):
"Blu-ray - 1.5 million players (ps3 included), 2.6 million movies - Attach Rate= 1.73
Hd-dvd - 300,000 players (xbox player included), 1.4 million movies - Attach Rate = 4.67"
then, at 550k ...
errrr... so if a stat says that there's an attach rate of 4.2, then that means that everyone's bought 4 movies and one fifth of one movie?
It means just over half the br buyers have bought a single br movie. So if we took (supposed) worldwide figures.6 times 6 million = 3.6 million br discs sold, versus 3.8 times (around) 500k= 1.9 million. So that'd be stating that approx. 2 to 1 sales on blu-ray, are do to a larger install base, but if hddvd reaches the 1 million mark it will...
"Actually if you read her blog..."
That's my biggest problem. I don't see how a random blog is news anymore than anonymous forum posts or messageboards. She (if it's really a she, which I doubt) is racking up a lot of hits that can translate into revenue in the future (if it already hasn't).
Makes perfect sense.
However, a studio would look at that completely differently. They'd go ahead with Blu-ray apples in china, but license hd apples for the uk. These numbers will affect Europe, in fact, exclusivity could be threatened by that sort of data.
What you're describing is a perfect metaphor for casual vs. hardcore though. Intriguing.
"It has been said many times, the only reason keeping this war alive is the fact most people, including owners of ps3, keep watching dvds"
...or people just don't watch movies on consoles. I know I was really enthused to get rid of my dvd player (shift it to another room) when I bought my ps2. That lasted about a week.
I'd admit that it's much less of a kludge to use the ps3 for disc media, but a large percentage don't even know they can... and that, my...
So if BRA always includes the ps3 and they're not as childish as HDA. Then why haven't they brought this stat out on attach rates?
If HDA has to include it both ways or not include it both ways, then isn't the same true for BRA?
Oh... I forgot, they're both companies interested in their stock performance and profits. So BRA is going to ignore bad attach rate numbers if they can, just like hda is going to ignore ps3 sales if they can.
"how many people out there actually use this program for making a backup of what they own on original DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-ray ?"
I don't know.
Should they be able to? Please answer this first.
And why is it somehow cheaper to buy a $500-800 burner plus $18 each media just to get a few free movies. At the cheap end the first fifty movies are going to cost you as much or more than buying an authentic disc. It's going to take you over 100 movies...
Unfortunately copyright law is broken at the moment. Corporations are taking away more and more fair use rights from consumers. They're scared to death of burners and filesharing in the same way that they were scared to death of VCR's, cd burners and cassette tapes. So they've effectively taken away your right to the content that you've already bought.
I honestly don't like either of these formats as they're both draconian and self-serving in the worst possible ways, not to sto...
yeah, that'd be fun.
It'd also be pretty difficult to implement on a platformer that's as complex as SMG. Cameras are hard enough to manage in this sort of game with a simgle player in mind. So if you simplify the levels then it becomes a less-satisfying single-player experience.
I have, and worse...
The ps1 was a train-wreck...
It should certainly win as a game and storage medium.
The format as a home video medium is what's being discussed here though, so it really doesn't matter.
Just as a side note, I really hate it when people talk about how Betamax won too because studios still use it. In fact, it was beta's successor, Betacam, that was used but is now being replaced by digital processing.
I only disagree with one part of the article:
"Compressed sound is called LOSSY sound, and uncompressed sound is called LOSSLESS"
Incorrect. That's why some compression methods are called "lossless compression". Completely uncompressed sound is always a waste of space. There's no reason to store your music as a .wav when you could go with flac at 2/3's the space and 100% of the quality.
I'm not sure if I should address this since you seem to be either really enthusiastic or a bit trollish... but...
"Blu-ray 1.1 or 2.0" The BR format is not finalized completely. I agree that's a pain and I even think that's bad planning by the BRA. However, that really doesn't apply to the PS3 because it can be updated. So basically the ps3 has the same idea as HD-DVD (network connected for easy firmware updates to any future spec).
XMB would be great ...
Actually, we're not too sure about that.
There could be a lot that's fundamental, but not a lot that relates to current features (future ones instead).
A good example of this is in open source programming. KDE (a desktop environment for linux) is getting ready to release 4.0. There'll be some changes at release, but very little of what has been promised for the entirety of KDE 4. This is because libraries must be built and stacks prepared for all future applicat...
The wii's gotten several updates this year. Not as many as the ps3, granted, but at least 3 to 4.
I agree with your point though. It all seems a little wahmbulance-ish.
come on guys...
I'm not ps3 fan, I only own the wii and I happen to be very interested in LBP, thus my avatar.
But seriously, firmware updates on any product are rarely about features. It's been nice that Sony's done things like that and awesome that they will continue, but firmware is generally about fixing bugs, adding streamlined code to facilitate better reliability/speed, etc.
There's no changelog that I can find, but just because only those ...
This article brings up a great point.
Sword-fighting is extremely difficult. Fencing and other arts like kendo take years before your movements are practically competent, let alone looking halfway cool. Blocks are about the only thing that beginning fencers can do well, and that takes weeks. Most people would probably be happier having a button to press for various blocks as it is.
It'd be cool to swing it around, but how much would enemies have to be dumbed down...
"Not everyone has internet and actually likes the idea of going into a store and picking up a game/movie instead of waiting for it in the mail."
Dead on.
And that was blockbuster's main advantage with their online service. Unlimited In-store rentals (up to your at-a-time limit). Once they chopped that down to a few a month, they lost any real advantage over Netflix. It's too bad, but honestly, their moves on this whole thing have been a nightmare.
I think they're ok. Hollywood's generally cheaper, but have far less locations.
For me it has to do with my taste. My wife and I mostly watch obscure art films and foreign films that are hard to find. Blockbuster doesn't have much for us, Netflix does. We also found that we were spending $30 per month at blockbuster for a limited selection when Netflix had most everything we wanted, and could rent three times as much for half the price.
The drop boxes at McDonal...
Could be itunes integration, but itunes and all apple products are fully compatible with mp3... It might have to do with licensing issues. Mp3 is much less friendly, more expensive (like $.75 vs. $.12) and a lot of companies are currently getting sued because of mp3 patent disputes.... http://www.crunchgear.com/2...
They are right about one thing, thou...