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I can talk about Sony's strides and blunders all day, but to focus on this era, Sony was triumphant with Bluray for 2 main reasons: 1) Sony recognized that one of the main reasons Beta failed was because while they owned the technology, the studios owned all the content and thus had the leverage. Sony & the studios also couldn't agree on a licensing arrangement around Beta royalties, whereas VHS had none of the same baggage, so cheap and abundant won out over image quality. To rectify this, Sony purchased Columbia Tristar in 1989 and would use that acquisition to be less reliant on other studios to sell future tech (in this case, Blu-ray). Second reason in the next cast 🧵

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2) When Sony bundled Bluray drives with the PS3, they did so at a time when buying a standalone Bluray player cost around 1k. The PS3 was was significantly more expensive than an Xbox360 ($299 for a base model, whereas PS3 on launch cost $499 and $599 depending on memory). However, if you compare it to that standalone Bluray player cost it was a deal, because you also got a game console. Here's the thing, Sony was still losing money on each console sold (around $307 per unit), but they were hell bent on winning the format war this time around, and the strategy worked...kinda, because by the time all was said and done, physical media was on the downtrend. Digital downloads, while still in its early days, were were where things were going and the battle shifted to marketplaces. If I was to keep going, I'd talk about the trials and tribulations of the playstation store, but I'll leave it here for now.

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I need more Sony, will ping you whenever i recall

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