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Originally Posted by brianh
From what I heard, WB was never really into the deal with Sony to begin with.
So it's always been a marriage of convenience. This quote shocked me simply because it was made public.
If TDK sales aren't as impressive as WB is projecting - they might be good considering all the hardware sales- then I expect WB to seriously have 2nd and 3rd thoughts.
The deal involved WB believeing that Sony would get their act together and that blu-ray would "Take off" so to speak.
Anybody with clear eyes can see that hasn't happened.
Hell, WB was having 2nd thoughts around the time Toshiba gave up.
So it's no surprise they are thinking this. It is a surprise they're SAYING it out loud.
It out to give the blu companies significant pause. Maybe it's a dire warning to them to REALLY get their act together i.e. lower prices, lower production costs, have Sony subsidize more etc.
Steve Jobs already said dealing with blu is a pain.
It all adds up.
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You heard? You heard what? And from whom? Please pass what you are smoking. Please do share what you heard and from where you heard it. I am sure it will be good for some laughs.
And Steve Jobs was talking about licensing.
Sanders is not.
Two separate things. Yet you keep trying to stitch one-off comments together into some grand masterplan.
I will 100% guarantee you that WB does not drop bluray in Jan. 2009. Because if so we are all F'ed - including the studios.
The fact that you place all the weight on Sony to "make things happen" shows your incredible lack of knowledge of the bluray format. Do you know how important Disney is? Panasonic? The fact that you continually place everything square on Sony is quite telling.
"It all adds up".
The only thing that adds up to me is your gross misunderstanding of how things work.