Ich kann die Entscheidung auch net nachvollziehen.
Gerüchteweise sollen sie für diese "Entscheidung" ne Riesensumme bezahlt bekommen haben, man redet von 150 Millionen... Ob was dran ist oder nicht, wer weiß. Zutrauen würd ich's den verzweifelten HD-DVDlern
Die entsprechende Meldung:
Paramount drops Blu-ray support -- everybody groans
After months of reports proving that Blu-ray sells more movies than HD-DVD, Paramount's parent company Viacom has announced that they are dropping Blu-ray support and going HD-DVD exclusive. According to Viacom, they made this decision based on researching the benefits of HD-DVD, which "confirmed the clear benefits of HD DVD." Some of the benefits of HD-DVD that they mentioned included lower sales, a much smaller user base, and limited storage space (okay okay, they actually said 'market ready technology' and 'lower manufacturing costs').
There are rumors of a 150 million dollar payout by the HD-DVD consortium to nab the Viacom exclusivity, which sure would help explain the move more than the officially given reasons. Regardless, we now can look at the format-war that nobody wanted getting strung out even longer. Yay -- thanks Viacom.
Originalquelle.Schön fand ich es, dass Michael Bay als Reaktion darauf in seinem Blog postete, unter diesen Bedingungen würde er sich weigern, eine Fortsetzung zu Transformers zu drehen.
Allerdings hat er das mittlerweile wieder widerrufen, schade. War wohl nichts mit edlem Widerstand...
Noch ne Meldung:
Fox and MGM expand Blu-ray exclusive offerings
The HD wars are stronger than ever. In a statement clearly triggered by Paramount and Dreamworks' surprising move to HD DVD exclusivity, Fox and MGM are both pledging increased exclusive support for Blu-ray. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Live Free or Die Hard, and Fox's first-ever TV release on BD, Prison Break, have all been announced for release on Blu-ray.
These discs won't skimp on exclusive features. According to GameDaily BIZ, a "vast majority" of its movies will arrive on 50 GB dual-layer discs, with BD-J interactivity and Blu-ray exclusive HD bonus materials -- something that has been sorely lacking on most BDMV releases.
So why support Blu-ray over HD DVD? It's simple: better sales. "Given that Blu-ray has consistently outsold HD DVD all year, and this is the case for any titles released by any studio in both formats, we believe that the time is right for us to accelerate our activities and help convert the nearly 60 million high definition households worldwide into Blu-ray households," commented Mike Dunn, President Worldwide, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
Originalquelle.Was soll's, die Blu-Ray wird schon den Krieg gewinnen. Da bin ich zuversichtlich. die HD-DVD liegt im Sterben und was wir gerade miterleben sind nur die letzten großen Zuckungen