Transformers director Michael Bay earlier this year blasted at Paramount and Dreamworks decision to go HD DVD exclusive, meaning Transformers would not be released on the more popular Blu-ray format. He has again today made mention of the next generation format war, with reference to Microsoft, blaming them for continuing the fight in a hope that both formats are ignored completely and digital downloads become the way to go. This isn’t exactly Transformers related but it is interesting to see what Bay really thinks :

What you don’t understand is corporate politics. Microsoft wants both formats to fail so they can be heroes and make the world move to digital downloads. That is the dirty secret no one is talking about. That is why Microsoft is handing out $100 million dollar checks to studios just embrace the HD DVD and not the leading, and superior Blu Ray. They want confusion in the market until they perfect the digital downloads. Time will tell and you will see the truth.

Bay