God Of War Movie To Be HD DVD Only & Not Blu-ray?

In an interview its interesting to note that David Jaffe says that Universal is working on the God Of War movie still. According to a geek.com article it says that Universal acquired the rights from Sony Computer Entertainment over 2 years ago. After some research on the internet it seems that no one has caught on to the fact that if Universal is indeed making the movie and at the time of its release they are still HD DVD only then Blu-ray only owners may have to pick up the DVD version or opt to buy an HD DVD player. Hit the link for the video interview and check the alternative sources for confirmation that Universal acquired the rights from Sony.

[Xeoset]

Upsetting for the BluRay boys.

I seriously need to stop putting off getting these games =|. The fact this year has no dry season makes it hard as hell.

[4me2]

Movie is 2 years away plus another 6 moths before it comes on DVD. By that time Universal may not be HD-DVD exclusive!

[uxo22]

Irony for your A$$.

[heroman711]

either universal thinkin bout doing going sony exclusive or universal is not filming it jaffe even said it himself that he will not be working on a god of war 3 cause the gow is SONYS PROPERTY as much as halo is microsofts and i dont think sony wants it going hd - dvd

[Douche]

Let me be the one to remind everyone of how David Jaffe criticized Blu-Ray. Well, maybe criticized is stretching it but when asked if there was one feature not needed in the PS3, Jaffe said that that is what he wouldn't put in it. I know it really isn't him who is making it an HD DVD only movie, but if brought up, I'm sure he'd be more than happy to keep it from coming to Blu-Ray. Seems like an ironic statment seeing as how he is loyal to Sony with his new studio, Eat Sleep Play, opening up with the first three new games exclusive to PS3.

EDIT - Do you know what criticized means? Obviously not, if you think it means to hate something. I know exactly why he said it shouldn't have been in the PS3 but the fact is, he said it knowing how much of a difference blu-ray is making for the PS3 in terms of all of the benefits. "The question asked was what "future" of the current PS3 would he have removed." Future? You mean feature? That is exactly what I stated. I am wondering if you are just posting against me to spite me. You, sir, are dense. David Jaffe did, in fact, make a big fuss over Blu-Ray and you are dumb for looking at this so one dimensional.

[Mu5afir]

Let me make it more clear to you, since you obviously didn't understand what was asked, and what his reply was. The question asked was what "future" of the current Ps3 would he have removed. The answer David Jaffe gave was the Blu-Ray player, the reason behind it was.. it makes the console too expensive.

No where in that interview did David Jaffe say he hates Blu-Ray, or "loves" HD-DVD. I suggest you re-watch the interview, I am sure Gametrailers.com still has it up under the Bonus Round section.

[Omegasyde]

Well said. If universal say went blueray what advantage would HDDVD have? Picture in picture, wait Blue ray has that now... Will HDDVD last that long in time for the movie premiere?

<SARCASM>

O I know HDDVD has the advantage of having smaller capacity and no exclusive support. To me thats whats matters, not storage, not having over 6 studios exclusive.

"I choose HDVD because I am a Sony hater/I bought HDDVD First/Inbred/Too stupid to let the best technology win/
<insert lame excuse here>. I chose HDDVD because I love Microsoft and I believe they can cure cancer. I would gladly sell my first born child to them. Sony failed at betamax, so lightning always strikes twice at the same spot."

</SARCASM>

Seriously. What is the Advantage of HDDVD? Put away the "Fanboyism" and look back at the two and accept the facts.

[Blabbermouth]

And people actually believe this bs. Why would Sony give the rights to someone to make a movie of their game, then let them not release it on their format. Thats just stupid. LOL

[LSDARBY]

This wouldnt be my kind of film anyway, good as a game im not so sure about a film

[DrPirate]

Definition of Irony. Like the Halo movie going on HD-DVD.

But if Sony owns the IP to God of War, why in holy hell would they ask Universal to make it.

I call fake.

[LaxMan986]

it could be fake... or universal is soon going to see the light and go blu

[sonarus]

It will take at least 2 yrs for the GOW movie to hit theatres and by then universal would have chosen blu ray or high def formats would cease to exist and it will be all about VOD

[xfrgtr]

Halo goes bluray only and GOW hddvd only

[ddldave]

i'm pretty sure sony has something backed up behind this as a secret such as universal going neutral or bd exclusive by the time it comes out. sony isn't retarded like microsoft.

so theres two things that happened.
1) FAKE
2) Sony having a secret behind this.

