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>>> That means they wouldn't touch any of Sony's media formats or distribution platforms with a barge pole. Sony made and pushed Blu Ray, which is the dominant
by user5994461 5y ago
>>> That means they wouldn't touch any of Sony's media formats or distribution platforms with a barge pole.
Sony made and pushed Blu Ray, which is the dominant media of the past decade.
- simonh 5y agoThe founders of the Blu-Ray Disc Association were: Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Thomson, LG Electronics, Hitachi, Sharp, Samsung Electronics and Sony. The studios did try to push HD DVD but it failed in the market, they only went to Blu-Ray when they had no other choice. So yes that's a case where you could argue Sony 'won', but it was a lot more than just Sony and not at all comparable to the situation with say Mini-Disc which was a purely Sony technology.
- theandrewbailey 5y agoSony also helped develop Compact Disc and 3.5 inch floppy. Sony didn't develop Compact Casette, but forced Phillips to make it an open standard. It's not like anyone used those things in the 80s and 90s. \s
- simonh 5y agoMy point was that Sony entering the film and music industries, which happened in 1991, soured their relationships with the other studios and labels. Compact tapes predate that by several decades and CD and 3.5” discs both do by 9 years. Clearly Sony had no problems getting their media formats adopted before that strategy shift. After that they had to fight tooth and nail.