Target Not Going “Blu-ray Only”

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It seems that Sony might have gotten a little carried away with its announcement yesterday claiming that Target stores would sell only Blu-ray.

Target will continue to carry the Xbox 360 HD DVD drive as well as HD DVD titles so we don't see much of a change in their plans to carry both formats. In fact, they continue to sell Toshiba HD DVD players on their website. Sony appears to have bought an end cap, just as HD DVD has in retail stores such as BestBuy and Circuit City.
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Lies and exagerations from Sony? Say it ain't so! Why they never do that.
 
Still haven't learned their lesson. Stringer and crew need a nice open shareholder revolt to hopefully return this once proud company to some form of decency.
 
I thought that when they said it the first time they said this was just for stand alone players.....They said that target would still carry the 360 add-on's and hd-dvd's. ?
 
People still buy their products after all that has happened. Its astounding. I flat out refuse to do anything that would make them a dime, if at all possible.

That is just one company I'd love to see die off, and perhaps the suits will learn something. If not, who the fuck cares, at least they're unemployed :D
 
I still can not believe Sony is a Japanese company. Usually they are very conservative in their comments and certainly do not throw stupid comments after stupid comments around.
 
Oh I found it. Engadget said this when they first announced it.

"Everyone's favorite wasteful format war took another strange twist today, with the AP reporting that Target will only stock Blu-ray players in its retail stores -- specifically, Sony's $499 BDP-S300. The decision, which Target and Sony are due to announce tomorrow, doesn't include Target's website, Xbox 360 HD DVD drive, or HD DVD movies, so it's not a particularly huge win for Blu-ray, with even Target saying things like "We are not proclaiming one format vs. the other as the preferred consumer technology." Still, coupled with Blockbuster's decision to only stock Blu-ray discs, it looks like the format war might be fought and won at the retailer level, not by consumers."


http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/26/target-to-only-sell-blu-ray-players-in-stores/
 
It funny when people say they lie....when in fact they didn't. The news people just didn't quote what they said. They just try and exaggerate it, then sony gets in trouble.


I am not saying Sony has never lied...hell I know they did. But it seems like people try and find stuff about sony. :)
 
Bowhuntr11 said:
Oh I found it. Engadget said this when they first announced it.

"Everyone's favorite wasteful format war took another strange twist today, with the AP reporting that Target will only stock Blu-ray players in its retail stores -- specifically, Sony's $499 BDP-S300. The decision, which Target and Sony are due to announce tomorrow, doesn't include Target's website, Xbox 360 HD DVD drive, or HD DVD movies, so it's not a particularly huge win for Blu-ray, with even Target saying things like "We are not proclaiming one format vs. the other as the preferred consumer technology." Still, coupled with Blockbuster's decision to only stock Blu-ray discs, it looks like the format war might be fought and won at the retailer level, not by consumers."


http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/26/target-to-only-sell-blu-ray-players-in-stores/
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Seriously, why is this news? I remember the original engadget article above, and it clearly states the 360 add on and HD DVD movies are still there.
 
Just sloppy reporting by gizmodo, another attempt at creating melodrama when it isn't there.
 
I'll never buy another Sony product. It isn't from this announcement just prior and current ownership by me of their crap. Won't happen again.
 
Bowhuntr11 said:
It funny when people say they lie....when in fact they didn't. The news people just didn't quote what they said. They just try and exaggerate it, then sony gets in trouble.
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It wasn't a quote from an Exec or something, it was a press release.

Sony said:
Beginning this fall and continuing at least through the holiday season, Target will feature Sony® Blu-ray Disc® players as the exclusive product in the emerging category of high-definition home video systems, as well as an expanded assortment of Blu-ray Disc movies.
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Target is selling BD in stores. They're also selling HDDVD on the website. The press release, with the phrase "exclusive product", would have you to believe that Target has dropped HDDVD altogether. So while you could nitpick that if you wanted to, after weekly sessions of half-truths and outright lies from Sony marketing, hopefully anyone can see the disgust of the remotely tech savy consumer at the continuation of the trend.
 
I honestly hope that Blu-Ray doesn't win, although it looks like it will. Sony may not have lied in this situation, but they did exaggerate. What they said is akin to saying "Free Car! (does not include $15,000 processing fee)".
 
defuseme2k said:
That is just one company I'd love to see die off, and perhaps the suits will learn something.
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But at the end of the day, the people who made the bad decisions would still all be employed, and its the ~10k+ workers that lose their jobs in the following restructuring that suffer.
Kinda sucks how that works.
 
Baredor said:
It wasn't a quote from an Exec or something, it was a press release.



Target is selling BD in stores. They're also selling HDDVD on the website. The press release, with the phrase "exclusive product", would have you to believe that Target has dropped HDDVD altogether. So while you could nitpick that if you wanted to, after weekly sessions of half-truths and outright lies from Sony marketing, hopefully anyone can see the disgust of the remotely tech savy consumer at the continuation of the trend.
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That's you spinning what they said. they said "exclusive product in the emerging category of high-definition home video systems"

see the high definition home video system part? Yeah I dont' see where that implies Target is not going to sell HD DVD's anymore. It's some media outlets (gizmodo, not engadget) and those who like to see sony caught in a lie that are reading it otherwise.
 
Well, to be fair...the press release DID say: "THE exclusive product in the emerging category of high-definition home video systems" which led every single news outlet on the planet (Reuters, CNN, Forbes, etc.) to report that Target was going exclusively with Blu-ray.


The definition of exclusive would lead one to believe that Blu-ray is the ONLY next-gen high definition player carried by Target.

Sometimes it just sucks posting Sony news. If you post what the press release / company offical / CEO says one day...you look like a total ass when you have to post the follow up story the next day ( no PS3 hard drive, yes PS3 hard drive. Backwards compatibility, No backwards compatibility. SIXAXIS wins award, SIXAXIS didn't win award. No price cuts. Yes price cuts.) They literllay say one thing one day, only to follow it up with something completely the opposite.

As a news guy, it is EXTREMELY frustrating. (my $0.02)
 
Technically "home video system" so it is the only HD player carried by Target. The 360 Add-on, of course is an add-on. I admit, it's clever wording by Sony.
 
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