[the greatest]

please now we all no thats not going 2 happen

[ShiftyLookingCow]

what kind of movie would it be? G4TV made some funny ones

[DrPirate]

Dude, the one with detective Kratos was comedic gold.

[Bloodmask]

just buy the standard definition version.

It is ironic though.

I guess this can put to rest that HDDVD is dead. Another exclusive movie to add to the collection.

[shysun]

By the time it comes to Home HD,HD-DVD will be DEAD!;)

[Nameless]

Are the comments messed up for anyone else ? They are all on the left

[ShiftyLookingCow]

yeah it happened once today, reloaded the page and works fine

[MK_Red]

WTF! Sony Pictures should be making movies based on its on games! Sony makes movies based on multi-platform titles like Resident Evil & Silent Hill but when it comes to its very own GOW, sells te rights to competing HD-DVD exclusive Universal!? Wha were they thinking?

[akaFullMetal]

this sucks but i dont think it will be only hddvd , universal will be neutral like someone said above me, or a secret of some sort

[DADO]

By the time the movies is out we could have a new next gen format.

[AllroundGamer]

By the time the movie will be released, most people will have combo HD players anyway...

[Husso]

Sony owns GOW not Jaffy you idiots, he does not work for them any more.

unversal can make it but sony distribute it, or someone else.

[Nameless]

Thanks Darth it works fine now

[Figboy]

if anything, i'd think that *SONY themselves would own the rights to the God of War movie, as they have their own film studios (ie, Sony Pictures, Columbia/Tri Star, etc).

the reason why the Halo movie would go Blu Ray only, is because MS doesn't have a motion picture studio of their own, so they license the film out to studios. if Fox actually does have the rights, then, yes, the Halo movie would be Blu Ray exclusive.

of course, by the time either of those films see the light of day, the format war will probably have been decided more clearly (i'm still leaning on Blu Ray to take it).

[LaxMan986]

I think we could see universal coming to the Blu Side!!!! Mwhahahahaha
No i really don't know that would really suck but it just seems like something is going on that we the consumers don't know about.

[ParaDise_LosT]

Why are you guys complaining? :P
Sony will still profit from it...
....but then......the fans are the ones screwed over..
ohh well right? :)

[TriggerHippie]

Ya but Sony would profit even more if it was on blu-ray since every movie released thus far has sold more copies on blu-ray then hd-dvd. 300 any1?

[Whoooop]

This video doesn't even mention HDDVD or Bluray!!

A better tittle would've been:

David Jaffe couldn't be more honest on Uwe Boll face.

[masterg]

By the time this hits the shelves Universal has problem gone neutral.

[alexander22rednaxela]

Universal is HD-DVD exclusive, so this makes sense and Jaffe is now independent from sony.

[LaxMan986]

Jaffe doesn't own the rights to GOW sony does... so he cant just go make the movie.

[ld_ruiz69]

Jaffe doesnt work for Sony anymore, but Sony is the one that owns the rights to GoW.

Oh and heads up, Jaffe's studio has a 3-game deal exclusivity with Sony (all 3 games new IP's for Sony)and also Jaffe said that he plans to be on Sony's team for a long time

[Bordel_1900]

Du er jo helt tjukk i hue, lille fanboy.

[techie]

hahaha funny :P

[timmyp53]

i remember a story about halo being produced by Fox (Blu-ray). but i dont think God of War have a good enough movie script to be picked up yet maybe they can copy straight off the game?

[Charlie2688]

LOL Sony would probably kill all Universal Executives and nuke the entire site from orbit (movie reference alert!) before they let that happen

XD

and that IF HDDVD is still around by that time

[Whoooop]

Mortal kombat 1 and Resident Evil (not saying they were good) I just enjoyed them.

The others I find a really hard time to judge them as at least decent movies...

Double Dragon
Fatal Fury
Street Fighter
Mortal Kombat
Final Fantasy
Tomb Raider
Doom
BloodRayne
DOA: Dead or Alive

and MARIO BROS????? COMMONNNNNNNNNN

haha You can add GOW to that list too.

[DEADEND]

it'll go on BLU-RAY, SONY has rights to it and chances are it will be a timed deal on HD-DVD then later it'll come out on BLU-RAY. Look at matrix on HD-DVD it's coming out on BLU-RAY soon i heard.

[Lord Anubis]

small prints

[ShAkKa]

I also was a little surprise to hear Jaffe say that on GameHead last night but well since Sony not Jaffe have all the rights reserved for the game,the name or everything that has to do with GOW i don`t think Universal will do anything unless Sony give then the rights for the movie in exchange for Universal to back the blu-ray format wich i doub.

