#4... You couldn't be more wrong about price... Pricing is EVERYTHING! Why does Walmart even exist? PRICE! Also... no one has any idea what the PS3 will cost... most likely it will be much more than $500.00... also... I am 29... try to convince my parents (50's) to buy a PS3 instead of a standalone DVD player because they can also play $65.00 games on it... The PS3 will only have a negative effect on the Blu-Ray format... Sony HAS to price the PS3 under $800... if they don't it will bomb... now... if the PS3 is $600.00 try to convince Samsung, etc to keep making Blu-Ray players that cost $1000... pretty soon Sony will be the only HW manufacturer making Blu-Ray drives (UMD anyone?)
Also... The preception is also huge... we are talking about the average consumer here... they are who will decide who wins the format war... not the early adopters and people who can spend a grand on a dvd player. The name, although it seems silly, will have a big impact on the perception of people and HD-DVD is alot easier to understand than Blu-Ray (which has nothing denoting that it has anything to do with DVD's or movies)...
THE ONLY REASON PS2 came out on top was the PS1... thats it... which in reality boils down to software/content... if you bought a PS2 who had a TON of content to use on it already... the XBOX didn't have that advantage... neight did the Dreamcast...
The PC market is also irrelivant when it comes to HD-DVD... Do we watch movies on Iomega REV drives attached to our TV? NO... I really think that Blu-Ray will not win the HD movie format war... HD-DVD will and Blu-Ray will be adopted for mass data storage... that is or couse if it ever does prove to be able to hold 100GB on a disc.
Blu-Ray only has a single upside (storage capacity) and right now it isn't even measurable... HD-DVD is capable of doing everything Blu-Ray is right now... and it costs less, is easier to produce, and all around will just make more sense to the average consumer. Sorry Sony... you missed the mark... again...
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Jason @ Apr 19th 2006 2:02PM
#4... You couldn't be more wrong about price... Pricing is EVERYTHING! Why does Walmart even exist? PRICE! Also... no one has any idea what the PS3 will cost... most likely it will be much more than $500.00... also... I am 29... try to convince my parents (50's) to buy a PS3 instead of a standalone DVD player because they can also play $65.00 games on it... The PS3 will only have a negative effect on the Blu-Ray format... Sony HAS to price the PS3 under $800... if they don't it will bomb... now... if the PS3 is $600.00 try to convince Samsung, etc to keep making Blu-Ray players that cost $1000... pretty soon Sony will be the only HW manufacturer making Blu-Ray drives (UMD anyone?)
Also... The preception is also huge... we are talking about the average consumer here... they are who will decide who wins the format war... not the early adopters and people who can spend a grand on a dvd player. The name, although it seems silly, will have a big impact on the perception of people and HD-DVD is alot easier to understand than Blu-Ray (which has nothing denoting that it has anything to do with DVD's or movies)...
THE ONLY REASON PS2 came out on top was the PS1... thats it... which in reality boils down to software/content... if you bought a PS2 who had a TON of content to use on it already... the XBOX didn't have that advantage... neight did the Dreamcast...
The PC market is also irrelivant when it comes to HD-DVD... Do we watch movies on Iomega REV drives attached to our TV? NO... I really think that Blu-Ray will not win the HD movie format war... HD-DVD will and Blu-Ray will be adopted for mass data storage... that is or couse if it ever does prove to be able to hold 100GB on a disc.
Blu-Ray only has a single upside (storage capacity) and right now it isn't even measurable... HD-DVD is capable of doing everything Blu-Ray is right now... and it costs less, is easier to produce, and all around will just make more sense to the average consumer. Sorry Sony... you missed the mark... again...