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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
pliepl @ Nov 18th 2006 7:32PM
I don't see how you can say that every PS3 is not a score for Blu-Ray, I believe all the launch consoles came w/ Talladega Night: The Ballad of Rick Bobby, and lets not forget that every game is on a Blu-ray disc.
The reason every PS3 sale is a potential score for Blu-ray is not everyone that buys a PS3 is buying it with movie playback as the primary use, its a game machine first and foremost.
On the other hand, everyone that buys the X360 HDDVD add-on is a score since its usage intent is obviously clear.
Recently everyone has been talking about the games for the PS3 but it is a functionally Blu-Ray player, and people will realize this and start buying Blu-Ray movies.
Time will only tell, its still primarily a game machine.
As for the HD DVD add on for the Xbox 360, first of all add ons have never gone well for consoles, and as far I as I know no one is camping out to get one of those, plus I'm sure that the PS3 sales are killing the HD DVD add on sales.
Add-on to add features to the game aspect has never worked well in the past, this is something different.
Just like people are camping out to buy a PS3 Blu-ray movie player? Exactly, they camped out to turn a profit or are so delusional that they must be the first to have the latest GAME machine.
If youre sure, would you mind providing those sales figures for the two? I wasnt aware that the X360 drive was shipping already.
IseWise @ Nov 19th 2006 2:42AM
"..potential score for Blu-ray is not everyone that buys a PS3 is buying it with movie playback as the primary use, its a game machine first and foremost."
They don't have to watch movies for it to be a score for the Blu-camp, all the games are on Blu-ray. Blu-Ray is a format not restricted to just movie content.
People don't have to watch a single Blu-Ray movie on their PS3. But all the games for the PS3 are on Blu-Ray discs. Buying Blu-Ray dics = score for the Blu-Ray camp.
"...turn a profit or are so delusional that they must be the first to have the latest GAME machine."
So being a fan of games and wanting to play new games is being delusional? Sure alot of PS3's being sold on ebay, but guess what, someone will eventually end up w/ a PS3, either at $599 or $3,500.
And actually the Xbox HD DVD drives are shipping.
http://www.ebgames.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=802558
I know all you guys have probably pegged me as a Sony fanboy, but I own a Xbox 360 that I bought at launch and love it. Like I originally said in my first post in, I just cant think that the HD DVD group is happy about PS3 being sold out around the world. The Playstation 3 is the first device to really represent Blu-Ray as a FORMAT. It represents one of the most common things a format does, a medium to storage data, either it be a game or a movie. And afterall its called a Format War not a Movie Format War, although the movie studios hold the most weight in war, selling thousands of PS3's and Blu-Ray disc has got to be good move. If you were a studio, do you release your movie on a format that has a small share in the market or a large share in the market. The PS3 with out a doubt will continue to sell out and therefore be creating a big share in the market for Blu-Ray. And that really what its all about, appealing to the majority.