Desperation is when a company employs firesale tactics in order to survive a format "war" that it is losing, and losing big-time. When Sony, which has an even more dominating lead in Australia than in the U.S., to the tune of 6:1 HDM sales, makes this sort of move, it is clearly strategic and not a last gasp to survive at any cost. A grab at the jugular, so to speak, to finally put HD DVD out of its misery after months of declining sales and market share. Japan is already 9:1 blu-ray over HD DVD, and Europe will be next, currently at 4:1 sales advantage. The U.S., sadly, is the slowest to follow (no doubt secondary to Walmart's now infamous firesale of 1080i cheapies and the "Joe 6-pack effect"), but it shouldn't take more than another quarter or two now that Warner will be hopping aboard soon. Hello Warner. Adios HD DVD... you tried your best, but now it's time to step aside for the blu-ray juggernaut.
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Desperation is when a company employs firesale tactics in order to survive a format "war" that it is losing, and losing big-time. When Sony, which has an even more dominating lead in Australia than in the U.S., to the tune of 6:1 HDM sales, makes this sort of move, it is clearly strategic and not a last gasp to survive at any cost. A grab at the jugular, so to speak, to finally put HD DVD out of its misery after months of declining sales and market share. Japan is already 9:1 blu-ray over HD DVD, and Europe will be next, currently at 4:1 sales advantage. The U.S., sadly, is the slowest to follow (no doubt secondary to Walmart's now infamous firesale of 1080i cheapies and the "Joe 6-pack effect"), but it shouldn't take more than another quarter or two now that Warner will be hopping aboard soon. Hello Warner. Adios HD DVD... you tried your best, but now it's time to step aside for the blu-ray juggernaut.
it doesn't only work if you say it. Don't dish if you can't take it.
Nice try, lets through a bunch of words down and see if it sticks! obviously doesn't