Recent content by Brian Kaz

What makes you think it won't? Early on, this was the case. WB has no reason now to dumb down their BD releases like they used to & Paramount was changing their audio tune just before the payoff. **EDIT*** Responding to Stephen

Okay, so you have dual format players in every home. How is this better or different than having blu as the standard? Everyone would still be making players & competing on price. However... then I would have the added "bonus" of finding out the blockbuster movie I just bought doesn't have...

A payoff would have come from either side anyway. Everyone knows WB always favored HD DVD, so they must have sat back and looked at the big picture.

Everyone that bought into their chosen format should have known the risk involved. This past Christmas was the perfect time for studios/manufacturers to see if there would be any momentum shifts. There wasn't. For the ones who already invested in the wrong side, anytime would be bad timing.

That's all well and good, but if HDM can't reach mass market because of format confusion there will be less movies released for you to enjoy in HD. It blows my mind that these studios aren't all getting behind a single format. If HDM doesn't take off, that's a whole new revenue stream they're...

Sorry 'bout that, Paul!

So not Metal Gear Solid, Gran Turismo or Final Fantasy? Speaking of GTA, the newest rumor is Sony may be purchasing Rockstar (who's making a couple of exclusive games for them). Should be interesting if that pans out.

Sony hasn't "lost" anything. Higher development costs have leveled the playing field somewhat regarding exclusives, but I would take Sony's first and second party developers over MS's any day of the week. Of course, I'm also a PC gamer so I can get most of the 360 "exclusives" anyway... :)

Yes, Lord knows PS3 gamers will be crying this holiday over their sh!tty exclusives like Heavenly Sword, Lair, Ratchet & Clank, Gran Turismo: Prologue, Haze, Folklore, Time Crisis, Home, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune........

I have no idea what people will or won't do with their money. But I do know a lot of people are weird about having their collection match. Here's a better question: If Pirates 3 sells (for example) 200k units first week, will we see the first two come to parity in sales at some point?

The problem with using Spidey 3 as a barometer is that the single release is way overpriced. The box set will also dilute those figures, and being high priced itself, will result in fewer sales anyway. I'd say Pirates 3 would be a good indicator, but being number 3 in a trilogy that already...

Another reason why I'd like to see how subsequent weeks hold between the two formats. BD software tends to hold much better, enough that their exclusive studios probably still won't care about going nuetral.

65/35 is around what most expected for its first week. I'm actually more interested in seeing where the ratio is for 300 at the end of the year.

I'm all over Run Lola Run. Here's hoping for Amelie to be announced next...

I couldn't agree more with the above. For an old school fan who jumped ship around the 10th season, this film was like going through a time warp and landing back in an era when The Simpsons was still one of the most brilliantly hilarious and original shows ever to grace the television screen...