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If Sony has a problemâ€¦

Posted by David Aiken on April 13, 2008 at 15:00:25:
it may well be shooting themselves in the foot with software support.

I think one of the major reasons for SACD never really catching on was simply that Sony didn't issue a significant proportion of their own new releases in SACD format as well as CD. Yes, re-issues of old material sells but many aren't going to pay for a second copy of something they already own. You really need a high proportion of new material to 'break the ice' in my view. I think this is an issue for the other studios as well.

I'd hate to see Sony repeat that blunder with BD. I just bought a PS3 a week ago as a movie machine and I'm very happy with its performance on both BD and DVD. So far the few discs I have are duplicates of DVDs I own. Unfortunately here in Australia the range of discs available is still not good and a lot of what is available in the US is not available here. The region system also doesn't help. What would have me buying more discs is a solid new release schedule which goes a long way towards duplicating the upcoming DVD release schedule, and that still seems a way off here in Australia.

But I think it's that factor which may make or break BD in the near future and that's the time frame in which it really has to start making its mark. I don't think many people will seriously consider it until the range of new releases is comparable to what's coming out on DVD and the market does need to build. Wait too long to do that and people won't be interested if and when you finally decide to deliver the software. People buy players to buy software and you need to have the software there. Sony makes both and if their software side doesn't support the hardware side by getting the releases out there, they're shooting themselves in the foot again, and badly.

David Aiken