At least one analyst has predicted that Blu-ray has now lost the HD format war. It's come about because of the upcoming launch of cheap HD DVD players from the far east in time for Christmas and the switch of Paramount and Dreamworks to HD DVD. Now I still think it's too early to decide, there are still films on either format and the studios aren't going to have the last say. If BR-RW drives come out cheaper/earlier than HDDVD-RW then that will hand the advantage back to Sony.

Another thing the analyst quotes as being a key factor is the "failure" of the PS3. "This means that developers, instead of favoring Sony with their best stuff, are now concentrating on the Xbox first, and increasingly the Wii." Again this comment seems premature to me, the PS3 has a lot of ground to catch up on the other two, but it's yet to have it's first Christmas sales period. 3rd party developers are notable by their absence for the most part on Wii. Not just this, but the "best stuff" will inevitably require the best platform and PS3-exclusives due to hardware limitations are likely to appear in the next 12 months or so. The guy doesn't seem to realise that the capabilities of games consoles aren't really stretched until 2-3 years after it's release meaning the 360 is now showing near it's full potential while a near identical port on the PS3 will be using only part of it's capabilities.
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