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Friday, January 12, 2007

Sony Bans Porn On Blu-Ray

Honestly, the dumbest thing I've heard from Sony regarding their current fortunes:

German Heise has interviewed Joone the founder of Digital Playgrounds at the AVN 2007 show in Las Vegas. Joone says actually said last year he is committed to Blu-ray. Now they announced four HD DVD titles in the United States. In the interview Joone says he was forced to use HD DVD, because no Blu-ray disc manufacturer would make his discs, because Sony was against it and they would loose their license.
-- No Porn On Sony HD-DVD Blu-ray?

I mean, in the short term I don't see a lot of people buying $1,000 players just to watch porn. However, there's just no questioning how much porn sells. In the long run, this just seems like bad business. I don't see the basis for this. Morality? A stamp of quality? Please, I just saw an ad for Employee Of The Month out for Blu-Ray.

Update: Ars Technica contacted the Blu Ray Association and they denied any official ban based on subject material. Is this an industry pointing the attention away from their own indecision or Sony pulling strings in the background?




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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Damn, porn in Blu-ray, you'll be seeing parts of the female anatomy you never even knew existed. Labias and flabias and flip-flaps. If you'll excuse me, I'll be on the holodeck.

The question is, how much more intense would Blu-ray porn be vs. HD-DVD porn? Do you really need your naked girls progressively scanned?

I probably shouldn't post stuff like this publicly, it makes me look like a pig. Ganon was a push-over, by the way.

Josh said...

I'm guessing it's all about the interactive features...