October 14th, 2008 
Seth That’s one of the funniest quotes I’ve heard in a long time. Everyone’s so weird about talking about Blu-Ray, so when he said that, and described the pains, I was happy. I still want a hard-copy of an HD movie, but it apparently should’ve been HD-DVD who won, since more studios liked working with it. Sony and its proprietary format crap is KILLING them, and they still don’t get it.
Engadget quoted Jobs as saying, “Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt. It’s great to watch the movies, but the licensing of the tech is so complex, we’re waiting till things settle down and Blu-ray takes off in the marketplace."
If Apple can’t get it worked out, I doubt I’ll be seeing an add-on on my Xbox anytime soon. =(
The world isn’t ready for digital-only downloaded movies, is it? What do you think? I’ve got a poll up now on the right about the topic.
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It seems a bit asinine to complain about Sony’s draconian trade practices NOW. If everybody likes HD-DVD so much, why didn’t they support it and buy more mojo when it stood a chance in the marketplace? Yes, Sony pulled some back-end contract shenanigans, but if the market hadn’t already been heading that way they would never have pulled it off. They took what was already happening and sped it up. If anybody’s to be ashamed it should be the studios and manufacturers (like Apple) who let that happen. Sony is guilty of corporate warfare, and that’s nothing new or remarkable.
My goodness, who’s feeling longwinded today?