[Covenant]

I'm starting to get tired of the constant BR Vs. HD articles. Part of me--and I'm sure that some consumers would agree--wants this whole format war to end, and soon. Beta Vs. VHS alienated many consumers...and it appears to be happening again.

Enough already. It's too bad the two camps couldn't come to some kind of compromise.

Besides, do we really need new formats when most people just switched over to standard DVD?

[spammy_nooo]

i know that some people think that this puts to rest that hd-dvd is dead, but ive only seen people upset by this.

everybody is like nooooooo!, its fake, maybe they WILL release it on BD!

nobody is like YAY! its coming to my hd-dvd player! woo-hoo!

hmmmmm

[Jesse]

I well add my two cents and cry foul also, it doesnt make any sence for a title Sony owns the rights too not making it to Blu-Ray. Thats like saying the next Super Mario game well come out for the xbox and not nintendo.. lol

Think about it.

[3sexty rulzzz]

hd dvd wont be dead thats what you would like to happen, but the matter-of-fact is that you troll are wishing and praying that hd dvd disappears; you know what its not doing to happen. it took me 7 days to find an hd-dvd player for my 360. you trolls need to take your heads out of each others @ss and smell the the roasting of your beloved ps3

[achira]

bs. in no way this will happen, wet dreams of a xbot.

[Crazyglues]

That game was amazing, so if they make a movie, I know that movie will probably look really amazing. ( the special effects budget would have to be huge)

I think God Of War would be huge. But as far as Blu-ray or HD-DVD I would just get the DVD.

I'm boycotting the war and just buying everything on DVD until the war is over. That's what I think everyone should do.

[resistance100]

Does this mean that God of war will be heading to HD-DVD with Halo3 heading to Blu-ray

Still by the time the GOW movie is complete blu-ray will have most likey won, by the end of the year this format war will be over

[Daxx]

The movie hasn't even been filmed yet... >_>

[THC CELL]

Shame, its ok tho http://www.ps3vault.com/rum...

[tk]

Halo movie on Blu Ray, GOW movie on HD-DVD. Really really funny...
Hopefully HD-DVD will be dead by the time the movie is done, or Universal will be releasing on Blu Ray (likely). This might be the one that tips Universal.

[drtysouf21]

Wonder how this will turn out.

[DJ]

It seems to be a lot better as a game experience. It would be pretty funny if Universal only released it on HD-DVD though. I'm sure by then they'll have to come around to Blu-ray; too bad Universal is tied by the balls by HD-DVD Association. The company would love to increase their HD market revenue by 250% by supporting Blu-ray, but the president is one of the HD-DVD Association's chairmen. Microsoft is stuck there too. =/

[HateBoy]

Sorry fanboys, but that's fakking hilarious... I'm seeing it in a thater anyways

[KeMoBLUE]

it'll barley sell now if they went blu-ray. you have so many blu-ray players out and most god of war fans will most likley already ahve a ps3. HD DVD = minimal sales Blu-Ray = Maximum sales. just look at the 300 sales. 65% of the sales were for blu-ray

[Fighter]

It will be at least another two years before those console exclusive movies are released and I'm quite sure that the format war will be over by then.

[TheMART]

Hahahaha

PRICELESS

Sony pwned if this turned out to be reality. God of War fans play the game on their Playstation but to see the movie they can't use their PS3 BetaBluRay

Just priceless

[macalatus]

Geez, Mart, people were hoping you were the kid who got arrested for writing "PS3 sux" in a Toys R Us store. But I already figured out that you weren't that kid considering you're a Dutchie and the kid's an American. But still I was hopin'. Oh, bummer!!

[Fighter]

If you read the comment above you will know that Halo will be on Blu-ray because FOX is behind the movie and Fox only does Blu-ray.

Both consoles get pwned.

[Deity01]

Yep, I was beginning to wonder when I hadn't seen him on here in awhile. Too bad, could've made for a good story.

[IPlayGames]

the same can be said 4 xbox and halo.....lmao

[heroman711]

blu ray is winning the format war so we wont see hd-dvd after a while and i think universal knows that, so maybe they gonna do both platforms or they aint makin it.
p.s. y buy it when u can download of internet cause im definately not gonna buy it when it comes out, ill watch it in theaters for sure but am not gonna buy it

[Douche]

'Cause you spit that lame comment out and now you're gonna have to swallow it back down 'cause your intelligence is out the door. If the BR vs. HD DVD war is even going on by then (which it's not if you've noticed BR pwning HD DVD internationally already) A PS3 owner will be able to buy the DVD if he really wants to watch it, or Universal will be done with their exclusive deal by then and both formats will at least have it. Btw, you set yourself up for this...Halo on Blu-Ray! Yep, too bad we, the evil PS3 owners who just enjoy torturing you xbots 'cause we have no souls (sarcasm?...a little bit of both), are stealing the almighty Halo franchise's concluding thunder with this announcement. Maybe this'll give you a good "excuse" to buy a PS3 if you secretly don't already have one. I advise not going back to Toys R Us to buy one though 'cause I heard you got arrested their for writing false PS3 slander on some of the cases. Did your Mom and Dad give you a spanking? I hear from your fellow xbots that you like it.

