Many consider BluRay (and HD-DVD) as nothing more than a niche-market item but with greater saturation than LaserDisc...mostly due to the game platforms (PS3 and XBox).
Taking away PS3 from BluRay and the heavy discounts HD-DVD (Toshiba) offered, I'm guessing that overall sales from BOTH formats would not be much more than LaserDisc sold at it's best (just a guess mind you)...DVD upped the ante and LaserDisc soon disappeared...just as I think BluRay will, when true high-speed HiDef downloads and streaming HiDef media appear and up the ante again.
Sure PS3 and XBox will survive (and their successors) but only as what they were intended to due, be a gaming platform first and foremost.
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