Blue-Ray discs transfer data at a rae of 36Mbps. A 16x DVD player transfers at 21Mbps, and there will be faster DVD players in the next few years. Now, settle down.
The problem Sony will have with Blue-Ray is that it's not compatiable with anything else, CDs, and DVDs for example. Sony was always one who spoke of backwards compatability and DVD player, this would be a risky move. But Sony was involved with Blue-ray, so I couldsee them using it. So are about 80 billion other companies, including Panasonic.
However, Toshiba and NEC are not. They have their own blue-laser format coming, which allows backwards compatability with today's red laser discs, which allows people who have a large DVD library to be able to watch their DVD movies on the same player with their HD-DVD movies. If Nintendo went with this route, they could allow HD-DVD playback, DVD playback, and CD playback. And a single-sided, dual-layered disc can hold 30GB.
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