Blu-Ray based titles delayed until June 20

Toshiba would be very happy to hear this news. Sony has apparently delayed the launch of some of the first titles to appear in the market based on the new Blu-Ray storage format by a month.

These discs are now scheduled to hit the stores by June 20. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment president Benjamin Feingold said in a statement that the media would be ready with them later this month but the launch would be delayed.

He said: “But the majority of our retail base and hardware partners have requested that we reconsider this date to better coincide with the first commercially available Blu-ray-compatible hardware.”

This news comes just days after Samsung announced that their first Blu-ray player would not arrive in stores until June 25. This has apparently delayed the launch of this rival technology to Toshiba’s HD DVD by an entire month!

Sony would be releasing the following titles on Blu-Ray format during the launch period:

“Underworld Evolution” , “50 First Dates,” “The Fifth Element,” “Hitch,” “House of Flying Daggers,” “A Knight’s Tale,” “The Last Waltz,” “Resident Evil Apocalypse” and “XXX”.