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Re: Zune's Success and the MP3 Player Future, Blu-ray Is Sony's Iraq, Product of the Week
Posted by: Rob Enderle 2007-12-03 04:58:28
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I've been looking at the early numbers from the Black Friday sales and -- as expected -- flat screen TVs are flying off the shelves and you can't find a Wii at anywhere close to retail price if you can find it at all. Products that sold through were the Amazon Kindle, the low-end Toshiba HD-DVD player and the 80 GB Zune. I kind of expected the Toshibas would sell well, but was surprised how well the Kindle and Zune did which, had me considering what all of this meant.
Re: Zune's Success and the MP3 Player Future, Blu-ray Is Sony's Iraq, Pr
Posted by: CptGreedle 2007-12-03 10:03:36 In reply to: Rob Enderle
I can't help but say this guy is looking at one or two of the facts, and fails to see the rest of them. The number of players Toshiba announced did not jump as high as they want people to beleive, because they themselves admit that number NOW includes the XBOX 360 HD DVD add-on when the previous numbers did not. On the other hand, Blu-ray has sold 72.6% of the HD movies last week, and has yet to loose a week to HD DVD in sales this year. More titles for BD, more studios for BD, more manufacturers for BD, and more titles coming out soon on BD.
I know little to nothing about the Zune, since I just avoid it. But I know a lot about the HD format war. Your "summary" of the recent events is completely one-sided and does not present the facts as they should be. You are clearly biased toward HD DVD since you have not even been giving BD a chance. I must also say that although Toshiba is the ONLY major manufacturer of HD DVD players, Sony is NOT the only major manufacturer of BD players.
I know little to nothing about the Zune, since I just avoid it. But I know a lot about the HD format war. Your "summary" of the recent events is completely one-sided and does not present the facts as they should be. You are clearly biased toward HD DVD since you have not even been giving BD a chance. I must also say that although Toshiba is the ONLY major manufacturer of HD DVD players, Sony is NOT the only major manufacturer of BD players.
Re: Zune's Success and the MP3 Player Future, Blu-ray Is Sony's Iraq, Pr
Posted by: RobEnderle 2007-12-03 19:13:37 In reply to: CptGreedle
This isn't about the format war, this is about making bad decisions. The cost of this war to Sony is excessive and they can't exit even if they wanted to. It may yet cost the CEO his job, that's the speculation in my circles anyway.
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Chances are both formats will lose since neither can gain a large enough lead and since Blu-Ray can't hit the magic $200 price point it is only a spoiler keeping folks from buying more of the other format.
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As I point out, if the Sony folks had known the cost in jobs and cash of this war they would have avoided it (certainly the ones fired would have avoided it).
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The point here is not who wins, odds still are both lose, the point here is avoiding losing decisions in the first place and doing your homework before decisions are made.
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I don't know about you, but this year in particular, I'm kind of tired of pointless wars you can't get out of and could very happy never seeing another one.
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Chances are both formats will lose since neither can gain a large enough lead and since Blu-Ray can't hit the magic $200 price point it is only a spoiler keeping folks from buying more of the other format.
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As I point out, if the Sony folks had known the cost in jobs and cash of this war they would have avoided it (certainly the ones fired would have avoided it).
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The point here is not who wins, odds still are both lose, the point here is avoiding losing decisions in the first place and doing your homework before decisions are made.
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I don't know about you, but this year in particular, I'm kind of tired of pointless wars you can't get out of and could very happy never seeing another one.
