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The format war will be fought and won in the market with the highest number of consumers: the USA.

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oscar

In Reply to: RE: how do you know that? posted by Ole Lund Christensen on December 06, 2007 at 04:00:50

Anywhere else is a sideshow (for the moment), That could change if the US economy tanks but than again, if the US economy tanks, so does the rest of the World.

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The format war will be won by the side who gets the biggest market overall� - David Aiken 13:06:05 12/07/07 (0)
and the bulk of the world outside the US will play a large part in that.

The US movie studios will go with whatever gives them the best overall chance of a profit and they won't worry too much about whether that profit is coming from the domestic or international market. The domestic US market is small enough at this stage that offending early adopters by ditching one format is not going to worry any company. The international market at this stage is small enough that offending early adopters by ditching one format is not going to worry any company. Making a decision that maximises profit is something that will give each company some concern.

Money talks.

David Aiken
I am sorry to say no to you. But Europe is bigger than USA. - Ole Lund Christensen 07:59:40 12/06/07 (2)
Europe have more people and more money according to CIA. Note how much the USD droped since 2006.

USA is now less than 20% of the world economy.
If the USA economy tanks, the world will keep on going and drag USA up again. The growth in Brazil, Russia, India, China and Europe is strong and based mainly on savings.

see CIA link
- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2001rank.html (Open in New Window)
- You forget Americans are the most prolific consumers out there. - oscar 09:03:21 12/06/07 (1)
  Europeans are more likely to save money rather than waste it on consumer goods.
  - That is true, but there are about 200 million more people in Europe - Ole Lund Christensen 10:11:46 12/06/07 (0)
    Take sales of recorded music
    
    USA 2005 USD 11,195 million
    Europe 2005 USD 11,294 million
    
    Since 2005 the USD have dropped a lot.
    
    see link
    - http://www.riaj.or.jp/e/issue/pdf/RIAJ2007E.pdf (Open in New Window)

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