September 13, 2005

Sony Predict Blu-Ray Victory

Sony is going around predicting victory for Blu-Ray over Toshiba's HD-DVD standard due to the Playstation 3 roll-out. Let's not get ahead of ourselves Mr. Beta vs. VHS.

a senior Sony Pictures executive to confidently predict that Sony's rival Blu-Ray standard will dominate the market within 12 months. Speaking to HomeMediaRetailing.com, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment president Benjamin Feingold fingered the PlayStation 3, which will sport a Blu-Ray drive, as a major factor that will drive the adoption of the standard. "I think in 12 months it's going to be clear," he predicted. "The combination of Blu-Ray and PlayStation 3 machines is going to overwhelm any HD-DVD presence and all studios will have to support Blu-Ray."