WTF is Sony Thinking?

The people who make decisions at Sony really must be retarded. They've had unbelievably bad press for their DRM rootkit that was included on many of their audio CDs, laptop batteries bursting into flames and don't even get me started on all the shit the RIAA is up to. They've done so many bone-headed things in recently years it isn’t surprising to read an article about yet another one.

If you're not aware, there is currently a format war going for the next high definition media: Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD. They each have their strong points, Blu-ray can hold slightly more data while HD-DVDs are cheaper and easier to manufacture, but Sony just shot itself in the foot during the race for the win. They decided not to allow the porn industry to use Blu-ray for the next generation of adult videos! Maybe the people who made the decision really had no idea how large the porn industry really is, but that means all adult videos are going to be put on HD-DVDs.

Let's take a look at some of the other proprietary Sony formats out there: Betamax, Minidisc, Memory Stick and UMD. How many of these have succeeded? None. I really thought they had a fighting chance with Blu-ray since they released the Playstation 3 with a Blu-ray player in it, but now I think refusing to work with pr0n companies is just going to sign the death certificate for Blu-ray.