[IPlayGames]

WTF???

[Ignorant Fanboy]

The ps3 can play DVD's, and isnt one side a DVD, and the other side an HD-DVD?

It wont be in Hi-def, but maybe it will play.

Probably not since they are competitors.

[Ignorant Fanboy]

No biggie, I dont buy either movie formats.

[Bordel_1900]

Who said anything about GoW movie being released on HD-DVD?!

[Mandangoof]

But hey Marty boy and other Halo fans/moronic Xbots (same thing), you don't get that security. Not only does NO ONE want to finance a Halo movie, but it would have to be on Blu-ray.

HAHAHAHAHAHA F@GGOTS!

[D_U_I]

Its just a fact. hahahaha

[Shaka2K6]

You took the words out of my mouth, hehe by the time this moves comes out on HD Universal will be a Blu-ray exclusive studio and h-dvd will be the betamax of the 21st century haha...

Negative..
xbois flamebait denied.
LMAO!

[felidae]

ignore TheMART ...

[s8anicslayer]

this is the biggest load of bull ive ever heard

[Violater]

None of us know the full details of the deal.

[Deity01]

I agree with TheDesperado on this one, HD DVD is a failing format, and by the time this movie came out HD DVD would no longer even exist. Blu-ray has nearly all the studios backing it which = more exclusives, and in the end what movies are on what format will finish this "war".

[ChanDangle]

Yeah just like Sony was going to produce the halo movie gimme a break.

[heroman711]

gow is sonys property not david jaffe. thats why he wont be working on gow 3

[fopums]

buy the time the movie comes out I bet universal will be singing a different tune, its not like SONY is slapping their forheads right now saying.....

"oh duh! they support hd-dvd! what are we gonna do?!"

[Marriot VP]

Just because this is two years away at least, I still think it's pretty funny.

Just take it easy, forget about bickering just for today and laugh a little

[Loudninja]

So this is pretty much fake

[Mu5afir]

Sony is probably co-producing the movie. There is no way they would give full rights to the movie to Universal when they have a massive movie production company in house. I am sure it's going to be a collaboration between the two companies.

As for the HD-DVD or Blu-Ray, by the time this movie actually hits a media format. One of the two formats is going to win the "format war." And by all means it looks like Blu-Ray is very much kicking the crap out of HD-DVDs right now.

If you don't believe me look at 300 sale numbers.. 65% Blu-Ray to 35% HD-DVD.

[The Milkman]

I dont know what to do when it comes to buying an HD DVD or Bluray. I wish I could get either format and not have to worry about exclusive movies. Because they both have a good hand of exclusives.

[Why_So_Serious]

by the time this movie comes out on dvd if it ever happend the format war will be over

[okcomputer]

yea seriously.. anyone making a big deal out of this is a complete moron.

The movie hasn't even begun being shot yet. It'll be out in theaters in probably 2010 at best, if that. More likely 2011. Theres no way this whole blu-ray vs hd dvd crap will still be going on by the time this movie is out for home viewing, whatever the format is.

[IRONMAN457]

i could of sworn someone *cough, bloodmask* says standard definition, you just prove to all of us sony soldiers that hd dvd is standard and has no advantage, you are so stupid for sayin that, and Detective KRATOS was a freakin platnium collection, OMG that was hilarious

[MANTIIS]

Being that GOW is a Sony owned IP, I highly doubt this drivel.

[sak500]

All of you with your crystall balls prdiciting HDDVD's death can tell me who will win the US elections?

[Dragonopolis]

It was in the 2005 that Warner Bros. Announced that they would support Blu-ray as well as HD DVD.

Cnet News had an article on it..

http://news.com.com/Warner+...

[bootsielon]

Why would Sony oversee the Resident Evil and Metal Gear Solid film projects but not on their own IP? Ridiculous. Talk about anti-synergy... perhaps Jaffe was wrong. OR, perhaps the movie will be published by both Universal AND Columbia. It usually happens...