DVD was a broader consortium under Philips, I believe. Sony takes a larger chunk of the pie via blu-ray's consortium that they're the main contributor too. I think Sony's more avaricious and controlling than even the usual electronics company. But u/ANTI... is probably right about how DVD exploded because it was the first popular format to come after VHS for a lot of the world and solved almost all of the issues people have with VHS. Blu-ray's just an upgrade to DVD and broadband internet started being popular right around the same time.
DVD was a broader consortium under Philips, I believe. Sony takes a larger chunk of the pie via blu-ray's consortium that they're the main contributor too. I think Sony's more avaricious and controlling than even the usual electronics company. But u/ANTI... is probably right about how DVD exploded because it was the first popular format to come after VHS for a lot of the world and solved almost all of the issues people have with VHS. Blu-ray's just an upgrade to DVD and broadband internet started being popular right around the same time.