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Let's not be so naive

Posted by 4season on August 23, 2007 at 10:36:56:
"Doesn't any of this make you the least bit uncomfortable? Isn't MS enough of a software monopoly that cares little about quality or delivering what the consumer wants without sinking its fangs all the way into gaming and movies?"

Surely you don't think that the Blockbuster and Target Blu-Ray deals came about without certain...incentives? This is how the game is played. Every time you see Blu-Ray or HD DVD featured prominently in Sunday sales flyers; every "Intel Inside" sticker you see on a PC: Someone got paid cash or other incentives to do that. This may seem strange for a product that bears the touch of Microsoft, but HD DVD is actually the freer and opener standard: It has no region codes, and neither does it support them. And there's no provision for additional copy protection beyond the basic AACS.