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26 May 2005 10:24
The president of Toshiba Corp. said that next generation optical recording formats, the HD-DVD and Blu-ray, will eventually unify into one format. However, products based on two competing formats will be around, at least for some time. The Playstation 3 will play an important role in this format war, especially because the Xbox settled with already aging DVD technology.
The head of Sony Corp's game unit seemed to agree with the idea that there will be two formats in the market, saying he planned to launch Sony's next-generation game console next spring based on its own optical disc standard.Source: Reuters
But Ken Kutaragi, known as the father of the PlayStation, also suggested on Thursday there was a still window of opportunity for a unified format.
"The only hope is if we can reach an agreement in a week or two on a new format that is not that different from Blu-ray physically," Kutargai told reporters at a gathering of business executives when asked if there were still time to agree on a unified format and have that incorporated in the PlayStation 3.