by Sean “rothbart” Workman

September 7, 2007 - Source in Tokyo have tipped us off to an unexpected upcoming announcement from Sony HQ. Apparently the HD-DVD consortium caught the right person on the right day and offered them $29 and some Cinemark movie passes to rethink Sony’s official stance on the high-definition format wars. After serious consideration, the ante was upped with a copy of Transformers on HD-DVD and the deal was as good as done.

Sony, the largest supporter of the Blu-ray format, has reportedly signed an exclusivity deal for the next 18 months that will include not only putting HD-DVD drives in all their new PS3s, but initiating a mandatory recall of all existing PS3s on the market. When asked how this would be accomplished, an unidentified Sony engineer said… Want to see the rest of this story? Head over to our FORUMS and tell us what you think!