Head of Sony Corp. and head honcho Howard Stringer spoke to an audience in NYC, and said that the HD format war between Blu-Ray and HD DVD is a stalemate. This is a big turnaround considering they were claiming victory less than 11 months ago. Stringer stated that the tide turned when Paramount went exclusive to HD DVD. Check the quote:
"We were trying to win on the merits, which we were doing for a while, until Paramount changed sides,"
But the AP report went on to say this:
At the same time, he played down the importance of the battle, saying it was mostly a matter of prestige whose format wins out in the end. "It doesn't mean as much as all that," Stringer said.
Whenever I hear Sony make a statement about how well they're doing I alway take it with a block of salt. If they say they're doing good, they're not doing so good. If they say they're doing mediocre, they're doing very bad!!!Photo courtesy of Gizmodo
[AP via Gizmodo]
1 comment:
Hmmm...trying to compete on the merits of their format. Sounds like they didn't learn a thing from mini-disc or Betamax. What's that saying...Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.
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