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Osnabrueck · 01-24-2007, 08:07 PM

Wow, thanks for pointing that out bmer. I didn't know such a thing existed - one would think that Sony would restrict the manufacture of such a device. Figure, if it costs $1,200 right now, it'll be 25% of that amount or less in about 3 years.

Well, if a "Hyrbid Compromise" ends up becoming the standard the industry adopts it'll be pretty hilarious, because the proliferation of such players would completely neutralize the need to market either format. If things go that way I guess the winners would be both Toshiba and Sony, since they'd both reap the benefit of licencing their technologies to hardware makers and Hollywood.

On the other hand, there would probably be a smaller slice of the royalty pie to go around, since the industry will probably gang up somehow twist some arms to keep the status quo of what they're used to paying.

Who knows, both parties could end up making just as much they would have negotiating before bringing their formats to market. Ha ha!

I think the Hybrid route is pretty cool because its a rare example of a market, unable to decide on needlessly competitive products, turning the tables and neutralizing the competition.

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Osnabrueck Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,858 Thanks: 233 Thanked 203 Times in 128 Posts	Re: Nintendo Wii Slaughters Sony PS3 in Sales! Wow, thanks for pointing that out bmer. I didn't know such a thing existed - one would think that Sony would restrict the manufacture of such a device. Figure, if it costs $1,200 right now, it'll be 25% of that amount or less in about 3 years. Well, if a "Hyrbid Compromise" ends up becoming the standard the industry adopts it'll be pretty hilarious, because the proliferation of such players would completely neutralize the need to market either format. If things go that way I guess the winners would be both Toshiba and Sony, since they'd both reap the benefit of licencing their technologies to hardware makers and Hollywood. On the other hand, there would probably be a smaller slice of the royalty pie to go around, since the industry will probably gang up somehow twist some arms to keep the status quo of what they're used to paying. Who knows, both parties could end up making just as much they would have negotiating before bringing their formats to market. Ha ha! I think the Hybrid route is pretty cool because its a rare example of a market, unable to decide on needlessly competitive products, turning the tables and neutralizing the competition.