What's really at stake in the console war

One of the most interesting things to come out of E3 is the brewing war between the next generation video disc formats. Playstation 3 will play Sony's Blu-Ray discs and Microsoft announced today that it will offer an add-on unit for the XBOX 360 that will play HD-DVDs. The console players will be the first units many consumers will own and the quantities of these units sold will likely play a large part in determining which format catches on and becomes "the standard". Because let's face it, there can be only one.