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> Is there another reason for this design? Ah, but if Sony uses the disc drive to install the game then they might have to pay royalties to whichever soul-suck
by kibwen 3y ago
> Is there another reason for this design?
Ah, but if Sony uses the disc drive to install the game then they might have to pay royalties to whichever soul-sucking, rent-seeking company owns the rights to the blu-ray format, whoever they are.
- tekla 3y agoSo, Sony. People have already forgotten the Blu Ray vs HDDVD format roles huh...
- kibwen 3y agoPerhaps I should have made my sarcasm more obvious. :P
- a_vanderbilt 3y agoIt's funny you say that as the whole reason the Xbob 360 used HD-DVD was to avoid paying Sony the royalties for Blu-Ray.
- Dalewyn 3y ago>Xbob 360 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob I'm sorry, this was too good an opportunity to pass up.
- numpad0 3y agoSony was always heavily involved with optical discs, like Qualcomm is with phone modems. 44.1kHz sampling rate of audio CD famously comes from components reused from one particular Sony product that predates CD.