Could Sony legally force Microsoft to pay more money to use Blu-Ray than

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other companies? I know Sony is probably salivating at the opportunity to get revenge on Microsoft for the beating they gave Sony in the video game console wars. Blu-Ray becoming the de facto standard offers them the perfect opportunity to do so. Since Blu-Ray is a technology patented by Sony, can they force Microsoft to pay more to use it?

The reason why I ask is because this new change in what once was the format wars changes everything. It reduces the Xbox 360 to a $300 toy that just happens to offer some online features and only plays regular DVD's out of the box. The PS3 is now the entertainment "super toy" which does darn near everything.

I suspect that eventually Microsoft will attempt to produce Blu-Ray drives to go with the Xbox 360 in order to stay competitive. If not that, I think it will be inevitable to see it on Microsoft's next console. Xbox 1080 anyone?
 
I didn't get the memo saying Microsoft beat Sony in the console wars. With regards to the xbox vs the ps2, the ps2 won hands down. The xbox 360 vs the ps3, while the 360 might be ahead right now, their advantage stems from the fact that the 360 has been out longer. It is still too early to say, although the Ps3 is catching up on lost grounds quite quickly.

Also I doubt if sony will try and make microsoft pay more. At the end of the day all these companies work together and are usually above petty revenge tactics. For example, toshiba helped to develop the cell processor for the ps3 even though they were trying to push HDDVD and the PS3 would have been competition.
 
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