In Reply to: Let's not be so naive posted by 4season on August 23, 2007 at 10:36:56:
The Blockbuster "deal" was the result of executives at Blockbuster looking at both formats and seeing twice as many sales and rentals for Blu-ray and making a decision about shelf space. The Target thing is about an agreement where Sony puts in kiosks at its own expense so customers will be able to try out the system. I'm sure Microsoft could have made a similar deal if they had their shit together and gave a crap what consumers want.
But this briefcase-under-the-table routine to a movie studio to control the product the studio releases makes me ill.
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Follow Ups
- Retailers vs studios is apples and oranges - Jazz Inmate 12:02:27 08/23/07 (25)
- Put down the Kool-Aid - 4season 12:25:46 08/23/07 (3)
- Do you want me to post the NYT article? - Jazz Inmate 12:56:30 08/23/07 (2)
- Think about this - 4season 16:58:25 08/23/07 (1)
- RE: Think about this - Jazz Inmate 17:39:42 08/23/07 (0)
- RE: Retailers vs studios is apples and oranges - Jack G 12:23:25 08/23/07 (20)
- How do you think the BDA got Paramount in the first place? "By including Paramount in the BDA - Jazz Inmate 12:58:32 08/23/07 (19)
- Jazz, you're losing it - racerguy 15:21:49 08/23/07 (18)
- Do you think the U.S. Dept of Justice lost it? - Jazz Inmate 22:25:58 08/23/07 (17)
- Grasping at straws - racerguy 06:04:51 08/24/07 (16)
- MS had predatory business practices in the past, has such practices now and will have them in the future - Jazz Inmate 10:51:24 08/24/07 (15)
- This conversation is not worth continuing (nt) - racerguy 12:03:25 08/24/07 (14)
- certainly wasn't worth your invectives, but since you hurled them, the least you could do is say why, exactly - Jazz Inmate 12:22:47 08/24/07 (13)
- Invectives? - racerguy 14:43:46 08/24/07 (12)
- RE: Invectives? - Jazz Inmate 15:36:14 08/24/07 (11)
- OK, maybe THIS one will be my final word - racerguy 16:01:48 08/24/07 (10)
- RE: OK, maybe THIS one will be my final word - Jazz Inmate 17:32:29 08/24/07 (9)
- Did you even read the NYT article? - Jack G 06:31:59 08/25/07 (0)
- But would you apply the same standards to Apple? - 4season 21:06:00 08/24/07 (1)
- Apple innovated a product to exploit a niche that wasn't being served by electronics manufacturers - Jazz Inmate 22:01:18 08/24/07 (0)
- Unbelievable - racerguy 20:27:25 08/24/07 (5)
- RE: Unbelievable - Jazz Inmate 21:06:50 08/24/07 (4)
- Jazz, you're just embarrassing yourself - racerguy 09:12:03 08/25/07 (3)
- RE: Jazz, you're just embarrassing yourself - Jazz Inmate 08:38:44 08/26/07 (2)