There's nothing quite like Gloating after an M$ failure

... milking the HD / BR thing some more ...
After being a major contributor to the downfall of HD-DVD ( the format they pledged to back from day one)
by boneheadedly not integrating it on the Xbox 360 for free .. They have to mount Blu-ray on the Xbox ...
Man I'd love being a fly on the wall when they make the call:
- Hey MR. Miyagi, its Joe from MS .. can y'all send us the specs for Blu-Ray?
......
P.S
....... I know MS is still gonna use 100$ bills for TP, over at corporate headquarters ...
After being a major contributor to the downfall of HD-DVD ( the format they pledged to back from day one)
by boneheadedly not integrating it on the Xbox 360 for free .. They have to mount Blu-ray on the Xbox ...
Man I'd love being a fly on the wall when they make the call:
- Hey MR. Miyagi, its Joe from MS .. can y'all send us the specs for Blu-Ray?
......
P.S
....... I know MS is still gonna use 100$ bills for TP, over at corporate headquarters ...
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Good way for microsoft to recover some losses. Anyone know how many Xbox 360's are in the market place? Should also be interested to see if this would support the new BR profile 2.0.
I think it's over 10 million now but I don't know how much more.
Do you know how stupid a statement this is? The choice was made to keep the costs of the units down -- they weren't in any position to be giving "free" HD-DVD players away at any time, which shows a complete misunderstanding of how a company operates. Ultimately, the 360 just would have cost you more money if they had done that. They made the choice to keep the costs down in lieu of forcing a new technology on the consumer in order to play games on their console.
Microsoft won the battle on the gaming side of the equation, selling more than twice the units than Sony. Nintendo didn't get involved at all and has sold about 3 million more units than Microsoft. Sony clearly won the battle for their digital media. As the prices drop on stand alone Blu-Ray players, only time will tell what people are mainly buying the PS3 for. At some point, the PS3 won't be a bargain to get into HD media compared to the stand alone units.
Buying a $200 HD-DVD player add on as an OPTION was an easy way for many of us to get into the HD disc media that actually wanted it. On the other side, one of the reasons I bought a PS3 as early as I did was for the Blu-Ray player -- knowing I would also have a gaming machine for games I wanted down the line.
Microsoft's decisions definitely helped to kill the format, but they didn't hurt themselves at all by doing it.
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seems like Sony's complete misunderstanding of how a company operates, lead them to win the console war in the long run, even when their sharp understanding competitors had a one year time-to-market advantage.
Gee...at $70 Billion + in reveneues for 2007...I'm pretty sure Sony understands what they are doing...VERY WELL. Only Samsung (among rivals) is bigger but they make lots of other stuff besides consumer electronics and media. MS doesn't count either as it is a different amimal and their electronics are only conduits to sell software.
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It's your misunderstanding, not Sony's. Your statements are also wrong. They haven't won anything in the console battle, but they have kicked **** in the High Def media war. Nintendo has the highest sales followed closely by Microsoft. Sony, while having a great month of sales in January is way behind. Maybe it's because all of the 360 owners have had to buy 2 consoles.
Don't let the facts get in the way of your opinions or anything, Fanboy.
IMO , the 360 is still the "mac daddy" of consoles...
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Absolutly nothing.
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Wow, still running your Xbox fanboy BS on this forum. Do you even have a job? I guess you work for Mirco$, apparently. Your friends must be real happy with your telling them that Blu-ray and PS3 would be obsolete by XMas 2007. Just can't man up when you have been completly WRONG................ Sad.
Sorry Polkies, this guy would not stop stalking me on this forum and is a reason i don't come by very often. This guy is a freaking idiot.:mad:
ScottVamp Out.....................
Especially your sigs over the past week... Geez man, taken ourselves a LITTLE too seriously?
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He really is too dumb to know better...
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Sorry to leave you wanting more, Bill
I don't think I have known someone who made more crap up than that guy. St. Cliff Part Deux right there. Plus, why confuse him further by disrupting that game of Pong he's got going on in his skull with that pea sized brain. There honestly isn't much more to say!
yeah, and before he says anything about me, YES!.. i'm proud to be your little sidekick that eggs you on! i cannot formulate any retort of my own, so i leave it to you.;)
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Is this an official Goodbye as Ron so politely did today?
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Monitor 4's surround
Frankinpolk Center (2 mw6503's with peerless tweeter)
M10's back surround
Hafler-200 driving patio Daytons
Tempest-X 15" DIY sub w/ Rythmik 350A plate amp
Dayton 12" DVC w/ Rythmik 350a plate amp
Harman/Kardon AVR-635
Oppo 981hd
Denon upconvert DVD player
Jennings Research (vintage and rare)
Mit RPTV WS-55513
Tosh HD-XA1
B&K AV5000
Dont BAN me Bro!!!!:eek:
he left!?!
yet to be seen, but...
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