Or maybe, they are having/had QC issues. They first announce the discs for 3rd/4th Qtr 2007. Now it's 1st qtr 2008. All this speculation that the format war is over is tiring. It's far from over...
1)projected 2008 US Households = 112,363,000
projected # of HDTV in US Households for 2008 = 40,450,680
# of PS3 sold/shipped in US = 1,500,000 (How many of these are used to view BD?)
# of 360 HDDVD add ons = 155,000
# of HDDVD Standalones = 170,000
Do the math. less than 5% of the projected 2008 HDTV sets will have a HD player(Bluray and HDDVD combined). The war is far from over and all concerns of survival should be shared by both.
2) Like it or not the software gap is closing not widening.
Percentage of total Hi-Def sales:
Bluray HDDVD
Week: 56.63% 43.37%
Month: 65.95% 34.05%
Year: 62.16% 37.84%
Studios: 23 26
3) So much for Bluray's Blockbuster supoport....
Blockbuster Closing 282 US Stores: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance