Whoa! A balanced article! Oh, wait. It wasn't written by Ryan. That explains it. Just a few issues with the summary, though.
"At this point, it's no longer unusual for both sides in the format war to both claim victory in different areas, even on the same day."
Corrected version: "At this point, it's no longer *desired* for both sides in the format war to both claim victory in different areas, even on the same day." Quite frankly, I think that most of us are completely fed up with the extremist jackasses on both sides beating their chests at every opportunity, which ends up in a cacophony of chest beating that does nothing but drown out whatever news is trying to be reported.
Also, about your last sentence: "we'll have to wait and see which one consumers choose this holiday season." The customer doesn't have a whole hell of a lot of choice because of the bribery/exclusivity of studios -- Disney, Paramount, etc. -- to stay with one format. The only way that customers can truly decide is if all studios have identical releases (movie, features, and so forth) in both formats. Then it would all be up to hardware.
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Whoa! A balanced article! Oh, wait. It wasn't written by Ryan. That explains it.
Just a few issues with the summary, though.
"At this point, it's no longer unusual for both sides in the format war to both claim victory in different areas, even on the same day."
Corrected version: "At this point, it's no longer *desired* for both sides in the format war to both claim victory in different areas, even on the same day." Quite frankly, I think that most of us are completely fed up with the extremist jackasses on both sides beating their chests at every opportunity, which ends up in a cacophony of chest beating that does nothing but drown out whatever news is trying to be reported.
Also, about your last sentence: "we'll have to wait and see which one consumers choose this holiday season." The customer doesn't have a whole hell of a lot of choice because of the bribery/exclusivity of studios -- Disney, Paramount, etc. -- to stay with one format. The only way that customers can truly decide is if all studios have identical releases (movie, features, and so forth) in both formats. Then it would all be up to hardware.
"cacophony of chest beating"
that is awesome