It seems the battle for the dominant DVD format (HD DVD vs Blu-Ray) will be decided, not by which company gets their machines out first, nor by consumer demand or even by price, but by the adult entertainment industry.
It appears that Sony has not learn the lessons from it’s own history and is, once again, shooting itself in the foot by not allow porn films to be produced on it’s Blu-Ray format.
This is exactly the same stance they took in the 1980’s which led to the dominance of VHS over Sony’s Betamax system in the video war. This forced the massive porn industry to use VHS to release their product and the same is going to happen to Blu-Ray.
You may not watch, like or even agree with porn but it’s big business with annual sales of between $10 & $14 billion. So for Sony to exclude them from using their format is a huge mistake. If they change their policy they could still be in the running. If not, then Blu-Ray is doomed. As many adult studios are already releasing films on the HD DVD format it could already be too late.
